Violaceo di Verona
Variety
Violaceo di Verona
created by Tanja S.1 at 29.12.2020
Seed packet
Season Overview
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Description
Italian savoy variety with red colored bracts. Violencea di Verona can be grown as a spring crop with fall harvest or traditionally in late summer (from July). Due to certain frost hardiness, in warm areas it can be left until the new year.
Non hybrid
Not frost resistant
Growing tips
No growing tips available for this plant.
Details
Light requirement
Semi-shaded
Water requirement
Wet
Soil
Medium (loamy)
Nutrient requirement
High
Seeding distance
40 cm
Row spacing
50 cm
Seeding depth
Not specified
Companion Plants
Artichoke
Aubergine / Eggplant
Bean (Broad bean / Faba bean / Field bean)
Bean (Dwarf bean)
Bean (Runner bean)
Beetroot
Black salsify
Borage
Caraway / Meridian fennel / Persian cumin
Carrots
Celery (Celeriac / Celery root)
Celery (Celery)
Chamomile
Chard
Chili
Common marigold
Coriander / Cilantro
Cucumber / Gherkin
Dill
Leeks
Lettuce (Endive / Escarole / Erisée)
Lettuce (Lamb's lettuce)
Lettuce (Lettuce)
Lettuce (Radicchio / Italian chicory)
Mint
Oregano
Parsnip
Pea
Pepper / Paprika
Potato
Radish
Radishes
Rhubarb
Sage
Soybean
Spinach (Summer)
Thyme
Antagonistic Plants
Arugula / Rocket
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage (Cabbage)
Cauliflower
Chives
Collard greens (Kale)
Collard greens (Tuscan kale / Dinosaur kale / Palm tree kale)
Fennel
Florence fennel / Finocchio
Jerusalem artichoke / Topinambur
Kohlrabi / German turnip / Turnip cabbage
Lentils
Lovage
Marjoram
Mizuna / Japanese mustard greens
Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage
Onion
Onion (Spring onion)
Pak Choi
Rutabaga / Swedish turnip
Strawberry
Turnip
Diseases
Club root of cabbage
Pests
Cabbage white
Flea beetles
Cabbage fly
White fly
