Young plant production

Strawberry young plants - this WAS a gaping hole in our berry young plant range. Historically, strawberry plants have mostly been produced by specialist growers (usually from commercial farming). But our aim is to enable many more growers to produce their own strawberry plants to complement their edibles (vegetables, fruit, other berries) by providing the right quality of young plants. And at the same time, of course, we would like to offer varieties that meet the special needs of home garden...

The production of ready-to-sell tree kale plants from the young plants at Lubera Edibles is anything but difficult; you can get tree kale ready for sale or trade in a short time. The strong growth character of tree kale alone ensures that our tree kale young plants develop splendidly shortly after potting and you will have plants ready for sale after about six weeks, especially at cooler production temperatures.

In two separate articles we have presented the new tuberous vegetable species Oca (Oxalis tuberosa) and also the production of young plants for retailers. Here now we will portray the three current varieties in the Lubera Edibles young plant range for professional growers. As with potato and also sweet potato, our sister company Lubera AG is active in the development of new varieties.

In previous articles we have already described our new tuberous vegetable oca (Oxalis tuberosa) in more detail and also presented our assortment of oca young plants as well as described how our assortment will develop in the future. In this article we would now like to introduce you to our oca young plant quality and show you how you can produce a saleable/tradable plant from this oca young plant.

With our oca young plants (Oxalis tuberosa) we offer a new, but nevertheless also old vegetable plant. The colourful tubers enrich our diets not only in terms of appearance, but also the taste of these vibrant tubers has a lot to offer. Oca has always been cultivated for its bright-coloured, edible tubers. However, both the leaves and the shoots can also be eaten. In this article, you will learn how this vegetable from the highlands of South America can enrich our gardens and our diet in many...

With the expansion of the range of young plants from Lubera Edibles to include vegetables, Lubera also started breeding potatoes a few years ago. How does a simple tree nursery now come up with the idea of breeding potatoes? You are right to ask this question and we will answer the most important questions about our potato breeding project in the following FAQ.

This is true to the motto: "What goes in must come out!" We check the plant authenticity and fruit quality of all larger batches of young plants on a random basis. For this purpose, six randomly chosen young plants from selected young plant batches are potted, cultivated and brought to fruiting. This important “final control” is only one part of our quality assurance.

Every producer of raspberry plants knows this: there are complaints from end consumers and, based on these, also from retail outlets. Raspberries are among the plants for which a certain rate of complaints can be expected, even if one has completely fulfilled one's task as a young plant producer and of course as a plant producer. What is behind this phenomenon? When is the main complaint made, and could this not also be used as a sales argument? We have analysed and evaluated the complaints at...

Peanuts: everybody knows them and (almost) everybody has eaten them. What's new is that you can now grow your own peanuts, whether planted directly in your garden or in a container on a balcony or terrace. For this purpose, our sister company Lubera in Switzerland tested South American local breeds in comparison to common cultivars from the United States. The aim was to find a varied assortment of peanuts which are particularly suitable for our changing climate. The following varieties have...