Persika

Planting Calendar

Characteristics

parthenocarp/ mixed flowering: mixed flowering

Cultivation

Seed germination temperature: 23-26 °CPlanting distance: 100-150 x 30-40 cmOptimal amount of plants: ca. 2 plants/m²Sowing depth: ca. 2 cmSuitable for growing: open ground, under glassAmount of seed needed: direct sowing 20-30 g/aCultivation note: Mixed flowered varieties should not be grown in the same greenhouse as female only varieties.

bred by

Hartmut Spieß

Current breeding location: Bad Vilbel, Hessen

Biodynamically bred varieties from Hartmut Spieß:

Gurke Persika and Tomate Quadro

>>Find out more about organic breeding here

propagated by

De Beersche Hoeve

The Demeter farm De Beersche Hoeve is a propagation and breeding farm located at Gut Baest in the south of the Netherlands. It is a former monastery farm that has been in operation for 800 years.

Dottenfelderhof / Christoph Matthes

The Dottenfelderhof, operated by a cooperative of families since 1968, follows biodynamic principles. Known for its agricultural school and focus on research and breeding, the farm also hosts Christoph Matthes, a Kultursaat breeder who has been cultivating organic varieties for many years. The Dottenfelderhof is located in the north of Frankfurt at the southern edge of the Wetterau region.

Gärtnerei der Lebensgemeinschaft Bingenheim

The farm of the Lebensgemeinschaft Bingenheim is located in the direct neighbourhood of the Bingenheimer Saatgut AG, also in Echzell-Bingenheim, in the Wetterau region at the transition to the basalt ridge of the Vogelsberg. It operates on biodynamic principles, growing vegetables and producing seeds.

Gärtnerei Medewege / Rainer Holst

The Medewege farm is a part of the diverse Demeter farm community on the outskirts of Schwerin, approximately 35 km south of the Baltic Sea coast.

Naturgut Hörnle KG / Joel Siegel

The biodynamic fruit and vegetable farm Naturgut Hörnle KG is located 10 km south of the gates of Freiburg. A farm shop, along with sheep and poultry farming, completes the cycle.

Warmonderhofstede

Warmonderhof B.V. is a biodynamic farm, accompanied by an arable and dairy farm. The garden is also used to train students at the biodynamic agricultural school, which is located on the same site.