• Hokianga

    Growing in a Changing Climate

    Seasons in Hokianga are changing and tomatoes are feeling it.

    Longer humidity, heavier rain, and sudden heat shifts are making tomatoes harder to grow. Not to forget the sharper, stronger winds that have been appearing more randomly.

    These conditions increase disease pressure, stress plants, and shorten harvest windows.

    Pests can move just as fast catching them early makes all the difference.

    That's why every seed here is grown and selected under real condtions - not ideal ones.

    Armyworm caterpillars feeding on tomato leaf, showing early pest damage to watch for in humid growing conditions.