Funny name, excellent result - Potato Bun: variety description and photo

Despite the fact that recently there has been a huge number of new varieties of potatoes, many gardeners in different regions are still committed to the time-tested variety Lapot.

He is called the potato champion and is valued for a lot of positive qualities.

You can read more about these qualities in the article. Also in the material you will find a description of the variety, get acquainted with the main characteristics, find out whether the variety is susceptible to diseases and attacks by pests.

Potato Lapot variety description

The storage quality of this potato is 94% as a percentage, which is a very good indicator. How to store potatoes in the winter, on the balcony, in boxes, peeled and in the refrigerator, read the articles of our website. And also, what time and temperature should be observed, what problems may arise.

Bast belongs to sredneranny grades. It can be grown in all regions of the Russian Federation, including in the Zabaykalsky Krai and in the north. This potato is famous for its wonderful taste and high yield..

Taste depends on the amount of starch in the roots. The table below shows the starch content of other potato varieties:

Bast is a table variety of potatoes. It is well tolerated by drought and various deterioration of weather conditions, including hail and frost, and is also characterized by high resistance to mechanical damage and known diseases.

Potato potatoes that do not impose special requirements on the soil, but it is better to plant it in light fertile soils. The variety was bred in Russia in the 20th century.

Specifications

Bushes of this potato variety can be both medium and high. They are covered with medium-sized green leaves. They are characterized by large lush inflorescences, and the rims of flowers are white in color.

This type of potato is characterized by the presence of large tubers resembling a rustic bast. They are flat and oblong.

Root crops are covered with smooth pale pink peel with small eyes, hiding the creamy flesh with an average level of starch content.

The table below provides information for comparing the number of tubers in the bushes and their marketable weight for Lapot variety and other potato varieties:

A photo

See below: Potato variety potato photo

Features of growing

Agricultural technology for this variety is simple. Before planting potatoes Lapot, should germinate seed. To do this, place it in a room where the air temperature is 12-14 degrees Celsius.

The soil for planting needs to be prepared in the autumn, and in the spring it is necessary to loosen it and remove all weeds. Further, mulching will help in weed control.

To increase the yield can be done fertilizing with organic and mineral fertilizers such as ammophos, nitrophosphate or nitroammofoski.

About how to fertilize potatoes, when and how to make feeding, how to do it when planting, read the articles of our site.

You can also treat the tubers with “Maxim” and “Sprouts”, which will not only increase the yield of your garden, but also strengthen the immunity of potatoes and its anti-stress activity.

A special feature of Potato potatoes is that the process of forming its tubers does not require additional irrigation, but during the period of budding and vegetation, the plants respond quite well to watering.

There are many ways to grow potatoes and they are very diverse. Read all about the Dutch technology, as well as about growing under straw, in boxes, in bags and barrels. No less useful will be materials on how to grow early potatoes and how to do it without weeding and hilling.

Diseases and pests

Potato Bast variety which is resistant to diseases and pests, during the closing of the rows, it is recommended to spray the drug "Saffron" in order to protect the plants from Alternaria and blight. This procedure should be carried out once a week.

This variety, like many others, can be threatened by various insect pests: the Colorado potato beetle and its larvae, the wireworm, the bearfish, the cicadas and others.

On our site you will find a lot of useful information about spraying potatoes for the prevention of pests.

Also find articles about folk remedies and chemicals against the Colorado potato beetle.

Read also in detail about such common potato diseases as fusarium, verticillis, scab, cancer.

Although Lapot cannot compare to more modern potato varieties in its popularity, he has his fans who trust him. The main advantages of this variety are its unpretentiousness and ease of care, as well as large-fruited and excellent taste.

Read how to turn potato growing into a business here.

We also offer to familiarize yourself with other varieties of potatoes that have different ripening terms:

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