Malling Promise

Variety

Malling Promise

created by Tim at 15.02.2021

Season Overview

Sowing

Harvest

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1ST YEAR

FOLLOWING YEARS

Description

Fruit: medium size, conical, medium - dark red, soft. Taste: pleasantly sourish 'Malling Promise' is an easy-care early variety.

F1 Hybrid

Frostproof

Growing tips

Malling Promise bears on the 2-year-old canes, so these should be cut close to the ground after harvest.

Details

Light requirement

Semi-shaded

Water requirement

Very humid

Soil

Light (sandy)

Nutrient requirement

Low

Seeding distance

40 cm

Row spacing

70 cm

Seeding depth

cm

Companion Plants

Chives

Common marigold

Cress

Lavender

Lettuce (Lamb's lettuce)

Melissa

Phacelia / Scorpionweed / Heliotrope

Thyme

Antagonistic Plants

Blackberry / Brambles

Currant

Diseases

Root Rot

Pests

No pests