Timo BOR

The early potato variety Timo is reliable even during cool springs and is the fastest producer of early yield among early potato varieties. Developed with Boreal’s Nordic expertise in breeding for northern conditions.

Timo is an early variety.

Hankkija’s Timo is a high yielding early potato variety. Its characteristics:

  • Tubers are large
  • Even in early harvests, the proportion of marketable sized tubers is high
  • Moderately high quality early potato
  • Tubers are round, thin skinned, and pale yellow in flesh
  • Good cooking quality
  • Starch content is low

Timo is suitable for table potato use. Disease resistance:

  • Resistant to potato wart
  • Moderately good resistance to scab
  • Susceptible to virus diseases
  • Leaf blight and tuber blight resistance are weak

Recommended for zones I, II, III, IV and V in Finland. Suits conventional early potato cultivation techniques. High nitrogen fertilisation reduces quality. As a thin‑skinned variety, Timo requires gentle handling. It can be grown throughout Finland.

Boreal Plant Breeding Ltd — breeding for northern conditions
Line number: Hja 6020
Added to the National List of Plant Varieties: 1975

Source: Official variety trials 2017–2024, px.luke.fi

Variety comparison

Variety Growth Duration Yield (kg/ha) Intended Use Protein (%)
Timo food use
Jussi food use

Official variety trials 2017 – 2024, px.luke.fi, (M) = Standard variety

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