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Sanibel
very early, red skinned, mainly firm cooking ware potato
- light yellow flesh colour
- early high marketable yield
- smooth skin with shallow eyes
- very tasteful
SANIBEL - completes the very early, red skin variety segment with a very attractive, large tuber shape
| Growing recommendations | ||||||||||
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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
germinating variety; keep cool until seed preparation
Seed dressing
dressing against Rhizoctonia solani recommended
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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 required | |||||||||
| Harvest | ensure gentle harvest | |||||||||
| 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) | 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 |
| Cooking type | B |
| Consumption quality | mainly firm cooking; very low discolouration after cooking |
| Yield | high; early large size tuber yield |
| Youth development | rapid |
| Dormancy | germinating variety |
| Tuber characteristics | Tuber shape oval Eye depth shallow Flesh colour light yellow Skin colour red Skin smooth Number of tubers medium |
| Resistances | PCN
Ro1 (9) Potato wart disease
1 |
| Sensitivities | Common scab very low - 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. (07/2023)