Green Boy

Outstanding Qualities

• Adapted to sub-tropical areas of Africa
• High yield potential
• Excellent heat tolerance

Green Boy has performed well in the worldwide markets from cool to tropical regions and is very popular due to this good performance. Green Boy is a mid- season hybrid maturing at around 80 – 90 days from transplanting. Green Boy has excellent adaptability, medium-sized, compact heads, with solid internal structure and good overall quality. Green Boy is blue-green in colour and is ideal as a fresh market and bagging cabbage. Green Boy has intermediate resistance to Fusarium yellows (Foc).

Special Varietal Requirements

• Excellent results are consistently achieved for harvest throughout the warm season
• Avoid early and late sowings in cooler areas and growing through winter in cold areas as bolting may occur Avoid planting in fields where Black rot can be a problem
• Contact area representative for a sowing guide