How to Plug Into Virtual Vegetable Seed Trials
November 18, 2020 Virtual vegetable seed trials were a bright spot within 2020. Although vegetable seed companies had to cancel live visits, the trials still took place. And companies brought their cameras. As a result, any grower who has been unable to attend trials in the past but couldn’t get away from their farm can get a front seat view to trials.
Here are four virtual trials you can view without leaving your operation:
Bejo Seeds
Crops: Carrots, beets, cucumbers, zucchini, peppers, tomatoes, cabbage, kale, sprouting broccoli, onions, leeks, shallots, kohlrabi, parsley, cilantro, and organic crops.
Bejo’s New York trials are contained all in one hour-long video, but it provides a time stamp of where you can find each crop.
A series of crop experts walk you through trial results, with a few recipes thrown in to help farm marketers connect with their customers.
BejoSeeds.com/Magazine/Bejo-Seeds-Virtual-Open-House-Tour-2020
HM.CLAUSE
Crops: Fresh market tomato, melon, watermelon, squash, bean, pumpkin, pepper, corn, processing tomato, tomatillo, and cucumber.
HM.CLAUSE created an easy to navigate page for its virtual trials.
Andreas Steiner, Vice President of the Americas and Pacific division, welcomes attendees, giving an overview of its trials in a two-minute video.
Scroll down the page you can view 11 different vegetable crop videos. All but one video is around a minute or less, and the longest is only two minutes.
Sakata Seed America
Crops: Cool crops include lettuce, spinach, broccoli, beets, cauliflower, and more. Warm crops include melons, peppers, tomatoes, and others.
Sakata created a series of videos. Some are broader overviews, with quick dives into key crop varieties. Other videos go deeper into crop categories, like one hosted by Lettuce Breeder, John Heintzeberger. He says Sakata is expanding its leafy greens offering to the full U.S., including the East Coast.
All videos are under five minutes, with most under three. that are all under 5 minutes, typically between 2 and 3 minutes.
To view more of the company’s virtual vegetable seed trials, visit SakataVegetables.com/Video-Library.
Syngenta
Crops: Cucumber, melons, watermelon, and squash.
Syngenta Americas Tour Live! 2020 has several short videos on introducing new varieties by crop groups. Breeders narrate the videos, not only reviewing particulars of each variety, but also showing how it they performed in the trials.
Search “Syngenta Americas Tour Live! 2020” on YouTube to view all the videos.
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