Laura

medium early, red skinned, mainly firm cooking ware potato

  • deep yellow flesh colour
  • longoval, true to shape tuber with shallow eyes
  • aromatic taste
  • good storability
LAURA - the "queen of red skin" with deep yellow flesh colour and high culinary quality
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
28-30 cm
23-25 cm
46,000
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
seek advice; may be sensitive to individual active ingredients
Herbicides
is sensitive to Metribuzin in the pre- and post-emergence; avoid use
Foliage
average leaf health; timely and regular use of fungicides against late blight is required
Harvest
needs app. one week longer to achieve skin stability; classic storage variety, should be completely dry before washing
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)
350-270 kg/ha (up to 150 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
Consumption quality
mainly firm cooking; excellent flavour
Yield
medium to high tuber yield and uniform marketable yields
Youth development
rapid
Dormancy
good dormancy
Tuber characteristics
Tuber shape
oval
Eye depth
shallow
Flesh colour
deep yellow
Skin colour
red
Skin
smooth
Number of tubers
medium
Resistances
PCN
Ro1, Ro2/3, Ro4, Ro5
Potato wart disease
1 (a)
Sensitivities
Common scab
low - medium
Spraing
low - medium
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)