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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
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
32-34 cm
27-28 cm
40,400
Recommendation plant spacing
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
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
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
Maturityvery 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)