Twister is a table variety with excellent Foliage and Tuber Blight resistance and is one of the Next Generation of Blight resistant varieties.
The tubers are round oval in shape with a yellow skin and flesh colour. The tuber numbers are good and the cooked texture is firm. The variety produces a pre-pack ware fraction with a high percentage of bakers.
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Suggested fertiliser Treatment
Nitrogen: standard advice -10%.
Potassium: standard advice.
Phosphate: standard advice.
Plant spacing
35/45mm: 28cm (39,500 plants/Ha).
45/55mm is 32cm (34,500 plants/Ha).
Spacing figures for 90cm row width.
Herbicide sensitivity
Do not use Metribuzin (Sencorex).
Storage
Good dormancy and is suitable for long term storage.
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