Elfe
Variety
Elfe
Approved Data
created by Wiebke23 at 07.05.2023
Features
Taste
aromatic
tangy
Location
planting: greenhouse
planting: bed
planting: outdoor
planting: raised bed
Resistances
Nematode resistant
Late blight resistant
Blight resistant
Black spot resistant
Rhizoctonia resistant
Growth habit
harvest: profitable
Color
Wurzel: gelb
Wurzelfleisch: gelb
Cultivation Break
4 Years
Season Overview
Sowing
Harvest
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Description
The ELFE variety was newly bred in 2003 by the Nordkartoffel Zuchtgesellschaft. The uniformly large and oval tubers produce a surprisingly pleasantly spicy taste for an early potato. Due to its early ripening time and high yield, ELFE is very popular with allotment gardeners and is ideal for private cultivation. White flowers, smooth yellow tubers with flat eyes. Cooking type: predominantly waxy, slightly floury.
Non hybrid
Not frost resistant
Growing tips
Elfe is relatively uncomplicated to grow, but prefers better soil with an even supply of nutrients and water. The potato is a heavy feeder and prefers deep, nutrient-rich soil without waterlogging in a temperate, sunny climate. Seed potatoes should be sprouted approx. 4 weeks before the planting date, e.g. in an egg box in a bright place without direct sunlight. You should keep the seed potatoes warm until they sprout, after which they can continue to sprout in a cooler place. This sequence encourages the formation of many large potatoes. As soon as tubers begin to form, the potato plants need plenty of water. However, waterlogging should be avoided at all costs. Mounding up soil around the plants several times during tuber formation ensures that more tubers can form.
Details
Light requirement
Sunny
Water requirement
Moist
Soil
Light (sandy)
Nutrient requirement
High
Plant distance
30 cm
Row spacing
50 cm
Seeding depth
10 cm
Companion Plants
Bean (Broad bean / Faba bean / Field bean)
Bean (Dwarf bean)
Borage
Caraway / Meridian fennel / Persian cumin
Chamomile
Chives
Common marigold
Coneflower (Echinacea)
Corn / Maize
Currant
Dill
Forsythia
Garden cosmos / Mexican aster
Garlic
Garlic chives
Gooseberry
Grasses - Fescue
Grasses - Other
Grasses - Sedges
Kohlrabi / German turnip / Turnip cabbage
Larkspur
Lavender
Lupine / Bluebonnet
Mint
Nasturtium
Onion (Spring onion)
Oregano
Parsley
Phacelia / Scorpionweed / Heliotrope
Raspberry
Sage
Soybean
Spinach (Summer)
St. John's wort
Tagetes / Marigolds
Thyme
Weigela
Antagonistic Plants
Arctic Bramble, Mammure
Aster
Aubergine / Eggplant
Basil
Beetroot
Blackberry / Brambles
Blueberry
Broccoli raab / Stem cabbage / Cima di rapa
Brussels sprouts
Celery (Celeriac / Celery root)
Celery (Celery)
Celery (Leaf celery / Chinese celery)
Chard
Chili
Chinese kale - Kai-lan / Chinese broccoli
Comfrey
Courgette / Zucchini
Cucumber (African horned cucumber / Kiwano)
Cucumber (Caigua)
Cucumber (Melothria)
Cucumber / Gherkin
Dahlia
Elderberry
Florence fennel / Finocchio
Funk
Garden squash - Patisson / UFO squash
Hair cucumbers / snake gourds
heather family
Ivy
Jerusalem artichoke / Topinambur
Large cranberry / American cranberry
Lilac
Lingonberry / Partridgeberry / Mountain cranberry
Lovage
Make
Melon (Sugar melon)
Melon (Watermelon)
Mizuna / Japanese mustard greens
Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage
Nightshades (Other)
Okra
Ornamental pumpkin
Pak Choi
Pepper / Paprika
Physalis
Pumpkin / Squash
Rapini / Broccoli rabe
Rosemary
Rutabaga / Swedish turnip
Sea coal
Sponge gourd / Egyptian cucumber / Vietnamese luffa
Sunflower
Tomato (Bush tomato)
Tomato (Cocktail bush tomato)
Tomato (Cocktail Stake Tomato)
Tomato (Stake tomato)
Turnip
Turnip greens - Choy Sum / Chinese flowering cabbage
Turnip greens - Mizuna
Turnip greens - Tatsoi
Turnip-rooted chervil
Turnips - Oilseed turnips
Turnips - Wild turnips
Yalta tomatoes
Diseases
Fusarium
Powdery mildews
Early blight of potato
Black spot of roses
Soft rot
Brown rot
Pests
Root knot nematodes
Stem borers
Land snails
Cutworms
Larvae
Ten-lined potato beetle
Nematodes
Aphids
Wireworms
Voles
