Barkley is the new name of the highly productive pepper variety E20B.0263. During the tour at cultivation companies W.A. Beekenkamp v.o.f. and Bergplant BV it turned out that the growers are very positive about this variety. “From the trade, I mainly receive positive responses about the quality of the variety. Very promising for the rest of the cultivation!” according to grower Corwin, from Bergplant BV.
Very productive variety and excellent quality
During the tour the good qualities from Barkley came to light. The pepper variety is very productive with excellent quality. The plant is powerful but controlled. For example the flowers remain in good quality, even when the plant sometimes becomes a bit hollow. The average fruit weight is now around 200 grams, but in the summer period we expect this to be between 160-200 grams.
Deep dark green and labor-friendly
Furthermore, the fruit has a beautiful, deep dark green color and a good block with tight skin. In addition, the fruit colors very slowly. It is a labor-friendly pepper variety, topping is easy and the fruit can either be picked or cut. The variety is also very suitable for the flow pack and it contains the Tm: 0-2 resistance.
Experience of grower Willem-Arie Beekenkamp
Willem-Arie grows Barkley on a traditional 3-stem system with a ReduFuse coating on the greenhouse glass since the beginning of April. The first setting came on the 5th/6th leaf with a harvest of 3.15 kg / m². Ideally this would have been on the 4th leaf, but the light often was not favorable during the spring. In total, he has now harvested around 9 kg/m². Because of the dark start of spring, the setting did not proceed automatically. Then it is important to cut regularly. Willem-Arie is currently heating at 18 ºC in the evening, 19 ºC during the night and 21 ºC before sunrise. In the afternoon he does not let the temperature rise too high: max. 25 ºC. The advice is not to extend the day too long. There must always be enough sugar in the top for the flowers.
Experience of grower Corwin, van Bergplant BV
Bergplant BV has 6.7 hectares of Barkley in a 2-stem V-system in a twin-pot, with a large Frazier test on 4-stems. They top on 2 all year round and this has been going with ease so far. The average fruit weight is now 200 grams. Here too the setting was difficult, but now there is good regularity in the crop. In terms of temperature, he uses 17 ºC during the night and 21 ºC at sunrise. To activate the plant properly, a minimum pipe temperature of 43 ºC is used in the morning.
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