The 2017 BC Seed Trials are underway. Here is a summary of the 2017 crops while a detailed list of each variety can be found below.
2017 Crop Selection:
- Golden Beets
- Amount: 6 – 8 varieties: a similar selection as 2016 with a few changes
- Sowing: Grown as bunching beets as last year to be sown in early May (or your regular early beet sowing time) with late June to July harvest window
- Expected plot size: Total of 12’ (3.7m) per variety, to be planted in single rows or multiple rows per bed such as 2 rows of 6’, 3 rows of 4’, etc.
- Nantes Carrots
- Amount: 10 – 15 varieties
- Sowing: Late June sowing to grow into winter
- Expected plot size: TBD
- Fall/Winter Leeks
- Amount: 8 – 12 varieties
- Sowing: March seeding indoors for harvest into December and January
- Expected plot size: 6′ of each variety (ideally 2 rows per bed = 24 leeks)
- Overwintering Spinach (in tunnels/greenhouses)
- Amount: 8-12 varieties
- Sowing: September sowing November and February evaluations
- Expected plot size: 8 ft (2.4m) total of each variety, can be planted as single rows or 2 in-bed rows of 4’
- Note: This is a tentative trial which will be confirmed as the season progresses (4 crops may be a bit much!)
2017 Leek Variety List
| Leek | Curling Organic F1 | West Coast Seeds |
| Leek | Belton F1 (Check 1) | Osborne |
| Leek | Takrima F1, OG (Check 2) | Johnny’s Selected Seeds |
| Leek | Bandit (Check) | Johnny’s Selected Seeds |
| Leek | King Richard (Check) | Johnny’s Selected Seeds |
| Leek | Lancelot | Fedco |
| Leek | Siegfried Frost Leek (OG) | Fedco |
| Leek | Giant Musselbrugh | Hawthorn Organic Seeds |
| Leek | King Richard | BCESC – Glorious Organics |
| Leek | Verdonnet | Adaptive Seeds |
| Leek | St-Victor | BCESC – FC Seeds |
| Leek | Zermatt | Park Seeds |
| Leek | Prizetaker | Seed Savers Exchange |
| Leek | German Winter leek | Sunshine Seeds |
| Leek | Melaton | UBC Farm |
| Leek | Blaugruner Winter Avano | Uprising Seeds |
| Leek | Neptune | Uprising Seeds |
| Leek | Tadorna | West Coast Seeds |
| Leek | Autumn Giant | WDS |
| Leek | Hannibal (OG) | WDS |
| Leek | Liege Giant Winter (OG) | Adaptive Seeds |
| Leek | Belgium Breeder’s mix | Wild Garden Seeds |
| Leek | Bleu de Solaize | Salt Spring Seeds |
| Leek | Darcy’s Purple Leek | Salt Spring Seeds |
| Leek | Durabel | Salt Spring Seeds |
| Leek | Linnea | Salt Spring Seeds |
| Leek | Winter Green | Salt Spring Seeds |
| Leek | Atlanta | Vitalis |
| Leek | Axima | Vitalis |
| Leek | Mechelen Blue Green Winter (OG) | Adaptive Seeds |
| Leek | Runner F1 | High Mowing Seeds |
| Leek | Ray DeVries 1 | Ralph’s Greenhouse |
| Leek | Amercian Flag/Broad London | Harold Steves |
2017 Golden Beets Variety List
| Golden Beet | Touchstone Gold (Check) | Johnny’s Selected Seeds |
| Golden Beet | Yellow Sunrise | Osborne |
| Golden Beet | Boldor | Johnny’s Selected Seeds |
| Golden Beet | Golden | Baker Creek |
| Golden Beet | Badger Torch | High Mowing |
| Golden Beet | Yellow Sunrise | Local Harvest |
| Golden Beet | Burpee’s Golden | Restoration Seeds |
| Golden Beet | Golden Detroit | Cottage Gardener |
2017 Nantes Carrot Variety List
| Carrot | Bolero F1 (check) | Osborne |
| Carrot | Berlicum 2 | Baker Creek |
| Carrot | Kuroda Long 8 | Baker Creek |
| Carrot | Muscade | Baker Creek |
| Carrot | Rumba | Fedco |
| Carrot | Scarlet Keeper | Fedco |
| Carrot | Berlicumer | Full Circle Seeds |
| Carrot | Nantes Prima | Gourmet Seeds |
| Carrot | Dolciva | High Mowing |
| Carrot | Scarlet Nantes (check) | High Mowing |
| Carrot | Nash’s Nantes | Elaine Spearing |
| Carrot | Berlicumer | Salt Spring Seeds |
| Carrot | Nantes | Salt Spring Seeds |
| Carrot | Rodelika – Organic pelleted | Territorial |
| Carrot | Nantes di Chioggia | Seeds from Italy |
| Carrot | Garden Carrot | Seeds of Change |
| Carrot | Kuroda Chantenay | Siskiyou Seeds |
| Carrot | Touchon | Vesey’s |
| Carrot | Rhumba | BCESC |