Estima
Variety
Estima
Approved Data
created by Marius D at 22.12.2023
Features
Taste
aromatic
Location
planting: greenhouse
planting: outdoor
light: sunny to semi-shady
fertilization: high
Resistances
Little susceptible
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
Estima potatoes are considered versatile and are particularly suitable for dishes where a firm, cooked potato texture is required, such as in salads or some soups. Estima is also sold as a baked potato and has a mild flavor that complements other flavors. Estima is one of the most popular potatoes grown in the UK.
Non hybrid
Not frost resistant
Growing tips
As soon as the potato tubers have been delivered, you should unpack them and start the germination process. Place them in a single layer in a seed tray without compost and put them in a bright, cool and frost-free place. This can be done about six weeks before planting out. The early varieties can be planted out under a frost protection fleece, but the later varieties should only be planted out when the worst frosts have passed in your region - this is generally mid-March to mid-April. Dig a trench 8 to 13 cm deep and apply a general purpose fertilizer to the bottom of the trench. Plant the potato tubers in the trench about 30 cm apart. Take care not to push the sprouts off the tubers and keep the sprouts pointing upwards. Then cover them lightly with soil. When the plants are about 20 cm high, mound the soil around the plant so that the soil covers the bottom two-thirds of the plant. Keeping the plants well watered will help to increase the yield and combat potato scab.
Details
Light requirement
Sunny
Water requirement
Wet
Soil
Light (sandy)
Nutrient requirement
High
Plant distance
30 cm
Row spacing
60 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
