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Gunda

early, floury cooking quality ware potato

  • yellow flesh colour
  • attractive tuber shape
  • suitable for washing and packing
  • floury cooking quality after storage
GUNDA - perfect addition to the floury cooking ware potato assortment for late marketing
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
30-32 cm
25-27 cm
43,000
Recommendation plant spacing
Planting depth
standard
Seed preparation
has a good dormancy; sprout stimulation evenly before planting (7-10 days)
Seed dressing
preventive control of Rhizoctonia solani is generally recommended
Herbicides
no sensitivities are known when used properly
Foliage
average leaf health; timely and regular use of fungicides also against Alternaria 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 (preferably as sulphate; on lighter soils split doses)
Magnesium (MgO)
60 kg/ha (for yield and quality assurance)
Variety characteristics
Maturityearly
Cooking type
B - C
Consumption quality
floury cooking with a good flavour
Yield
medium with a uniform grading
Youth development
initially hesitant, later rapid
Dormancy
very dormant, suitable for long-term storage
Tuber characteristics
Tuber shape
oval
Eye depth
shallow - medium
Flesh colour
yellow
Skin colour
yellow
Skin
smooth - netted
Number of tubers
medium - high
Resistances
PCN
Ro1, Ro4
Potato wart disease
1, 2 (a), 6 (a), 18 (a)
Sensitivities
Common scab
low
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)