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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 |
plant 2 to 4 cm closer for packaging
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
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| 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 | |
|---|---|
| Maturity | medium 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)