Hico Tamminga, grower at Cedarline Greenhouses:
“Baselga RZ is very well balanced”

It is the first time Hilco Tamminga grows the yellow sweet pepper Baselga RZ. He is very positive about
this variety. “If I have to describe Baselga RZ in a nutshell, it is a fast and balanced plant, that is capable of
producing quality fruits.”

Hilco is very favourable about Baselga. “It is a vegetative crop, and yet an easy setter. The plant is balanced and fast and capable of producing
quality fruit. Because we produce sweet peppers for the North-American market, the size of the fruit has to be large to satisfy the consumer. The
average size of 243 grams is a good fit for this market. Most of the fruits are adequate for the XL or XXL sizes. Further the quality of the fruit
is good and the variety seems to quite resistant to BER”

High temperature
The way Hilco is growing Baselga is quite fast and generative. “The 24 hr/temperature in the spring should be about 21-21.5°C. We had to
run it a bit cooler this year for various reasons in the early stages, about 20.5°C. Looking back, I think that was too cool. We had some quality
issues to deal with because of that, as the fruit had a tendency to be squatty in the first set. Hilco never uses a strong prenight. “In spring, we
had a small prenight of 18.5°C. It does set easily and has regularity in its setting, so we did not need to make a bigger day/night difference.”
The watering is dependant on the time of year and time of the day. “We tend to water carefully in the early part of the day, while being more
aggressive in the mid-day, and again slowing up towards the end of the day. We adjust the EC for the 1st and last irrigation periods, while looking
for 30–40 % drain at the end of the day”.

Pleased
Hilco is very pleased with the production he achieved with this variety. “We are having a favourable growing season without great
extremes. Nevertheless I am very satisfied with the production figure of 15.3 kg per m2 by week 28. Baselga is a variety that is balanced, showing
a consistent fruit load from week to week. In the spring the fruit load was 27 to 28 fruits per m2, but ramped up between 30 and 34 fruits per m2 after
week 20. That is very productive. If I am growing yellow again next year, which depends on the team of growers I am part of, I am certain I will choose
this one again. In that case, I will add some

Area: Sowing date: Planting date: Growing medium: Planting distance: Average fruit weight: Yield week 28:

16 acres 1 October 2007 26 November 2007 coco fibre 6.8 stems per m2 243 g 15,3 kg/m2

Seeds & Services Canada, september 2008