Red Star / Howes
Variety
Red Star / Howes
created by Rita M. at 21.03.2021
Seed packet
Season Overview
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Description
This variety is a large-fruited cranberry. It is characterized by high and regular yields. The fruits have an aromatic sour taste.
F1 Hybrid
Frostproof
Growing tips
Fruits only after 3-4 years, in winter cover with bark mulch or fleece.
Details
Light requirement
Sunny
Water requirement
Moist
Soil
Light (sandy)
Nutrient requirement
Low
Light germinator
Germination temperature
18 - 22 °C (Degrees Celsius)
Plant distance
70 cm
Row spacing
70 cm
Seeding depth
0.2 cm
Companion Plants
Antagonistic Plants
Abyssinian cabbage / Ethiopian mustard
Anemone
Aubergine / Eggplant
Beetroot
Blackberry / Brambles
Broccoli
Broccoli raab / Stem cabbage / Cima di rapa
Brussels sprouts
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage (Cabbage)
Cabbage (Pointed cabbage)
Cabbage (red cabbage)
Cabbage (Savoy cabbage)
Cauliflower
Chili
Chinese kale - Kai-lan / Chinese broccoli
Clematis
Collard greens
Collard greens (Kale)
Collard greens (Tuscan kale / Dinosaur kale / Palm tree kale)
Courgette / Zucchini
Cucumber (African horned cucumber / Kiwano)
Cucumber (Caigua)
Cucumber (Melothria)
Cucumber / Gherkin
Garden squash - Patisson / UFO squash
Grasses - feather-bristled grasses, lamp-cleaning grasses
Grasses - Fescue
Grasses - Pampas grass
Grasses - Reedgrass
Green lavender cotton
Hair cucumbers / snake gourds
Hazelnut
Hellebores
Horsetail
Ivy
Kohlrabi / German turnip / Turnip cabbage
Lavender
Lily of the valley
Maples
Mizuna / Japanese mustard greens
Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage
Nightshades (Other)
Okra
Oregano
Ornamental pumpkin
Pak Choi
Pepper / Paprika
Phlox, flame flower
Potato
Pumpkin / Squash
Rapeseed
Rapeseed - Sheer cabbage / Siberian cabbage
Rapini / Broccoli rabe
Raspberry
Rose
Rosemary
Rutabaga / Swedish turnip
Sage
Sea coal
Sponge gourd / Egyptian cucumber / Vietnamese luffa
Stem herbs
Stinging nettle
Strawberry
Succulents
Sweet woodruff / Sweetscented bedstraw
Thyme
Tomato (Bush tomato)
Tomato (Cocktail bush tomato)
Tomato (Cocktail Stake Tomato)
Tomato (Stake tomato)
Turnip
Turnip greens - Choy Sum / Chinese flowering cabbage
Turnip greens - Mizuna
Turnip greens - Tatsoi
Turnips - Oilseed turnips
Turnips - Wild turnips
Vegetable cabbage - Forage cabbage
Vegetable cabbage - Ribbed cabbage / Portuguese cabbage
Vegetable cabbage - wild cabbage / ancient cabbage
Walnut family
Wild garlic
Willows
Yalta tomatoes
Diseases
Root Rot
Septoria
Grey mold
Pests
Common winter moth
Spider mites
Schildläuse
Caterpillars
Spotted wing drosophila
Gall midges
Aphids
