How to choose potato varieties for central Russia

The most productive

Thanks to Tsar Peter, everyone in Russia once learned about potatoes. When ordinary citizens tasted the taste of this amazing root vegetable, it became a welcome guest at every site. And today nothing has changed - every owner of a personal plot prefers to grow potatoes in his garden.

Arguing about which varieties of this root crop can be considered the most productive and ideal for planting and growing in central Russia, it should still be noted that rarely any type of vegetable crop is able to maintain constant high yields for many years. But still, you can single out some varieties of potatoes that experts recommend for your area, from which you can expect a good harvest with proper care.

The Idaho potato variety has the characteristic large size and regular shape of potatoes. Because of this, they prefer to grow it and divide it into many identical pieces when cooking, not only for home use, but also for serving in high-end restaurants. The degree of its yield can be up to 550 centners per hectare in good years. This indicator applies to the home cultivation of this variety, and subject to the planting of the crop in the breeding site. In tubers, experts note the high content of not only starch, but also useful carbohydrates, due to which a vegetable of this type is not only nutritious, but also very useful for the health of the body of every person. It also shows persistent immunity to various kinds of diseases, which can cause a lot of trouble for vegetable crops.

The Bellarosa variety has a fairly early ripening period, it is customary to grow it nowadays not only in Russia, but it is also popular in Belarus, Poland, Slovakia. If you water this elite potato variety in a timely manner, as well as apply the required organic fertilizers in the recommended doses on time, you can expect a yield from it, the degree of which is about 350 centners per hectare. The tubers themselves have a beautiful oval shape, are brown in color, and are also huge in size. This variety, for which the early ripening period is considered characteristic, is capable of producing two harvests per season in the southern regions of our country.

The starch content in potatoes of this variety is 19%, and it also has excellent taste. It is recommended to plant tubers to a depth of no more than 25 cm, and provide them with normal constant watering. One such potato can weigh from 500 to 600 grams.

Rosar's potatoes can also be called one of the best high-yielding varieties. The first crop can be harvested within 76 days from the moment of germination. Its fruits are not as large in size as in the previous varieties - about 150 grams, but it is quite possible to collect up to 20-30 pieces from one bush.The average yield of this type of potato is up to 320 centners per hectare. The starch content in each potato is from 13 to 17.6%. The bushes of this vegetable crop can reach about 70 cm in height, it also shows strong immunity to fungal infections and powdery mildew.

The Luck variety requires not only the application of many recommended fertilizers, but also careful regular watering. But, if you follow all the rules, you can count on harvesting up to 960 centners per hectare. The average mass of potatoes can be about 180 grams, but sometimes individual specimens are able to grow up to 600. This variety is considered mid-season, the first harvest from it can be expected in about 83 - 96 days. Most often, up to 25 tubers appear in each bush. The starch content in this root crop is up to 14%.

And this is far from a complete list of the best new high-yielding potato varieties that are excellent for growing in central Russia.

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The most delicious

In addition to the high degree of yield, another important indicator of the high quality of potatoes for all gardeners without exception is its excellent taste characteristics. The requirements presented today by summer residents to those varieties that are intended for planting and growing in central Russia are as follows - a vegetable should not only not be boiled down completely, but at the same time be soft enough, as well as retain its special taste and show itself well in cooking. any dishes.

Experts call Picasso potatoes one of the varieties with excellent taste characteristics. It has a very thin peel, which is easy enough to wash and you don't even need to peel it afterwards. As for the peculiarities of caring for this vegetable crop, it is necessary to treat it well with special pesticides in order to prevent various diseases, as well as fungi, mold, insects, from negatively affecting the growth and development of the plant. Some troubles, as practical experience shows, can be easily eliminated with the help of the well-known copper sulfate. It boils well after a short period of time and allows you to enjoy a delicious taste.

Tuleyevsky potatoes also have a very thin skin. But, like the previous variety, having excellent taste, it does not tolerate long-term storage well enough, therefore it is not suitable for export outside Russia. It grows and develops quite quickly, but it is very capricious when temperature indicators of more than +25 degrees appear. It is best not to plan to plant this variety of root crops in too large quantities, and after harvesting, try to use it as soon as possible and not store it for a long time to avoid the appearance of fungus.

Another relatively new excellent variety is called Pai. He managed to combine both a good degree of yield and excellent taste. Subject to home cultivation, providing the bushes with proper care, you can harvest up to 390 centners per hectare from your personal plot. Each potato can weigh about 400 grams, and also has the correct shape. This variety is well able to resist various diseases. And when cooking, it shows its best qualities - it has a thin skin, quickly and well boiled down, and also has an exquisite special taste.

We have chosen to describe only some of the most popular varieties of delicious potatoes that can be grown in the middle zone of our country. But the rest of the varieties are no less interesting and also deserve your attention.

The most picky about the soil

Not all soils in our region can boast of good characteristics for growing potatoes. That is why, in order to plant this vegetable crop, for example, on clay and sandy soils, it is required to choose certain varieties suitable for growing on almost any soil. Such varieties of a favorite root crop are able to bring the owner of the site a harvest of 50 to 100 kg from each hundred square meters of the area.

Adretta is a potato variety native to Geramania. Bushes are able to grow in our region up to 60 cm, the formation of tubers takes place quite quickly. Subject to regular careful watering, you can expect a yield of up to 250 centners per hectare from this type of root crop, even if you decide to grow it on clay soil. Has an excellent degree of resistance to dry weather, and also does not require the introduction of a large number of obligatory baits. It can also grow and develop well on sandy soils. One tuber of such a vegetable can weigh about 130 grams.

Aspia - has a somewhat exotic fruity flavor, and also boils well enough without losing its valuable qualities. Bushes usually grow up to 85 centimeters in height, they can be somewhat smaller only on clay soil. It tolerates even high temperatures well - it is able to grow and develop normally even at +35 degrees. Even if the soil is in very poor condition, it is possible to harvest up to 150 centners per hectare from such a plot. The maximum yield on good soil is over 450 centners.

Elizabeth. Such an excellent variety of potatoes ripens in medium terms. Its yield on sandy and loamy soils can be up to 250 centners per hectare. In the event that there is hard loam, and fertilizers on the site are not applied at all, the yield indicator will not exceed 90 centners. This kind of favorite vegetable tolerates drought well, in middle latitudes it can grow almost without additional watering, and also exhibits a fairly good immunity to various kinds of diseases. In order to have large tubers as a result, experts advise watering such plants shortly before the beginning of the flowering period - about a few weeks.

Unfortunately, in the format of one article it is impossible to fit all the excellent varieties of potatoes that experienced gardeners have been growing on their backyards for many years.

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