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Montana

medium early, firm cooking ware potato

  • yellow to deep yellow flesh colour
  • high tuber yields with high marketable yields
  • storage variety
  • suitable for lower carb
MONTANA - firm cooking ware potato for storage and packing
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
plant higher tuber nest 2 cm deeper if necessary (max. 17 cm soil cover)
Seed preparation
has a good dormancy; sprout stimulation evenly before planting (7-10 days)
Seed dressing
seek advice; may be sensitive to individual active ingredients
Herbicides
exhibits average sensitivity to Metribuzin in the post-emergence
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)
low - 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
Maturitymedium early
Cooking type
A - B
Consumption quality
firm cooking; stable yellow flesh colour after cooking; no discolouration
Yield
high tuber yield with uniform grading; high marketable yield
Youth development
rapid
Dormancy
very dormant; suitable for long-term storage
Tuber characteristics
Tuber shape
oval
Eye depth
shallow
Flesh colour
yellow - deep yellow
Skin colour
yellow
Skin
smooth
Number of tubers
high
Resistances
PCN
Ro1 (8), Ro2/3 (8),
Ro4 (7), Ro5 (8)
Potato wart disease
1 (a)
Sensitivities
Common scab
very low - low
Spraing
very low
Bruising
very low - low
Mechanical damage
low - medium

(a) low sensitivities | Special advice for lower carb production available.

 

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)