Malvina
early, mainly firm cooking ware potato
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- yellow flesh colour
- uniform tubers
- smooth skin and shallow eyes
- high yield
MALVINA - ware potato with early high yield and good drought tolerance
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Site requirements | average to better soil conditions; locations susceptible to rust spot should be avoided | |||||||||
Planting |
Planting depth
planted 2 cm deeper for high-yielding locations (max. 17 cm soil cover)
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
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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 | ensure gentle harvest |
Fertilization incl. return of previous crop at medium supply level | |
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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 (preferably as sulphate; on lighter soils split doses) |
Magnesium (MgO) | 70 kg/ha (for yield and quality assurance) |
Variety characteristics | |
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Maturity | early |
Cooking type | B |
Consumption quality | stable flesh colour; good culinary quality |
Yield | very high tuber yield with high marketable yield for packing |
Youth development | hesitant |
Dormancy | good dormancy |
Tuber characteristics | Tuber shape longoval Eye depth shallow Flesh colour yellow Skin colour yellow Skin smooth - netted Number of tubers high |
Resistances | Potato wart disease
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Sensitivities | Common scab low - medium Spraing medium Bruising low - medium Mechanical damage medium |
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)