Otolia

medium early, mainly firm cooking ware potato

  • yellow flesh colour
  • oval, attractive tuber shape
  • broad potato wart resistance
  • good storability
OTOLIA - culinary quality with healthy foliage and extensive potato wart resistance
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
for smaller packing size -2-4 cm
Planting depth
standard
Seed preparation
no special preparation necessary
Seed dressing
dressing against Rhizoctonia solani recommended
Herbicides
no sensitivities are known when used properly
Foliage
very good leaf health (late blight), slightly senstive to early blight
Harvest
ensure gentle harvest
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 150 kg/ha chloride possible; on lighter soils split doses)
Magnesium (MgO)
70 kg/ha (for yield and quality assurance)
Variety characteristics
Maturitymedium early
Cooking type
B
Consumption quality
mainly firm cooking; very low discolouration after cooking
Yield
medium yields with uniform packing grading
Youth development
initially hesitant, later rapid
Dormancy
good dormancy
Tuber characteristics
Tuber shape
oval
Eye depth
shallow - medium
Flesh colour
yellow
Skin colour
yellow
Skin
netted
Number of tubers
medium
Resistances
PCN
Ro1 (9), Ro2/3 (8)
Potato wart disease
1, 6, 8, 18
Sensitivities
Common scab
low
Spraing
medium
Bruising
low
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)