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Taormina

medium early, mainly firm cooking export variety

  • light yellow flesh skin
  • very resistant against late blight
  • good drought and heat tolerance
  • high marketable yields
TAORMINA - high yield potential combined with high leaf health
Growing recommendations
Site requirements
prefers average to better soil conditions with uniform supply of water and nutrients
Planting
Seed material sorting
35/50
Row widthTubers/ha
75 cm90 cm
32-34 cm
27-28 cm
40,400
plant 2 to 4 cm closer for packaging
Recommendation plant spacing
Planting depth
standard
Seed preparation
has good dormancy; sensitive to sprout breaking; a temperature shock briefly before planting (3-4 days) is beneficial
Seed dressing
dressing against Rhizoctonia solani recommended
Herbicides
no sensitivities are known when used properly*
Foliage
very good leaf health (late blight)
Harvest
standard
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 80 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
low discolouration after cooking
Yield
high yields; large grading
Youth development
rapid
Dormancy
good dormancy
Tuber characteristics
Tuber shape
oval
Eye depth
shallow
Flesh colour
light yellow
Skin
smooth - netted
Number of tubers
medium - high
Resistances
PCN
Ro1 (9), Ro2/3 (8)
Potato wart disease
1, 6, 18
Sensitivities
Common scab
low
Spraing
low
Bruising
very low - low
Mechanical damage
low - medium

* preliminary

 

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)