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Madeira

medium early, mainly firm cooking ware potato

  • yellow flesh colour
  • very attractive oval tubers
  • very high marketable yield
  • excellent suitability for packing
MADEIRA - smooth, nice and suitable for packing combined with very high marketable yields
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
30-32 cm
25-27 cm
43,000
Recommendation plant spacing
Planting depth
planted 2 cm deeper for high-yielding locations (max. 17 cm soil cover)
Seed preparation
has a good dormancy; sprout stimulation evenly before planting (7-10 days)
Seed dressing
dressing against Rhizoctonia solani recommended
Herbicides
is sensitive to Metribuzin in the post-emergence; avoid to use the active substance
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)
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 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 - A
Consumption quality
mainly firm cooking; very stable flesh colour after cooking; good flavour
Yield
very high tuber yield with high marketable yield for packing
Youth development
rapid
Dormancy
very dormant, suitable for long-term storage
Tuber characteristics
Tuber shape
roundoval
Eye depth
very shallow - shallow
Flesh colour
yellow
Skin colour
yellow
Skin
smooth
Number of tubers
medium - high
Resistances
PCN
Ro1 (9), Ro4 (9)
Potato wart disease
1
Sensitivities
Common scab
medium
Spraing
very low
Bruising
low
Mechanical damage
very low - low

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)