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<blockquote data-quote="Jop" data-source="post: 8129930" data-attributes="member: 555"><p>I did a bit of an on farm trial with a few different swede varieties last year. Nothing scientific but planted Kenmore, Gowrie, Invitation and Triumph. Triumph was the most uniform and kept its leaf later than the others, Invitation almost as good. The Gowrie seemed to suffer from powdery mildew even though it is supposed to be one of the most resistant and the Kenmore had a lot of rotten bulbs and was very variable. This is in Devon so may of course be location dependent. </p><p></p><p>I think another important point with swedes is that I would often direct drill natural seed at 1kg/ha. Recommendation by the seed companies is 1kg/acre. I always feel I would rather have a thinner crop of massive bulbs than a thick crop of tennis balls, there is a lot of eating in big bulbs and wastage is less especially when the weather turns wet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jop, post: 8129930, member: 555"] I did a bit of an on farm trial with a few different swede varieties last year. Nothing scientific but planted Kenmore, Gowrie, Invitation and Triumph. Triumph was the most uniform and kept its leaf later than the others, Invitation almost as good. The Gowrie seemed to suffer from powdery mildew even though it is supposed to be one of the most resistant and the Kenmore had a lot of rotten bulbs and was very variable. This is in Devon so may of course be location dependent. I think another important point with swedes is that I would often direct drill natural seed at 1kg/ha. Recommendation by the seed companies is 1kg/acre. I always feel I would rather have a thinner crop of massive bulbs than a thick crop of tennis balls, there is a lot of eating in big bulbs and wastage is less especially when the weather turns wet. [/QUOTE]
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