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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
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
30-32 cm
25-27 cm
43,000
Recommendation plant spacing
Planting depth
standard
Seed preparation
germinating variety; keep cool until seed preparation
Seed dressing
dressing against Rhizoctonia solani recommended
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
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
Maturityvery 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)