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Monique

early, firm cooking quality ware potato

  • yellow flesh colour
  • long tuber shape
  • very attractive smooth and light yellow skin
  • long-term storage variety
MONIQUE - shallow eyes, nice, long tuber shape and strong, smooth skin
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
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 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 substances
Herbicides
no sensitivities are known when used properly
Foliage
good, average leaf health; however, regular use of fungicides is recommended
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)
35-270 kg/ha (preferably as sulphate; on lighter soils split doses)
Magnesium (MgO)
70 kg/ha (for yield and quality assurance)
Variety characteristics
Maturityearly
Cooking type
A - B
Consumption quality
quality ware potato; no discolouration after cooking
Yield
medium to high yields with a fine grading size suitable for packing
Youth development
hesitant
Dormancy
good dormancy
Tuber characteristics
Tuber shape
longoval
Eye depth
very shallow - shallow
Flesh colour
yellow
Skin colour
yellow
Skin
smooth
Number of tubers
high
Resistances
PCN
Ro1 (9), Ro4 (9)
Sensitivities
Common scab
very low - low
Spraing
low
Bruising
very low - 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)