Concordia

medium early, mainly firm cooking quality ware potato

  • yellow flesh colour
  • attractive oval tuber shape with smooth skin
  • high marketable yield
  • suitable for storage
CONCORDIA - sets new standards with attractive stable tuber shape, washability and good ware 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
no sensitivities are known when used properly
Foliage
good, average leaf health
Harvest
ensure gentle harvest
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 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
B
Consumption quality
mainly firm cooking; very low discolouration after cooking; good peeling ability
Yield
medium to high yield with regular grading
Youth development
rapid
Dormancy
good dormancy
Tuber characteristics
Tuber shape
oval
Eye depth
shallow
Flesh colour
yellow
Skin colour
yellow
Skin
smooth
Number of tubers
medium
Resistances
PCN
Ro1, Ro4
Potato wart disease
1 (a)
Sensitivities
Common scab
low - medium
Spraing
low
Bruising
low
Mechanical damage
low - medium

(a) low sensitivities

 

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)