What are the right questions to ask?
Deciding whether to grow a vegetable variety with no first-hand experience can be a challenge, and obtaining the right information is fundamental to compare possible candidates and make the best choice.
It is important to consider plant health traits including disease resistance, pest tolerance and overall plant vigour which can have a significant impact on crop performance and production outcomes.
This checklist provides practical questions growers can ask seed suppliers and representatives to better understand and compare the plant health characteristics of different varieties.
This is a list of useful questions growers should ask seed representatives and suppliers when considering a vegetable variety, whether it’s well established or new on the market.
Growers can use this resource as a checklist to go through when considering new variety options.
This checklist can be completed for each variety being considered and compared.
