Articles - Onion
Rhinestone high packout %
Rhinestone onion in this field in Mid-Canterbury is packing out at around 100 tonnes per hectare, with minimal rejects. One competitor variety in the same... more...
Rhinestone exceptional in lower North Island
Rhinestone F1 continues its impressive performance in New Zealand. This week I visited fields in Bulls, Shannon and Levin, all fields of Rhinestone were exceeding... more...
Rhinestone outstanding in the field
Rhinestone onion continues to impress at Garlefan Farms in Mid Canterbury. The second commerical year that Garlefan Farms has grown Rhinestone and it continues to... more...
Onion seed supply update
Following increased demand for the high quality onion seed lines from Vigour, we have sold out of the following varieites for 2011:Jarit ELKZenithValley BrownRhinestone F1Tilbury... more...
Tilbury outstanding packouts
This week Wim van der Heijden who is the product manager for onions at Nickerson-Zwaan, the Neterhlands visited New Zealand. Wim visited growers packing and... more...
Rhinestone a real gem!
Now into its 6th year of harvest in New Zealand, Rhinestone f1 is once again confirming its ability to produce high yields of quality... more...
Onion storage trials
Each year from our main trial sites in both Lincoln and Pukekohe districts we store bulbs of all the varieties that we test. I assess... more...
Lincoln Onion Trial
The onion variety trial sown early in September 2006, on the property of Greg & Sue Tucker, on the outskirts of Lincoln is progressing well. ... more...
Tilbury impressive again in Pukekohe
Growers in Pukekohe have started to lift their crops of Tilbury onions and is receiving some rave reviews. When compared with other varieties, Tilbury has... more...
Tilbury Mid Growth
The fields of Tilbury were today growing very well in the Hastings district. The plantings of Tilbury in the district are well and performing well... more...
German Onion Production
Dr Peter Grauert, a well respected onion expert in Germany, recently hosted our Steve McArthur for a few days in Germany. Steve was given a... more...
Best in Store
In March this year we harvested the onions from our main trial screening field at Lincoln. Today we carefully assessed the stored onions from the trial... more...
Leading plant breeder visits New Zealand
Nickerson-Zwaans brassica breeding team leader Jan-Leendert Harrewijn; made a flying visit to New Zealand to view brassica and onion development trials and meet with a... more...
Onion trials sent to The Netherlands
New Zealand exports the majority of its onion production, much of this to the UK and Europe. Part of our on going research program has... more...
Packing Tilbury Onions
Today in Christchurch we packed the Tilbury onions produced at our trial site in Lincoln. The onions packed out a high percentage of class 1... more...
Onion trial field update
Top fall at the Vigour onion research site at Lincoln. Our one acre intermediate day length onion trial has finished off nicely. There has been... more...
Tilbury in Mid Canterbury
A large field of Tilbury onions are just about to be lifted in the Mid Canterbury, this planting of more than 10 hectares of Tilbury... more...
Tilbury in Pendarves
It is almost time to lift a large field of Tilbury onions in Pendarves, Rakaia district. Despite a severe herbicide check, this planting of more... more...
Tilbury conquers Pukekohe
This season Vigour conducted 5 field trials of Tilbury in the Pukekohe region with sowings in the first 2 weeks of August. For the past... more...
Jumbo sized Tilbury in Hastings
Hastings has managed to produce a very large and consistent size of Tilbury onion from these early - mid August sowings. Sowing at rates around... more...
Rhinestone a gem of an onion
Excellent results have been achieved with RHINESTONE F1 onion a new high yielding Regular Pukekohe Long Keeper type. Rhinestone has high skin numbers with excellent... more...
Quattro makes size in dry conditions
Faced with a very wet late winter and spring which delayed their onion sowings, Pukekohe growers Harry and Sam Das turned to QUATTRO f1 onion... more...
Overwintering onions in the South
PANTHER f1 is a new hybrid that offers growers PLK type bulb qualities in an Autumn sown, Summer harvest onion. Overwinter onions are a high risk... more...
Jarit onion breeding excels
The 2008 harvest of Vigour’s assortment of Jarit bred onions has been very successful. A feature has been the performance of Zenith in the early... more...
Onion crop updates
We have just completed the development of the most upto date onion growing information website available for growers that choose to grow with VIGOUR. We... more...
Tilbury Growing Well
The commercial plantings of Tilbury F1 onions are progressing well. The variety is showing strong vigour at the 4th leaf stage. In some fields the... more...
Onion Trials in The Netherlands
Today I visited the field trials of new varieties being bred by Nickerson Zwaan at their research station in the North of The Netherlands. Onion... more...