Certification

All our asparagus plants are grown according to Naktuinbouw’s ‘Select Plant’ system. This system has been developed for patients with extra-quality propagating material.

Asparagus cultivation starts with an investment of many years. For optimum returns, it is important to start with high-quality plant material. Asparagus plants that are certified according to the Naktuinbouw Select Plant quality-plus system guarantee a good start.

Select Plant clearly goes further than the standard quality inspections. The growing material meets stricter requirements with regard to origin, identity, trueness to variety, varietal purity, health (free of viruses, fungi, bacteria and nematodes), and internal and external quality.

There are seven requirements to be part of Select Plant: For each hectare, three fusarium samples are made of approximately 60 individual samples. Seed is strictly checked for fusarium, the standard is 1%. Seeds are only sowed in plots with a pH between 5.4-7.0. Asparaguses have not been cultivated for at least seven years per plot. The plants are traceable from seed to grower. Monthly winter inspection of nursery fields. Naktuinbouw inspects the seeds, plant plot and grading shed.