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Melanie

medium early processing variety for French fries

  • white-yellow flesh colour
  • high marketable yields
  • high processing yields
  • stable baking quality from long-term storage
MELANIE - high yields with good processing quality from long-term storage
Growing recommendations
Site requirements
average to better soil conditions; locations susceptible to rust spot should be avoided
Planting
Seed material sorting
35/55
Row widthTubers/ha
75 cm90 cm
34-36 cm
28-30 cm
38,000
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 advisable
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
Processing quality
stable starch content, good baking quality, high shape stability
Yield
high yield; high market share
Youth development
initially hesistant, later rapid
Dormancy
very dormant
Tuber characteristics
Tuber shape
longoval
Eye depth
shallow
Flesh colour
white - light yellow
Skin
netted
Number of tubers
medium
Resistances
PCN
Ro1 (9)
Potato wart disease
1, 6**
Sensitivities
Common scab
low - medium
Spraing
medium - high
Bruising
very low - low
Mechanical damage
low - medium

* preliminary | ** tested in an EU country

 

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. (09/2023)