Filipa

very early, mainly firm cooking ware potato

  • yellow flesh colour
  • round-oval tuber shape
  • early high marketable yields
  • variety for foil cultivation and pre-germination
FILIPA - very early, mainly firm cooking and attractive ware potato
Growing recommendations
Site requirements
prefers average to better soil conditions with uniform supply of water and nutrients
Planting
Seed material sorting
35/50
Row widthTubers/ha
75 cm90 cm
32-34 cm
27-28 cm
40,400
pre-germination plant 2 to 4 cm closer
Planting depth
standard
Seed preparation
germinating variety; keep cool until seed preparation
Seed dressing
dressing against Rhizoctonia solani recommended
Herbicides
no sensitivities are known when used properly*
Foliage
average leaf health; timely and regular use of fungicides against late blight is required
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 (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)
Magnesium (MgO)
60 kg/ha (for yield and quality assurance)
Variety characteristics
Maturityvery early
Cooking type
B
Consumption quality
good taste; stable quality after cooking
Yield
early high marketable yields
Youth development
rapid
Dormancy
germinating variety
Tuber characteristics
Tuber shape
roundoval
Eye depth
shallow
Flesh colour
yellow
Skin colour
yellow
Skin
smooth
Number of tubers
high
Resistances
PCN
Ro1 (9), Ro2/3 (8),
Ro5 (8)
Sensitivities
Common scab
very low - low
Spraing
low - medium
Bruising
low
Mechanical damage
very low - low

* preliminary

 

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. (08/2023)