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Karelia

medium early, floury cooking ware potato

  • light yellow to yellow flesh colour
  • very uniform grading sizes
  • very high marketable yields
  • broad PCN resistance
KARELIA - floury cooking ware potato combined with broad PCN resistance and tolerance
Growing recommendations
Site requirements
no special requirements in terms of location
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
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
standard
Fertilization incl. return of previous crop at medium supply level
Nitrogen (N)
low - 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)
350-270 kg/ha (up to 80 kg/ha chloride possible; on lighter soils split doses)
Magnesium (MgO)
70 kg/ha (for yield and quality assurance)
Variety characteristics
Maturitymedium early
Cooking type
B - C
Consumption quality
floury cooking, good potato flavour
Yield
high yields with a uniform and medium sized grading, high marketable yield
Youth development
rapid
Dormancy
very dormant, suitable for long-term storage
Tuber characteristics
Tuber shape
roundoval
Eye depth
shallow - medium
Flesh colour
light yellow
Skin colour
yellow
Skin
netted
Number of tubers
high
Resistances
PCN
Ro1 (9), Ro4 (9)
Pa2 (8), Pa3 (8)
Nematode tolerance
tolerant
Potato wart disease
1, 2 (a), 6 (a)
Sensitivities
Common scab
very low - 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)