Malachita
Being tested. Seed for trialling. Malachita is a low, open-growing courgette with light green striped fruits that can be easily harvested by twisting off the plant. Early maturing and relatively homogeneous. Pretty fruit shape, quite compact, smooth-skinned and very uniform. Stores well after harvest. Highly robust to powdery mildew.Being tested. Seed for trialling. Malachita is a delicate and low-growing courgette with light green striped fruits that can be easily harvested by twisting off the plant. The fruits are very pretty, short, slightly stout with smooth skin. They have an early onset of harvest and become resistant to powdery mildew. Suitable for balconies and raised beds.
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Characteristics
Colour of the fruit: gestreiftShape of fruit: cylindrical
Cultivation
Planting distance: ca. 100 x 100 cm Seed germination temperature: 18-20 °COptimal amount of plants: 1 plant/m²Sowing depth: ca. 3 cm
bred by

Kornelia Becker
Current breeding location: Bingenheim, Hessen
Biodynamically bred varieties from Kornelia Becker:
leek Sevino, zucchini Serafina, Solara and Malachita

increasingly from

Gärtnerei Martinshof / Dorfgemeinschaft Tennental
In Deckenpfronn at the edge of the Black Forest, the Tennental community’s Martinshof farm propagates seeds for multiple crops.

Heiko Pohl
Heiko Pohl’s Bioland farm is located on the western edge of the Lechtal, just above the valley floor.