Potatoes are the most popular and demanded vegetable in our country. Rarely anyone diet does not include this culture. There are a lot of varieties of this culture, but it won popularity potato "rosara". It harmoniously combines taste and nutritional properties. This variety is unpretentious and grows in any climatic conditions.
Characteristics of potato varieties "Rosara"
The potato variety "Rosara" was bred by breeders in Germany in 2009, and its characteristics indicate that it is an early ripe table variety. Bushes of culture grow low, sprawling and straight. 
Flowers - red and purple hue. Fruit color - rose red, red or dark red. Peel - rough with small eyes. Pulp "Rosary" nice yellow.
Potatoes can be harvested 65 days after the first shoots. On one bush grows up to 18 tubers, each weighing up to 150 grams. With one macaw, with the usual care of potatoes, you can harvest up to 400 kg of the crop, and with great effort and up to half a ton (many owners harvested a larger crop, as more fructifying bushes with up to 25 pieces can grow). 
The ability to store potatoes of this variety is of sufficient duration, and without losing its taste. "Rosara" is easily transported, and yields are not lost within 5 years (updating of seeds is not required).
Very important virtue This variety is resistant to many fungal diseases. It grows in any climate and is not afraid of even extreme weather conditions.
Potatoes "Rosara" has a lot of advantages, but the description of the characteristics of this variety will not be complete if you do not specify some of the main shortcomings: Seed potatoes give a good harvest only if its tubers weigh at least 50 grams. When planting potatoes at the end of May, harvesting often coincides with mid-season varieties. In order for early ripening varietal characteristics to be fully manifested, it is advisable to plant Rosaru in those regions where the planting of potatoes begins in late April or early May.
It will be useful for you to learn about such popular varieties of potatoes as: "Gala" potatoes and "Kiwi" potatoes.Due to the low starch content (up to 16%), it is used for frying and salads. The variety of this potato, though unpretentious, but still requires compliance with certain requirements of cultivation and farming.
Did you know? Raw potatoes are considered a plant poisonous to humans. Its fruits are very toxic for our body, but in order for the solanine accumulated in the tubers to harm a person, you need to consume 1 kg of raw, unpeeled green potatoes.
Choosing a site for growing potatoes
Any potato variety imposes some requirements on soil fertility and moisture. For growing "Rosary" suitable sandy, sandy and loamy soils, as well as drained peatlands. 
For this variety of potatoes, more fertile and well-warmed soils are suitable, which quickly dry out in spring. It is better to place the ridges on small slopes to the south or southeast of your territory.
When choosing a plot, keep in mind that the potato is a plant that loves light very much, and by shading it you consciously increase the growth of the tops, which will harm tuberization.
Rozara grows worse on heavy loams and heavily compacted clay soils, especially if ground water is close to the surface. Potatoes bear fruit well when staying in one place for a long time, but the areas for planting it must be periodically changed. 
If you continuously grow this crop in the same place, the harvest will be greatly reduced and the potatoes will overcome the disease.
You should not plant this variety after a tomato and even near them, as the phytophtora fungus affects both these crops. It is also impossible to plant "Rosaru" after sorghum, sunflowers and other nightshade.
The best precursors of potatoes are pumpkin, beans, cucumbers, all varieties of cabbage. 
Preparatory work on the site
The sooner the preparation for planting potatoes begins, the faster the first crop of young tubers will be harvested.
The soil should be shallow, lumpy with a homogeneous structure, which will keep moisture well and prevent overwetting overnight. According to the recommendations of agronomists, land oats in the area that you plan to give for potatoes next year. 
This grass kills fungal infections in the soil and disinfects it. Oats should be left in the ground and after the first frost, he himself will soon die off.
In the middle of spring, the earth is dug up along with overfished grass, which is rotting, saturating the soil. In the autumn, be sure to add compost to the soil. In the spring he will warm the earth, giving her all his warmth.
We advise you to learn more about the cultivation of garlic, cherry tomatoes, dill, horseradish, chili pepper, rokambol, zucchini, onion varieties sevka.In the same period, phosphate and potash fertilizers can be added. Nitrogen deposits are strictly prohibited. They can be entered only in the early spring period. At the same time, remove the snow from the plot for the future planting of potatoes, so that the earth warms up much faster.
Important! To the soil warmed faster, it should be watered with warm water and cover with a thick black film. Plus under it the first shoots of weeds perish.As soon as the soil thaws 10 cm deep, it will be possible to add "organic matter": manure, compost, peat or bird droppings. You can also add phosphate, nitrogen and potash fertilizers. On 1 m² of soil it takes 30 g of ammonium nitrate, up to 40 g of superphosphate and not more than 40 g of potash fertilizers.
Did you know? French agronomist Antoine-Auguste Parmentier, wanting to teach his fellow citizens to eat potatoes, used one psychological method. The field on which the already ripe potato was located was heavily guarded during the day, but at night the guards were removed and people, due to curiosity, penetrated the territory and stole the tubers. Curiosity won, moving people to new gastronomic discoveries of the time.
Preparation of planting material
Seeds of potato varieties "Rozara" can be purchased in specialized stores or take the tubers from last year's harvest. Before planting the "earth apple", the tubers should be held special training:
- Take on planting tubers from 50 to 100 grams. Carefully pick potatoes and do not plant rotten.
- In early spring, take out the potatoes to the light so that the tubers sprout. Temperature must be at least +15 ° C.
- Two weeks before planting, it is advisable to temper the potatoes at a temperature of + 4 ... + 6 ° C. For this it is better to lower it into the cellar.
- Larger tubers with filamentous sprouts are best thrown away. They are not suitable for landing.
- Large seed potatoes are better divided in two, then the bushes will be strong, thick and with wide foliage.
- Every 4 years it is necessary to update the planting material in order to avoid shredding the crop and degeneration of the variety.
Planting potatoes varieties "Rozara"
Planting potato varieties "Rosara" is carried out in early May, when the earth is already well warmed. This process includes next steps:
- Before planting, the ground should be plowed to a depth of about 30 cm. The golden rule is: "The deeper the land is plowed, the better the potato harvest will be."
- An hour or two before planting, cut the tubers in half and let them dry in the open air. Divide in such a way that at least one germ remains on each half.
- Expand the egg shells and mix with the ashes, add the onion peel there - this will be an excellent fertilizer for the earth.
- Do holes for tubers with a depth of 10 cm, if the soil is sandy, and from 6-8 cm, if the soil is loamy. Leave a distance between them within 40 cm, and between rows - at least 65 cm.
- Add prepared fertilizer to each well and place potato tubers on top of it, then cover the hole with earth.
- After planting the entire area should be watered abundantly.
Did you know? If iodine is dropped on the potato, it immediately turns blue - it enters into a chemical reaction starch. But there are varieties of this culture that are naturally blue, both inside and outside. One of the most popular representatives is "Linzer Blaue".
Potato Plant Care
Growing potatoes "Rozara" should be accompanied by good and timely care. Only in this case, you get a rich harvest.
Watering bushes
If summer is hot and dry, be sure to water the potatoes. Here the main thing to do everything in moderation, because of an overabundance of moisture tubers can rot. 
Rozary grows thick and well-developed tops, so it requires regular artificial watering during dry weather. Pour 5 liters of water on each bush.
Weeding and loosening the soil
Until the first shoots appeared, the soil should be loosened twice, destroying all the weeds that appeared. Also, before the first shoots need to dig the ground.
The first dismantling is carried out a week after planting, and the second - a week later. This procedure will saturate the soil with oxygen. 
When the potato bushes grow to 10 cm in height, it is necessary to conduct inter-row cultivation. This task is performed hoe or ploskorezom. Cultivation to a depth of 10 cm destroys the sprouts of sleepy grass, promotes saturation of the soil with oxygen, and also improves drainage.
If the soil moisture is increased, you can loosen and to a great depth. The remaining weeds can additionally weed hands. For one or one and a half months should be 3 loosening. The interval of 10 or 15 days - you already choose, based on the situation with potato beds.
Hilling bushes
Processing hives of potatoes using hilling should be carried out during the growing season and at least two times. The procedure is performed after rain or artificial irrigation. 
At the first hilling, each bush around is sprinkled with earth on 12 cm, and at the second hilling - by 20 cm. The work is carried out with a hoe or hiller. If the summer was too dry, then the hilling procedure would be unnecessary.
Did you know? The most expensive potato variety in the world is "La Bonnotte". It is grown on the island of Noirmoutier. The flesh of such root vegetables is very tender and incredibly tasty. True, a kilogram of this potato costs around 500 euros.
Pest control
Every potato grower is familiar with the problem of the Colorado potato beetle attack. As one of the most delicious varieties that can be grown on your plot, the potato "Rosara" is very susceptible to attacks of this pest. 
Of course, the beetles must be fought, for otherwise the yield may decrease by ¾ or the potato will not give fruit at all. There are 4 ways to deal with the Colorado potato beetle:
- biological;
- chemical;
- mechanical;
- folk.
The result after using biological means of fighting Colorado beetles is extremely positive. These include Bitoxibaccillin, Agravertin, Bicol, Colorado, Fitoverm.
To combat the Colorado potato beetle, use the following drugs: Prestige, Tanrek, Iskra Zolotaya, Tabu, Konfidor, Komandor, Corado.More information about the use of these tools you will read in the instructions on the packages. The choice of chemicals on the market is presented in huge quantities, but use them only in cases where other remedies have not worked.
Important! When applying chemicals, be sure to follow the rules of sanitation and follow everything strictly according to the instructions. Otherwise, you can harm the plants, the environment and mostly yourself!When using pesticides, be sure to adhere to the following safety guidelines:
- Get to work only after careful and complete study of the instructions.
- Always wear protective clothing when handling chemical insecticides.
- Per 10 m² of land you can use no more than 1 liter of diluted solution.
- Do not experiment with the dosage!
Adults and larvae are collected in a container and then destroyed.More effective than they will be pour boiling water. When resorting to mechanical pest control, remember that they hide their eggs under the leaves.
Growing up potatoes, gardeners also resort to folk remedies against the Colorado potato beetle, as they are harmless to humans and the environment. We will consider in more detail the most popular ones:
- Try to grind 100 grams of birch coal and mix it with 10 liters of water. This solution is sprayed with potato tops.
- Boil the ashes for 15 minutes and let it infuse for 2 days. After, strain it and dissolve 50 grams of the infusion in 10 liters of water, adding 50 grams of rubbed soap. Sprinkle the potato tops.
- In between rows, plant a calendula and scatter onion peel. Their smell will scare the Colorado potato beetle.
- Pour 500 ml of water 2 tbsp. l "Karbofos" and insist on such a solution potato peel. Spread the peel over the cans and bury around the perimeter of the plot. Do this before the first shoots. Pests wake up and immediately starving will rush to eat poisonous delicacy.
