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Antonia
medium early quality salad potato
- yellow flesh colour
- firm cooking
- high marketable yield
- very attractive tuber shape
ANTONIA - the attractive tuber shape combined with excellent culinary quality ensures a leading position among the pre-packing varieties
| Growing recommendations | ||||||||||
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| Site requirements | prefers average to better soil conditions with uniform supply of water and nutrients | |||||||||
| Planting |
Planting depth
standard
Seed preparation
has good dormancy; sensitive to sprout breaking; a temperature shock briefly before planting (3-4 days) is beneficial
Seed dressing
seek advice; may be sensitive to individual active ingredients
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| Herbicides | exhibits average sensitivity to Metribuzin in the post-emergence | |||||||||
| Foliage | good, average leaf health; however, regular use of fungicides is recommended | |||||||||
| Harvest | timely and gentle harvesting after achieving skin stability | |||||||||
| Fertilization incl. return of previous crop at medium supply level | |
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| Nitrogen (N) | medium - compared with 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 | |
|---|---|
| Maturity | medium early |
| Cooking type | A - B |
| Consumption quality | firm cooking salad quality; no discolouration after cooking |
| Yield | high tuber and marketable yield |
| Youth development | rapid |
| Dormancy | very dormant, suitable for long-term storage |
| Tuber characteristics | Tuber shape oval Eye depth very shallow - shallow Flesh colour yellow Skin colour yellow Skin smooth - netted Number of tubers high |
| Resistances | PCN
Ro1, Ro4 |
| Sensitivities | Common scab low Spraing low 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. (07/2023)