In the spring and summer season of 2019, the PrimaVega Vegetable Producers Group chose the Glassica variety as the best iceberg lettuce.
Why did PrimaVega choose Glassica Iceberg Lettuce?
“We chose Glassica because it is a very stable variety, we can use it both for commercial and processing purposes. It is characterized by the fact that from the beginning of planting, i.e. from April to August, it maintains the same level of quality, it is very stable when it comes to tipburn and knocking out flower shoots. ” – says Paweł Różycki, who is responsible for harvesting vegetables within the group’s structures. Małgorzata Zadura, Product Manager at Hazera Poland confirms that Glassica is very stable. Cultivated in various conditions, also in summer at high temperatures, it gives a high marketable yield, does not knock out the inflorescence shoots and is less sensitive to leaf margins drying (tipburn).
“We chose Glassica because it is a very stable variety, we can use it both for commercial and processing purposes. It is characterized by the fact that from the beginning of planting, i.e. from April to August, it maintains the same level of quality, it is very stable when it comes to tipburn and knocking out flower shoots. ” – says Paweł Różycki, who is responsible for harvesting vegetables within the group’s structures. Małgorzata Zadura, Product Manager at Hazera Poland confirms that Glassica is very stable. Cultivated in various conditions, also in summer at high temperatures, it gives a high marketable yield, does not knock out the inflorescence shoots and is less sensitive to leaf margins drying (tipburn).
The PrimaVega Vegetable Producers Group is one of the largest vegetable producers in Europe. They farm on the area of approx. 1000 ha, of which 300 ha are allocated to the cultivation of iceberg lettuce. In 2019, the Glassica variety occupied 15 to 20% of the cultivated area.
