Manitou
Certified seed potatoes
Grown in Nakuru Kenya
Used all over Eastern Africa
Manitou | The Kenyan retail champion
Good potato variety for the Kenyan retail market
Manitou is a good potato variety for the Kenyan retail market. It produces big oval shaped tubers suitable as a table variety for cooking at home, either for chips, mashing or in stews.
Manitou is a red skin potato and medium to late maturing (110 days).
Plant description
Manitou is a tall variety with erect to semi-erect stems. Leaves are large and light green to green in colour. The flowers are violet. Manitou is very sensitive to harvest damage and needs to be hardened off for 3 weeks before harvesting.
Disease resistance/tolerance
A strict preventative spraying schedule against late blight is necessary as Manitou is susceptible to this.
A high demand of Manitou potatoes for the retail market
The potato variety Manitou is in a high demand by Kenyan retailers. Because of several reasons.
Tuber features
Planting distance
Our Agrico agronomist about Manitou
Our potato specialist Sila Komen tells you more about the potato variety Manitou. A high yielding potato variety for the Kenyan retail market.
Where to buy the Manitou?
The Manitou can be bought at numerous collaborating 'aggregation hubs'. Contact an aggregation hub in your county for the possibilities.
Orders above 2,500kg or 50 bags orders can be ordered and collected directly by using this form!
Contact
Potato Services Africa ltd.
Nakuru
Kenya