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Regina
medium early, firm cooking quality ware potato
- deep yellow flesh colour
- smooth skin and shallow eyes
- premium culinary quality
- long-term storage variety
REGINA – excels by an enduring and homogenous tuber quality
| Growing recommendations | ||||||||||
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| Site requirements | average to better soil conditions; locations susceptible to scab should be avoided | |||||||||
| Planting |
Planting depth
planted 2 cm deeper for high-yielding locations (max. 17 cm soil cover)
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 | 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 | |
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| 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 | |
|---|---|
| Maturity | medium early |
| Cooking type | A |
| Consumption quality | salad potato; no discolouration after cooking; premium culinary quality |
| Yield | medium to high yields with a uniform and fine grading |
| Youth development | hesitant |
| 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 (9) Potato wart disease
1 |
| Sensitivities | Common scab high Spraing very low Bruising very low - low Mechanical damage low |
Special advice for REGINA 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)