In the spring of 2010, some trial seed production was scheduled in China, the main purpose is to find the best area for pea seed production.

Now we got the trial results, and we can say we find the best location. The trials are located in different areas in China, including Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Ningxia, Tiebet, and Qinghai, totally 9 locations. All of these areas are cool area, which is good for pea production.

All the varieties in the trial is from China local market, covers different kind of pea, including dry pea and fresh pea, semi-leafless type and normal type.

The following are the result of seed yield:

The "AREA 06" got the best seed yield, the average seed yield from all of the varieties is 4733kg per ha, while the second good harvest is 3200kg per ha.

The most important is, in this area, the "AREA 06", because of it's unique geographic location and climate, also the good crops rotation practice inherited from the history of local agriculture, there are no Bruchus pisorum happened in this area.

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In year 2007, we planned some trial production in Liaoning province. Now we get the final seed testing report, all seeds produced their passed both the lab test and grow out test.

Due to the unique geographical circumstance and climate, this new production base in Liaoning provine is perfect for dutch type cucumber, eggplant, bittergourd, towel gourd.

In 2008, we enlarged the trial scale and next year, heavy quantity of previos species and varieties will be transfered here.

After trial deployment for one production season, now Topsource launches it's web-gis based field management system.

Seed companies that produced their seeds contracted with Topsource will get their own username/password to access relative information of their species and varities, via the web based CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system, the customers can get information about field location, latest production report, and pictures of field and plants.

"MAKE THINGS BETTER", by introducing more and more technic in produciton management, reporting management, customer communication, and quality control, we hope to supply seeds with high quality.

After several years of "Warm Winter", now comes a really cold winter in our Jiuquan area. The minimum temperature reaches minus 29 Celsius Degree in this winter. There are also plenty of snow in this year.

In Chinese agriculture proverb, it says that "A fall of seasonable snow gives promise of a fruitful year", or "Plentiful year of winter snow trillion". That means if there have plenty of snow in winter, it forecasts a good harvest of next year.

We do hope a fruitful seed production season in year 2008.

Dedication to producing only the highest quality seed, Topsource Seed supplies certified organic seed in Jiuquan where owns an ideal seed production climate with a choice of many micro-climates, soil types and temperature ranges.

To ensure international seed standards, the company’s professional production advisors visit the fields on a regular basis.

Rules and regulations

Organic seed production is carried out in accordance with the rules and regulations of the International Federation of Organic Movement. When growing seed crops for organic use, the usual conditions for an organic crop apply: an absolute ban on chemical fertilizers and chemical crop protection preparations. The soil in which the seed crop is grown must also be free from any of these preparations. Topsource Seed observes a transition period of two years. When processing organic seed after harvesting, no chemical disinfectants are used, either.

That is why the risks of growing an organic seed crop are very high, especially when it concerns biennial crops such as carrots and cabbage. An infection by insects, fungi or a virus can virtually not be controlled. Yields of organic seed crops are also lower than in traditional crops.

Wide range

Over the last couple of years, Topsource Seed has built up a wide range of organically-grown seeds which includes tomato, pepper, squash, and bean. Apart from being able to offer a range of organically-produced seeds, Topsource can also supply seed from traditionally-grown crops, which has been disinfected without the use of chemicals, when no organically-produced seed is available and the above rules apply too.