Milenia

early, mainly firm cooking quality ware potato

EUROPLANT Milenia
  • yellow flesh colour
  • longoval tuber shape
  • uniform sorting
  • early yield formation
MILENIA - visually appealing, uniform and high-yielding quality variety
Growing recommendations
Site requirements
prefers average to better soil conditions with uniform supply of water and nutrients
Planting
Seed material sorting
35/50
Row widthTubers/ha
75 cm90 cm
32-34 cm
28-30 cm
40,400
for large tuber sizes +2 cm
Planting depth
standard
Seed preparation
germinating variety; keep cool until seed preparation
Seed dressing
dressing against Rhizoctonia solani recommended
Herbicides
no sensitivities are known when used properly*
Foliage
good, average leaf health
Harvest
standard
Fertilization incl. return of previous crop at medium supply level
Nitrogen (N)
medium - compared to the local standard (whole amount at planting)
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
Maturityearly to medium early
Cooking type
B
Consumption quality
mainly firm cooking, well-balanced taste
Yield
early high market yields
Youth development
rapid
Dormancy
good dormancy
Tuber characteristics
Tuber shape
oval
Eye depth
very shallow - shallow
Flesh colour
yellow
Skin colour
yellow
Skin
smooth
Number of tubers
medium - high
Resistances
PCN
Ro1 (9)
Potato wart disease
1 (a)
Sensitivities
Common scab
low
Spraing
medium
Bruising
low
Mechanical damage
low

* preliminary

 

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. (06/2024)