Fast growing and very uniform hybrid. Its dark green petioles are tender and juicy. Erect plants can be harvested young like spinach, as loose leaves or more mature like cabbage, as whole head. The flavour becomes stronger and spicier as the plants mature. There is a high nutritional level of calcium and potassium in the leaves. All year round production.
Saturn is a new wild rocket variety with intermediate resistance to mildew. It is slow bolting with a decent growing speed. This variety has a similar leaf shape to Voyager but with a stronger colour.
Wild Rocket Athena is part of our new breeding program which is developing lines with resistance to downy mildew. This variety has intermediate resistance. We carry out trials throughout Europe, Oceania and USA to monitor crops. These show a significantly reduced levels of mildew in the field compared to standard wild rocket varieties. Therefore this variety is an ideal choice…