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
Shape of fruit: cylindricalColour of the fruit: gestreift
Origin
Breeder: K. BeckerMultiplier: Dorfgemeinschaft Tennental / Gärtnerei Martinshof / Christian Wüst, Heiko Pohl Cerifications: Bioland, Demeter
Cultivation
Direct sowing: from mid of MayPlanting distance: ca. 100 x 100 cm Seed germination temperature: 18-20 °COptimal amount of plants: 1 plant/m²Raise in seed bed: from mid of April for planting out from mid of May after the last frostsSowing depth: ca. 3 cm