Ballerina

Variety

Ballerina

created by Marcus U. at 06.05.2023

Features

Fruit shape

round-oval

smooth

Color

yellow

Resistances

Black spot resistant

Season Overview

Propagating

Planting

Harvest

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F

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Description

Ballerina's uniform, oval, yellow tubers are ideal for processing, do not disintegrate during cooking and taste particularly good as boiled or fried potatoes and, of course, as a classic potato salad. The smooth skin with flat eyes is easy to peel. This potato is characterized by very good cooking quality, early skin firmness, very good storability and a low tendency to black spotting. 35-55 mm, early, waxy.

Non hybrid

Not frost resistant

Growing tips

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

Wet

Soil

Light (sandy)

Nutrient requirement

High

Seeding distance

35 cm

Row spacing

65 cm

Seeding depth

8 cm

Diseases

Black spot of roses

Soft rot

Brown rot

Pests

Ten-lined potato beetle

Nematodes

Aphids

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