Venezia

early, firm cooking salad potato

  • deep yellow flesh colour
  • attractive smooth skin
  • oval to longoval tuber shape with shallow eyes
  • excellent taste
VENEZIA - award-winning culinary quality with attractive skin
Growing recommendations
Site requirements
average to better soil conditions; locations susceptible to scab should be avoided
Planting
Seed material sorting
35/55
Row widthTubers/ha
75 cm90 cm
32-34 cm
27-28 cm
40,400
Planting depth
plant higher tuber nest 2 cm deeper if necessary (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
dressing against Rhizoctonia solani recommended; may be sensitive to individual active ingredients
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 advisable
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 150 kg/ha chloride possible; on lighter soils split doses)
Magnesium (MgO)
70 kg/ha (for yield and quality assurance)
Variety characteristics
Maturityearly
Cooking type
A - B
Consumption quality
firm cooking quality ware potato with aromatic potato flavour
Yield
early high marketable yield for packing sizes 40/60 mm
Youth development
initially hesitant, later rapid
Dormancy
very dormant, suitable for long-term storage
Tuber characteristics
Tuber shape
longoval
Eye depth
very shallow - shallow
Flesh colour
deep yellow
Skin colour
yellow
Skin
smooth
Number of tubers
high
Resistances
PCN
Ro1, Ro4
Sensitivities
Common scab
medium
Spraing
very low - low
Bruising
very low - low
Mechanical damage
low

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)