Every person from Eastern Europe and not only at least once in his life tried a potato dish.
This is really a universal product, because if there are potatoes in the cellar, you can spend the winter all winter and not know grief.
But still the most delicious and healthy dishes are obtained from the bulb, which has just been dug out of the ground.
That is why new potatoes are so valued not only by agronomists, but also by cooks who use such potatoes as a side dish.
There are a lot of varieties of early potatoes, but among them there are the best ones - those that will take root in any soil and will give an excellent harvest in any weather.
Sort "Arosa"
The potato variety, which was bred by German agronomists in 2009. The variety is early because it ripens in only 70-75 days.
Bushes are beautiful, medium height, semi-upright, with beautiful red-purple bloom.
Tubers are formed oval-shaped, slightly elongated, with red-pink skin and shallow large eyes. The flesh of this potato variety is yellow, very tasty, its starch content does not exceed 14%.
One potato can weigh 70 - 150 g, and on one bush of such potatoes can grow 15 - 16 pieces.
This variety is considered one of the most productive, because with good care from a hectare of land you can get up to 70 tons of potatoes.
Outwardly, these fruits look very attractiveTherefore, the percentage of the crop that can be sold is 94 - 96%. In the matter of sustainability, this variety recommended itself well.
Immunity to drought, nematode, cancer, viruses and all types of mosaic allows you to grow this potato even in the most adverse regions.
As for the application, these fruits can be used to prepare a variety of dishes, including French fries.
This variety is unpretentious to the level of soil fertility and its composition. It is desirable to prepare this potato for planting, that is, to warm it in the sun before planting it in the ground.
The planting scheme is ordinary, 35x65 cm. The depth of occurrence should be no more than 10 cm. The soil for potatoes should be loose.
For this variety is characterized by "stretching" of moisture from the soil, so there is no need for additional watering bushes. You also need to fertilize the bushes to get a good harvest. To prevent the development of phytophthora bushes, approximately 2 weeks before harvest, you will need to remove all the tops.
Sort "Alena"
The variety is very early, after 45 days after emergence of shoots it is possible to harvest the first crop.
Shrubs are sprawling, not very tall, with red-purple blooms. Tubers are oval-shaped, dense, with a red, smooth skin and small or medium eyes.
The flesh is white, the starch in it is not more than 17%, does not darken with mechanical action and cutting. The mass of each tuber reaches 90 - 140 g, 60 days after germination, the total yield is 200 centners per hectare. The number of products with the presentation is 97% of the total number of tubers.
This variety in general not affected by viruses, scab and rhizoctoniosis. Phytophthora and nematodes can slightly worsen the condition of potatoes.
Also, this potato is prone to cracking during growth.
And still a grade resistant to various kinds of mechanical damage, heat and lack of moisture. From the root of this variety is obtained excellent crisp.
This variety does not require preliminary preparation of planting material; therefore, it is possible to drop these potatoes immediately after removal from storage.
The landing pattern is normal. Planted in late April - May.
Because of its simplicity, the variety does not require special care. Watering additional bushes is not necessary. Be sure to loosen the soil and make fertilizer.
It is also important to spray the bushes with drugs against various diseases.
Variety "Zhukovsky Early"
Early variety, which was bred from varieties "Berry" and "Hydra". The period of vegetative development lasts 70 - 80 days.
The potato bushes of this variety are half-decadent, of medium height, the shoots branch out strongly, the foliage is large, of a dark green color, the flowers are red-purple in color. Round tubers, pink-skinned, with a small number of small red eyes.
The flesh is milky white, with good taste, the percentage of starch - 10 - 12%. The weight of one tuber varies from 100 to 120 g. At the output you can get 400-500 centners of potatoes per hectare of land.
Stored this variety can long, approximately 92 - 96% of the crop will remain. 90 - 92% of all tubers have an excellent trade dress, therefore this potato will be sold very well.
Diseases such as cancer, nematode, rhizoctoniosis, and scab will not harm the fruits of this variety. Also for this potato characterized by resistance to mechanical damage. Appointment table.
Growing is expected to begin in May. Landing is ordinary, that is, according to an ordinary pattern at a standard depth. To get or not to get potatoes in advance from the storage is up to you, but you need to remember that it is undesirable to break off small sprouts, since this variety germinates even at low temperatures.
Watering the bushes of this potato is not necessary. There will be enough rainwater. Sure to need to loosen the groundso that oxygen comes evenly. Feed and anti-disease treatments are also needed as preventive measures.
Variety "Leader"
Very early variety potatoes, the tubers of which can be dug already on the 45th day after the germination of the planting material. Finally, the harvest can be harvested after 70 - 75 days after germination.
Bushes of medium height, semi-upright, type - intermediate. Leaves on plants of medium size, green. The flowers are white. Tubers are ovate-round, with smooth yellow skin and small eyes.
The flesh of this potato is white, contains 12% starch, very tasty. The weight of one tuber is 90 - 120 g, total yield - 207-248 centners per hectare. Commercial quality this variety very high, bushes very friendly give tubers.
Resistant to this variety only to cancer, nematode and late blight of tops and tubers can slightly spoil the condition of the plants.
Planting should be planned for May, not earlier, otherwise the planting material will “freeze”. The landing pattern is ordinary, the depth is also normal. It is better to choose a place for this early potato where perennial and annual herbs, as well as leguminous plants used to grow.
In the case of the care of these potatoes, it is imperative to carry out therapeutic and preventive treatments of the bushes, since diseases can deprive you of a part of the crop.
It is also important to loosen the soil and remove weeds that can parasitize on potato bushes. You can provide additional watering of plants, but it will be quite difficult to do with a large area of crops.
Variety "Impala"
The Netherlands is a very early variety of potatoes, after 50-55 days the tubers gain enough weight to dig them up.
Although it is foreign selection fruitIt adapts perfectly for growing in fairly variable weather conditions. The shrubs of this potato grow up to 70 - 75 cm in height, form an upright main shoot and 4 - 5 lateral stems, the flowers of these plants are white.
The tubers are oval, the peel of yellow color is covered with small eyes. Pulp it is colored in a light yellow color, very much cousy, rather starchy (starch content - 15%). The weight of one potato can be 90 - 150 g, and 16 to 21 fruits per one bush.
Resistance to diseases is quite high, since cancer, various viruses and the potato nematode do not affect this variety. But phytophthora of tops and tubers and scab can have an impact on this potato.
Sometimes gardeners in the south harvest two times in a season, which characterizes this particular potato variety perfectly. Productivity is very high, from one hectare of the field you can harvest from 18 to 36 tons of potatoes.
The use of this variety is the most diverse, the advantage is the absence of blackness after cutting this potato. This variety is perfect for commercial purposes, since with such yields, this potato looks very attractive.
Potatoes of this variety will need to be prepared for planting, namely to give it warm and germinate a little. But if the planting material has already sprouted in the storage, you can immediately throw it into the ground.
Here the earth must be warm, otherwise the potatoes will not let sprouts. The landing pattern is normal. Also, dropping time and proper depth are maintained. It is in early May that it is desirable to prikopat this variety so that in a month and a half it would be possible to get the first crop.
The peculiarity of this potato variety is its susceptibility to nitrogen, so the amount of fertilizer that you will make during the preparation of the soil for the next season should include a small amount of nitrogen fertilizer.
Be sure to cultivate the soil, the first time it is desirable to do a week after planting. Hilling is necessary if the ground is dry and it is impossible to water the garden. The number of dressings should be reduced to 2 - 3.
It is also interesting to read about the cultivation of potatoes under straw
Red Scarlett Variety
Early ripe Dutch variety with a growing season of 70 - 80 days. The shrubs of this potato variety are low, intermediate, semi-upright. The leaves on the plants are medium in size, green. The flowers are painted in red-purple color.
Tubers of elongated oval shape, with red skin, on which small, shallow eyes are randomly scattered. The flesh of potatoes is white, starchy (10 - 15%), very tasty.
The weight of a tuber is 60 - 150 g, and there are up to 15 such tubers per plant. Productivity reaches 400 and less centner from hectare.
This potato can lie very long and very successfully, only 2% of potatoes can not withstand storage. Commodity exhalation in this class is also very high (96%). Neither viruses, nor cancer, nor nematode, nor even phytophtora hit your potato of this variety.
Also this potato is capable withstand drought and very high ground temperatures. It will not stop fruiting and develop. Another advantage of this variety is the fact that the tubers do not turn black during heat treatment.
By the time of planting, this variety of potato is no different from all others. The layout and depth of landing is also common. Laying out the planting material in the sun still does not hurt, as it will begin to develop faster in the ground. The land should be warm and sufficiently plowed.
This potato is needed only loosening the soil and dressing. Do not treat plants with drugs against diseases, otherwise they will accumulate harmful compounds. If the soil is rich enough, and in the fall you applied fertilizer, then fertilizing during growth is not needed.
Early potatoes are better for some reasons than regular potatoes. Therefore, allocate a small piece of land just for this type of bulba and enjoy, over time, freshly cooked young potatoes.
