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Ramona
medium early, red skinned, firm cooking ware potato
- deep yellow flesh colour
- attractive smooth skin and shallow eyes
- aromatic potato taste
- good storability
RAMONA - distinctive firm cooking culinary quality with unique deep yellow flesh colour in red skin
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| Site requirements | prefers average to better soil conditions with uniform supply of water and nutrients | |||||||||
| Planting |
Planting depth
standard
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 ingredients
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| Herbicides | is sensitive to Metribuzin in the pre- and post-emergence; avoid use | |||||||||
| Foliage | average leaf health; timely and regular use of fungicides against late blight is advisable | |||||||||
| Harvest | timely and gentle harvesting after achieving skin stability | |||||||||
| Fertilization incl. return of previous crop at medium supply level | |
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| 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 | |
|---|---|
| Maturity | medium early |
| Cooking type | A - B |
| Consumption quality | firm cooking quality ware potato with high culinary potato flavour |
| Yield | good tuber yield; fine grading |
| Youth development | initially hesitant, later rapid |
| Dormancy | good dormancy |
| Tuber characteristics | Tuber shape oval Eye depth shallow Flesh colour deep yellow Skin colour red Skin smooth Number of tubers medium - high |
| Resistances | PCN
Ro1 (9), Ro2/3 (9), Ro4 (9), Ro5 (9) Potato wart disease
1 |
| Sensitivities | Common scab low Spraing low Bruising very low - low Mechanical damage low - 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)