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Belana

early premium salad potato

  • yellow flesh colour
  • high marketable yield
  • high quality after cooking
  • suitable for long-term storage
BELANA - most favorite salad variety in Germany - tasteful around the year!
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
32-34 cm
27-28 cm
40,400
Recommendation plant spacing
Planting depth
planted 2 cm deeper for high-yielding locations (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
seek advice; may be sensitive to individual active ingredients
Herbicides
no sensitivities are known when used properly
Foliage
good, average leaf health
Harvest
ensure gentle harvest, should be completely dry before washing
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 to medium early
Cooking type
A - B
Consumption quality
stable firm cooking ware quality with appealing yellow flesh colour, no discolouration after cooking
Yield
good, uniform grading; high marketable yield
Youth development
hesitant
Dormancy
very dormant, suitable for long-term storage
Tuber characteristics
Tuber shape
oval
Eye depth
very shallow - shallow
Flesh colour
yellow
Skin colour
yellow
Skin
smooth - netted
Number of tubers
high
Resistances
PCN
Ro1, Ro4
Sensitivities
Common scab
low
Spraing
low
Bruising
low
Mechanical damage
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)