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Red Fantasy

medium early, red skinned, mainly firm cooking quality ware potato

  • deep yellow flesh colour
  • very high marketable yield
  • large sized grading
  • good storability
RED FANTASY - red skinned ware potato with large tubers for long-term storage
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
28-30 cm
23-25 cm
46,000
Recommendation plant spacing
Planting depth
standard
Seed preparation
has a good dormancy; sprout stimulation evenly before planting (7-10 days)
Seed dressing
dressing against Rhizoctonia solani recommended
Herbicides
is sensitive to Metribuzin in the pre- and post-emergence; avoid use
Foliage
good, average leaf health; however, regular use of fungicides is recommended
Harvest
needs app. one week longer to achieve skin stability; classic storage variety, should be completely dry before washing
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
nice potato flavour
Yield
very high tuber and marketable yields; large sized grading
Youth development
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
Resistances
PCN
Ro1, Ro4
Potato wart disease
1
Sensitivities
Common scab
low
Spraing
medium
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. (06/2021)