Plant and tuber:
Flesh colour: yellow
Skin colour: red
Tuber shape: round oval
Eye depth: 7,2 – very shallow
Foliage development: uniform emergence
Storage ability: 7,5 – very good
Yield: 53,2 t/ha (according to COBORU) – very high
Dormancy period: long
Length of the vegetation period: 95 days
Consumption quality:
Cooking type: B – slightly mealy (starch content 13,3%)
Taste: 7,0 – very good
Especially recommended for:steamed and boiled potatoes, oven-roasted potatoes, potato pancakes, potato dumplings, soup, potato purée. Ideal for washed pre-packing.
Resistances:
PCN: Ro1 – resistant
Synchytrium endobioticum: D1 – resistant
Common scab: 6,0 – medium/high
Mechanical damage: 6,0 – medium/high
Foliage blight: 3,0 – medium
Tuber blight: 3,0 – medium
Potato virus Y (PVY): 8,0 – very high
Metribuzin sensitivity: moderately sensitive
Site requirements:
Lawenda has middle demands to soil quality and tolerates well drought periods. It responds well to a balanced nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilization.