Potato crop nutrition

How to influence potato tuber quality

There are three main criteria which define the quality of potato: tuber quality, skin finish and storage and cooking quality. A balanced crop nutrition program is important to help manage all of these criteria.

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Potato advice

Whether you are looking to increase the quality and yield of a your potatoes or just need more general advice agronomy and crop nutrition information. See the latest advice from the Yara agronomists.

Potato nutritional summary

A correct balance between macronutrients and micronutrients is essential to obtain the best results possible from potato crops. A deficiency of any single nutrient is enough to limit crop yield.

How to increase potato tuber size

Tuber size and uniformity is critical for every market, whether it is fresh potatoes, seed or processing crops. Anything that the grower can do to prolong a healthy leaf canopy will increase the average tuber size.

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Foliar nutrition increases potato tuber bulking

Potato tuber bulking can be maximised by optimising crop nutrition to maintain tuber growth rates throughout the important bulking stage.

Foliar nitrogen extends potato green canopy duration

To achieve high potato yields it is important to prolong the potato bulking stage by extending the green leaf canopy duration.

Are your potatoes getting enough calcium?

Calcium is a vital nutrient for potatoes and most aspects of tuber quality can be improved by having a sufficient supply of calcium during growth.

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Check if your potatoes have a nutrient deficiency

Identify and diagnose if your potatoes are suffering from nutrient deficiencies and learn how to control or correct the deficiency. Choose a nutrient below to learn more about the symptoms of its deficiency in cereals and its effect on crop growth and development.

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Potato crop nutrition programmes

Yara's solid fertiliser and foliar programmes for potatoes are based around YaraLiva and YaraMila solid fertilisers and the YaraVita foliar micronutrients.

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How crop nutrition affects potatoes

How to improve potato skin finish

Skin finish is important as consumers increasingly demand potatoes with clean, attractive skins. Tubers with surface infections of skin diseases are less attractive and also likely to have a reduced storage life.

How to reduce potato bruising

Potato tuber bruising is a serious problem in the potato industry. Correct nutrition of the crop prior to harvest can minimise the risk of bruising occurring with potassium, calcium and boron all having effects that reduce bruising.

How to reduce incidence of potato foliar diseases

Nitrogen applications can have the effect of encouraging foliar diseases, particularly applications later in the season which delay maturity and increase the risk of blight infection.

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How to make better informed nutrient decisions

Our collection of tools help you to make better nutrient decisions in making the right fertiliser choice and applying the right amount of nutrients at the right time and in the right place so that the crop yield and quality can be maximised whilst still keeping costs in check, avoiding over-fertilisation and protecting the environment.