Seed Quality Specifications
| Crop |
Product |
Grade |
Usual
Seed Size |
Average Seed
Count per 10g |
Minimum germination
of precision seed |
| Globe Artichoke |
Seed |
|
|
200-300 |
|
| Asparagus |
Seed |
|
2.5-4.25mm |
500 |
85% |
| Aubergine |
Seed |
|
2.5-3.0mm |
1900 |
90% |
| Broad Bean |
Seed |
|
|
7-9 |
85% |
| Climbing Bean |
Seed |
|
|
35-45 |
95% |
| Dwarf French Bean |
Seed |
|
|
35-40 |
85% |
| Runner Bean |
Seed |
|
10-25mm |
10 |
|
| Beetroot |
Graded |
|
3.0-3.5mm |
1000 |
80% |
| |
|
|
3.5-4.0mm |
700 |
90% |
| |
|
|
4.0-4.5mm |
500 |
90% |
Borecole
Cabbage Savoy
Brussels Sprouts
Sprouting Broccoli
Cauliflower |
Normal Seed
(where available) |
to 0.5mm |
1.25-2.5mm |
3000 |
|
| Precision |
0.2/0.25mm |
2.0-2.25mm |
2400 |
90% |
| Carrot |
Filmcoat |
to 0.2/0.25mm |
<1.6mm |
8500 |
85% |
| |
|
|
1.6-1.8mm |
7000 |
85% |
| |
|
|
>1.8mm |
5500 |
85% |
| |
|
|
Pellets |
to 0.5mm |
|
| Celery |
Precision |
|
|
25000 |
90% including pellets |
| Witloof Chicory |
Precision |
to 0.2/0.25mm |
|
5800 |
85% including pellets |
| Florence Fennel |
Precision |
to 0.2/0.25mm |
|
2500 |
90% - pellets |
| Leek - OP varieties |
Filmcoat |
to 0.25mm |
|
|
90% |
| |
Pills |
to 0.75mm |
3.0-3.75mm |
750 |
90% |
| Leek - F1 varieties |
Filmcoat |
to 0.25mm |
|
|
85% |
| |
Pills |
to 0.75mm |
3.0-3.75mm |
750 |
85% |
| Lettuce |
Seed |
|
|
|
93% |
| |
Pills |
to 0.5mm |
3.0-3.5mm |
250 |
95% |
| Marrow |
Seed |
|
|
70 |
|
| Onion (Salad) |
Filmcoat |
1.75-2.25mm |
2.25-2.75mm |
2500 |
90% |
| |
Topkote ® |
|
|
1200 |
90% |
| Onion |
Filmcoat |
|
2.0-2.75mm |
2500 |
90% |
| |
Splitkote |
to 0.75mm |
2.75-3.5mm |
600 |
|
| Parsley |
Seed |
to 0.2/0.25mm |
|
|
87% |
| Parsnip |
Filmcoat |
to 0.2/0.25mm |
4.00-4.25mm |
2700 |
|
| |
|
|
4.25-4.50mm |
2500 |
|
| |
|
|
4.50-4.75mm |
2300 |
|
| |
|
|
4.75-5.00mm |
2100 |
|
| |
|
|
5.00-5.25mm |
1900 |
|
| |
|
|
5.25-5.50mm |
1700 |
|
| |
Topkote ® |
|
|
550 |
|
| Pea |
Seed |
|
6-9mm |
35-40 |
85-88% |
| Pepper |
Seed |
|
|
1400 |
90% |
| Pumpkin |
Seed |
|
|
60 |
|
| Radish |
Filmcoat |
to 0.5mm |
|
1000 |
92% |
| Radicchio and Sugar Loaf |
Normal Seed |
|
|
5800 |
88% |
| (Green Chicory) |
Pills |
|
|
320 |
88% |
| Spinach |
Filmcoat |
|
|
850 |
85% |
| Squash |
Seed |
|
|
60 |
92% |
| Swede and Turnip |
Filmcoat |
to 0.2/0.25mm |
1.50-2.50mm |
3000 |
|
| Sugar Pea |
Seed |
|
|
35 |
|
| Sweetcorn |
Seed |
|
|
50-75 |
90% |
| Tomato |
Seed |
|
|
3200 |
92% |
ESA RECOMMENDATION ON SEED HEALTH REQUIREMENTS
In order to supply sufficiently healthy vegetable seeds and in order to meet the requirements of EU Council Directive 2002/55/EU, Elsoms Seeds uses various disease risk management strategies to prevent and control seed transmitted diseases. These may include and not limited to seed health testing programs, protected seed production, field inspections, seed treatments and other effective seed disinfection methods.
ISHI-VEG has developed the Manual of Seed Health Testing Methods, which includes state of the art seed health testing protocols. Elsoms Seeds follows the ISHI-VEG recommended minimum sizes of a representative sample for seed health testing.
Information regarding the ISHI-VEG seed health test protocols and recommended minimum sample sizes can be found at:
http://www.worldseed.org/ISHI-VEG_Manual.htm or can be sent on request.