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Valery

medium early, red skinned, firm cooking quality ware potato

  • deep yellow flesh colour
  • high culinary quality
  • low discolouration after cooking
  • good dormancy
VALERY - performance potential especially in the small sizes premium market segment
Growing recommendations
Site requirements
prefers average to better soil conditions with uniform supply of water and nutrients
Planting
Seed material sorting
35/55
Row widthTubers/ha
75 cm90 cm
30-32 cm
25-27 cm
43,000
for baby production - 4-6 cm
Recommendation plant spacing
Planting depth
planted 2 cm deeper for high-yielding locations (max. 17 cm soil cover)
Seed preparation
has a good dormancy; sprout stimulation evenly before planting (7-10 days)
Seed dressing
dressing against Rhizoctonia solani recommended
Herbicides
exhibits average sensitivity to Metribuzin in the pre-emergence; is sensitive to Metribuzin in the post-emergence; avoid use
Foliage
average leaf health; timely and regular use of fungicides against late blight is advisable
Harvest
timely and gentle harvesting after achieving skin stability
Fertilization incl. return of previous crop at medium supply level
Nitrogen (N)
medium - compared to the local standard (2/3 before planting and 1/3 later)
Phosphorus (P2O5)
100 kg/ha (water soluble phosphate at planting)
Potassium (K2O)
350-270 kg/ha (up to 80 kg/ha chloride possible; on lighter soils split doses)
Magnesium (MgO)
70 kg/ha (for yield and quality assurance)
Variety characteristics
Maturitymedium early
Cooking type
A - B
Consumption quality
premium salad potato; excellent flavour
Yield
medium yield with uniform fine grading sizes
Youth development
rapid
Dormancy
good dormancy
Tuber characteristics
Tuber shape
longoval
Eye depth
shallow
Flesh colour
deep yellow
Skin colour
red
Skin
smooth - netted
Number of tubers
medium - high
Resistances
PCN
Ro1 (9)
Sensitivities
Common scab
low
Spraing
low
Bruising
very low
Mechanical damage
medium

All particulars are based on official variety trials and/or our own experience. However, as potatoes are natural products we cannot undertake any liability for these details. (07/2023)