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Bellarosa

very early, red skinned, mainly firm cooking table variety

  • light yellow - yellow flesh colour
  • early high yield
  • large tuber sizes
  • robust variety with high drought tolerance
BELLAROSA - achieves very large, oval tubers with a stable internal quality at an early stage
Growing recommendations
Site requirements
no special requirements in terms of location
Planting
Seed material sorting
35/55
Row widthTubers/ha
75 cm90 cm
30-32 cm
25-27 cm
43,000
Recommendation plant spacing
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
exhibits average sensitivity to Metribuzin in the pre- and post-emergence
Foliage
average leaf health; timely and regular use of fungicides against late blight is advisable
Harvest
ensure gentle harvest
Fertilization incl. return of previous crop at medium supply level
Nitrogen (N)
medium - compared to the local standard (whole amount at planting)
Phosphorus (P2O5)
100 kg/ha (water soluble phosphate at planting)
Potassium (K2O)
325-245 kg/ha (to ensure the rapid storage of substances; preferably sulphate potassium, up to 80 kg/ha chloride possible)
Magnesium (MgO)
60 kg/ha (for yield and quality assurance)
Variety characteristics
Maturityvery early to early
Cooking type
B
Consumption quality
mainly firm cooking, good consumption quality and medium dry matter content
Yield
early bulking lots; high amount oversizes
Youth development
rapid
Dormancy
good dormancy
Tuber characteristics
Tuber shape
oval
Eye depth
medium
Flesh colour
light yellow - yellow
Skin colour
red
Skin
netted
Number of tubers
low - medium
Resistances
PCN
Ro1, Ro4
Potato wart disease
1
Sensitivities
Common scab
low
Spraing
medium - high
Bruising
low - medium
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. (06/2021)