by Sakata Webmaster | Apr 30, 2021 | General
When planting butternuts, yield is not the only factor that will determine which variety you will plant. What you also need is a variety with the right shape and very good uniformity to ensure that you have a high pack out percentage of first grade food to satisfy...
by Sakata Webmaster | Apr 28, 2021 | General
Barnacle Bill is one of the leading hybrid Hubbard Squash varieties in South Africa. In these photos, taken at Modelpak in the Brits area, you can see why Barnacle Bill is such a popular variety. The plants grew extremely vigorous and yielded exceptionally well for a...
by Sakata Webmaster | Apr 26, 2021 | General
Sensei is a very early maturing diploid Crimson Sweet type watermelon. It has an excellent internal quality with an extraordinary deep red flesh colour and excellent taste. The flesh is very firm with a very good tolerance to internal cracking. As part of our...
by Sakata Webmaster | Apr 23, 2021 | General
Sampson is a well-known F1 hybrid pumpkin variety in South Africa. One of it’s greatest advantages is it’s excellent shelf-life, enabling the farmer to store it for up to 6 months to wait for good market prices. These photos was sent to us by Werner van der Merwe,...
by Sakata Webmaster | Apr 21, 2021 | General
These photos was sent to us by Schalk Burger, who farms near Piketberg, Western Cape. He was very happy with the results of the trial which was done on his farm. This is a new variety (yet to be named) which will be available commercially from July 2021. It has...
