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Finka
very early, mainly firm cooking quality ware potato
- yellow to deep yellow flesh colour
- good potato flavour
- very early culinary quality
- high marketable yield
FINKA - early tuber setting, uniform large size grading and attractive tuber shape
| Growing recommendations | ||||||||||
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| Site requirements | average to better soil conditions; locations susceptible to scab should be avoided | |||||||||
| Planting |
Planting depth
standard
Seed preparation
has good dormancy; sensitive to sprout breaking; a temperature shock briefly before planting (3-4 days) is beneficial
Seed dressing
dressing against Rhizoctonia solani recommended
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| 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 | average leaf health; timely and regular use of fungicides against late blight is advisable | |||||||||
| Harvest | timely and gentle harvesting after achieving skin stability | |||||||||
| Fertilization incl. return of previous crop at medium supply level | |
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| 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 | |
|---|---|
| Maturity | very early |
| Cooking type | B - A |
| Consumption quality | tasteful, firm cooking salad variety |
| Yield | good; high marketable yield |
| Youth development | rapid |
| Dormancy | good dormancy |
| Tuber characteristics | Tuber shape oval Eye depth shallow Flesh colour yellow - deep yellow Skin colour yellow Skin smooth - netted Number of tubers low - medium |
| Resistances | PCN
Ro1, Ro4 Potato wart disease
1 (a), 2 (a) |
| Sensitivities | Common scab medium Spraing low Bruising low Mechanical damage 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)