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Cilena

early firm cooking ware potato

  • yellow flesh colour
  • stable consumption quality
  • early dry matter content
  • high popularity
CILENA - high popularity!
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
Recommendation plant spacing
Planting depth
plant higher tuber nest 2 cm deeper if necessary (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
no sensitivities are known when used properly
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)
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 (to ensure the rapid storage of substances preferably sulphate potassium)
Magnesium (MgO)
70 kg/ha (for yield and quality assurance)
Variety characteristics
Maturityearly
Cooking type
A
Consumption quality
culinary firm cooking salad potato
Yield
medium marketable yield
Youth development
rapid
Dormancy
good dormancy
Tuber characteristics
Tuber shape
longoval
Eye depth
shallow
Flesh colour
yellow
Skin colour
yellow
Skin
netted
Number of tubers
medium - high
Resistances
PCN
Ro1
Sensitivities
Common scab
medium
Spraing
low
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. (07/2023)