Annalena

medium early, firm cooking ware variety

  • yellow flesh colour
  • high culinary quality
  • very attractive tuber shape
  • Low-Input variety
ANNALENA - Low-Input variety with high yield potential and excellent culinary quality
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
28-30 cm
23-25 cm
46,000
Planting depth
standard
Seed preparation
has a good dormancy; sprout stimulation evenly before planting (7-10 days)
Seed dressing
dressing against Rhizoctonia solani recommended
Herbicides
is sensitive to Metribuzin in the post-emergence; avoid use
Foliage
good, average leaf health; however, regular use of fungicides is recommended
Harvest
standard
Fertilization incl. return of previous crop at medium supply level
Nitrogen (N)
low - 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 150 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
firm cooking, aromatic flavour
Yield
high marketable yield with uniform grading
Youth development
rapid
Dormancy
good dormancy
Tuber characteristics
Tuber shape
longoval
Eye depth
shallow
Flesh colour
yellow
Skin colour
yellow
Skin
smooth - netted
Number of tubers
medium - high
Resistances
PCN
Ro1, Ro4
Sensitivities
Common scab
low
Spraing
medium
Bruising
low
Mechanical damage
low - 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. (06/2021)