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Red Sonia
very early to early, red skinned, mainly firm cooking ware potato
- yellow flesh colour
- smooth skin and shallow eyes
- uniform tuber shape
- early dry matter content
RED SONIA - early big sized tuber grading with red skin
| Growing recommendations | ||||||||||
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| Site requirements | prefers average to better soil conditions with uniform supply of water and nutrients | |||||||||
| Planting |
Planting depth
plant higher tuber nest 2 cm deeper if necessary (max. 17 cm soil cover)
Seed preparation
germinating variety; keep cool until seed preparation
Seed dressing
dressing against Rhizoctonia solani recommended
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| Herbicides | exhibits average sensitivity to Metribuzin in the pre- and post-emergence | |||||||||
| Foliage | good, average leaf health; however, regular use of fungicides is recommended | |||||||||
| Harvest | to ensure a quick skin stability and quality a stepwise haulm reduction is recommend | |||||||||
| 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) | 325-245 kg/ha (up to 80 kg/ha chloride possible; on lighter soils split doses) |
| Magnesium (MgO) | 60 kg/ha (for yield and quality assurance) |
| Variety characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Maturity | very early to early |
| Cooking type | B |
| Consumption quality | mainly firm cooking; aromatic flavour |
| Yield | very early large sized marketable yields |
| Youth development | rapid |
| Dormancy | good dormancy |
| Tuber characteristics | Tuber shape oval Eye depth very shallow - shallow Flesh colour yellow Skin colour red Skin smooth - netted Number of tubers medium |
| Resistances | PCN
Ro1 (9), Ro2/3 (9), Ro4 (9), Ro5 (9) Potato wart disease
1 |
| Sensitivities | Common scab very low - low Spraing very low - low 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)