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Vindika
early, firm cooking ware potato
- deep yellow flesh colour
- excellent taste
- smooth skin, attractive tubers
- broad PCN resistance and tolerance
VINDIKA - attractive and tasteful salad variety with broad PCN resistance and tolerance
| 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
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 | average leaf health; timely and regular use of fungicides against late blight is advisable | |||||||||
| Harvest | sensitive tuber shape, therefore slightly susceptible to damage; harvest gently | |||||||||
| 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 for 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 | early |
| Cooking type | A - B |
| Consumption quality | firm cooking salad variety; very low discolouration after cooking; excellent taste |
| Yield | high yield with a fine and uniform grading; high marketable yield |
| Youth development | rapid |
| Dormancy | good dormancy |
| Tuber characteristics | Tuber shape longoval Eye depth very shallow - shallow Flesh colour deep yellow Skin colour yellow Skin smooth Number of tubers medium - high |
| Resistances | PCN
Ro1 (9), Ro2/3 (9), Ro5 (9) Pa2 (8), Pa3 (8) Potato wart disease
1 (a) |
| Sensitivities | Common scab low - medium Spraing very low - low Bruising very low - low Mechanical damage medium |
* preliminary | (a) low sensitivities
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. (12/2023)