Nandina

very early, mainly firm cooking quality ware potato

  • yellow flesh colour
  • attractive, round oval tuber shape
  • very early skin set
  • recommended for campaign start
NANDINA - excels by very early skin set and harvestability
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
standard
Seed preparation
has a good dormancy; a temperature shock before setting up for pregermination or before planting is particularly important
Seed dressing
seek advice; may be sensitive to individual active ingredients
Herbicides
no sensitivities are known when used properly
Foliage
average leaf health; timely and regular use of fungicides against late blight is advisable
Harvest
to ensure a quick skin stability and quality a stepwise haulm reduction is recommend
Fertilization incl. return of previous crop at medium supply level
Nitrogen (N)
medium - compared to the local standard (whole amount at planting)
Phosphorus (P2O5)
100 kg/ha (water soluble phosphate at planting)
Potassium (K2O)
325-245 kg/ha (to ensure the rapid storage of substances preferably sulphate potassium)
Magnesium (MgO)
60 kg/ha (for yield and quality assurance)
Variety characteristics
Maturityvery early
Cooking type
B
Consumption quality
mainly firm cooking; early dry matter content; no discolouration after cooking
Yield
good tuber yield with uniform grading; high marketable yield
Youth development
rapid
Dormancy
good dormancy
Tuber characteristics
Tuber shape
roundoval
Eye depth
shallow - medium
Flesh colour
yellow
Skin colour
yellow
Skin
smooth
Number of tubers
medium
Resistances
PCN
Ro1 (9)
Potato wart disease
1
Sensitivities
Common scab
low - medium
Spraing
low - medium
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)