Rijk Zwaan’s new organic varieties help cucumber and pepper growers

Added on 18 April 2024

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Rijk Zwaan’s new organic varieties help cucumber and pepper growers

Rijk Zwaan's Verdon cucumber variety. Courtesy of Rijk Zwaan

Thanks to combining both endurance and high production with extensive resistances, Rijk Zwaan’s organic cucumber and pepper varieties are perfect aligned with growers’ needs. The company has produced two leaflets containing an overview of all its organic – and, for some segments, non-chemically treated – varieties. Here, Crop Specialists John Verbruggen, Florian Friedrich and Johannes Van Megen discuss their personal favourites, including some newcomers.

Cucumber Bonsagan RZ is already grown on a large scale

Bonsagan RZ is a new organic cucumber variety for high-wire systems. It is a Bon Defense variety, which means that it has high resistance against the cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV). In addition, Bonsagan has high resistance against powdery mildew (Px). ″Both resistances are important prerequisites for organic growers,″ explains John, who provides advice and guidance to organic growers in the Netherlands.