The Fakse potato variety is a high-yielding and reliable choice, especially suited for the fresh market and peeling purposes. Its strong performance on sandy soils makes it a popular selection among growers looking for efficiency and quality in their harvest.
Variety Characteristics
- Category: Fresh Market
- Usage: Consumption - peeling
- Maturity: Medium early
- Yield: Very high
- Foliage: Light green foliage and covering
- Tuber size: Medium
- Tuber shape: Oval well-shaped tubers, slow greening effect
- Number of tubers: 12-15
- Skin colour: Yellow
- Flesh colour: Yellow
- Cooking type: AB-B
- Dry matter content: Medium
- Dormancy period: Long
- Nematodes: Resistant to Ro 1, 4
- Wart disease: Resistant to type 1
- Foliage blight: Fairly good resistance
- Tuber blight: Fairly good resistance
- Common scab: Very good resistance
- Growing: Low nitrogen level is recommended for giving a natural maturity. Plant narrow if the aim is small size tubers
