Ramiro Arnedo Semillas

Vegetable Seed Development and Sales

Ramiro Arnedo Semillas has more than 75 years of experience developing and selling vegetable seeds. The company focuses on breeding its own varieties and selling them to growers, with the goal of improving crop profitability and planting reliability. It identifies itself as a leading specialist in lettuce, processing peppers, greenhouse peppers, and mild Padrón-type peppers.

Products

The catalog includes seeds for a wide range of vegetables, including:

• Lettuce: iceberg, Batavia, oak leaf, Little Gem, lollo, butterhead, romaine, and mini romaine types
• Peppers: California, Lamuyo, sweet Italian, hot, Padrón, processing types (Morrón, paprika, and Piquillo), and Infante types
• Tomatoes: determinate and indeterminate, hanging, pear, cluster, pink, flavorful, and types such as Cuor di Bue and Marmande
• Eggplant: long, oval, striped, and half-long varieties for open-field and greenhouse growing
• Melons: Canary yellow, Piel de Sapo, and Rochet
• Beans: climbing types with flat or round pods and bush beans
• Artichokes: Lorca and Tupac varieties
• Swiss chard: white-stemmed green, Lyon yellow, and selected types

The company also sells its Jardiver line of vegetable varieties, aromatic flowers, and lawn seed for home gardeners, as well as pelleted seeds with physical features designed to work with current planting systems.

Research and Development

Ramiro Arnedo has an R&D department that develops vegetable varieties for higher yields, disease resistance, longer postharvest life, and improved sensory qualities such as color, texture, and flavor. The company says it combines natural biological methods with advanced technology and has more than 30 years of research experience.

Location and Contact

General offices: 38 General Gallarza, P.O. Box 21, Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain. Phone: 941 131 250. The company lists regional email contacts for Almería, Murcia, and Seville, as well as international inquiries and international inquiries in English, in addition to its general email: ramiroarnedo@ramiroarnedo.com.

Ramiro Arnedo is also on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and YouTube, where it shares technical content and growing advice.