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Elfe

early, mainly firm cooking quality ware potato

  • yellow flesh colour
  • smooth skin with shallow eyes
  • attractive and uniform tubers
  • high marketable yield
ELFE - high yield combined with appealing tuber quality
Growing recommendations
Site requirements
average to better soil conditions; locations susceptible to scab should be avoided
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
normal
Seed preparation
has a good dormancy; sprout stimulation evenly before planting (7-10 days)
Seed dressing
dressing against Rhizoctonia solani recommended
Herbicides
when used correctly, no sensitivity to Metribuzin is known in the pre-emergence and a medium 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
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)
325-245 kg/ha (to ensure the rapid storage of substances preferably sulphate potassium)
Magnesium (MgO)
60 kg/ha (for yield and quality assurance)
Variety characteristics
Maturityearly
Cooking type
B
Consumption quality
mainly firm cooking ware potato; very low discolouration after cooking;
Yield
high; high marketable yield
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
Sensitivities
Common scab
low - medium
Spraing
medium
Bruising
very low
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)