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Potatoes have been a versatile and most desired vegetable on our tables for many years now. The main thing when planting is to take into account the peculiarities of your climatic zone, and select only those varieties of this wonderful crop that are most adapted to the conditions of your region. What fruitful, excellent in taste and unpretentious to the soil mid-season varieties of potatoes are best to choose for central Our Country?
The most productive
Thanks to Tsar Peter, once in Our Country everyone learned about potatoes. When ordinary citizens tasted the taste of this amazing root crop, he 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.
Discussing which varieties of this root crop can be considered the most productive and ideal for planting and growing in central Our Country, it is still worth noting that it is rare that any type of vegetable crop is able to maintain constant high yields for many years. But still, it is possible to single out some varieties of potatoes that experts recommend specifically for your area, from which, with proper care, you can expect a good harvest.
The Idaho potato variety has the characteristic large size and regular shape of potatoes. Due to this, it is preferred to grow it and divide it into many identical pieces during cooking, not only for home use, but also for serving in elite restaurants. The degree of its productivity can be up to 550 centners per hectare in prosperous years. This indicator applies both to the home cultivation of this variety, and if the crop is planted on the breeding plot. In tubers, experts note a high content of not only starch, but also healthy carbohydrates, due to which this type of vegetable is not only nutritious, but also very beneficial for the health of the body of each person. It also shows strong immunity to various kinds of diseases that can cause a lot of trouble to vegetable crops.
The Bellarosa variety has a fairly early ripening period, it is customary to grow it in our time not only in Our Country, but it is also popular in Belarus, Poland, and Slovakia. If timely watering of this elite potato variety is carried out, as well as the required organic fertilizers are applied in time at the recommended doses, one can expect a yield from it, the degree of which is up to about 350 centners per hectare. The tubers themselves have a beautiful oval shape, have a brown color, and are also huge in size. This variety, for which an early ripening period is considered characteristic, in the southern regions of our country is able to produce two crops per season.
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.
Rosara potatoes can also be called one of the best high-yielding varieties. It can be harvested for the first time after 76 days from the moment of germination. Its fruits are not as large in size as those of 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 content of starch in each potato is from 13 to 17%. The bushes of this vegetable crop can reach about 6 cm in height, it also shows strong immunity to fungal infections and powdery mildew.
Variety Luck 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 can 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 content of starch in this root crop is up to 14%.
And this is far from a complete list of the new best high-yielding potato varieties that are great for growing in central Our Country.
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The most delicious
In addition to a 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 that summer residents place today on those varieties that are intended for planting and growing in the conditions of central Our Country are as follows – the vegetable should not only not be completely boiled soft, but at the same time be soft enough, and also retain its special taste and show itself well in cooking any meals.
One of the varieties with excellent taste characteristics, experts call the Picasso potato. It has a very thin peel, which is easy enough to wash and you can not even 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 the negative impact on the growth and development of the plant of various diseases, as well as fungi, mold, and insects. Some troubles, as practical experience shows, can be easily eliminated with the help of the well-known copper sulfate. It boils perfectly after a short period of time and allows you to enjoy a delicious taste.
Tuleevsky potatoes also have a very thin skin. But, like the previous variety, having excellent taste qualities, it does not tolerate long-term storage quite well, therefore it is not suitable for export outside of Our Country. It grows and develops quite quickly, but is very capricious when temperatures exceed +25 degrees. It is best not to plan to plant this variety of root crop in too large quantities, and after harvesting, try to consume it as quickly 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 productivity and excellent taste. Under the condition of home cultivation, providing the bushes with proper care, you can harvest up to 390 centners per hectare from your personal plot. Each potato can have a mass of 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 boils soft, 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 other varieties are no less interesting and also deserve your attention.
The most picky about the soil
Not all soils in our region can boast good characteristics for growing potatoes. That is why, in order to plant, for example, this vegetable crop on clay and sandy soils, it is required to choose certain varieties suitable for growing on almost any soil. Such varieties of the favorite root crop can bring the owner of the site a harvest of 50 to 100 kg from each hundred square meters.
Adretta is a variety of potatoes native to Germany. Bushes are able to grow in our region up to 60 cm, the formation of tubers occurs quite quickly. With regular, thorough 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. It has an excellent degree of resistance to dry weather, and also does not require a large amount of mandatory bait. It can also grow and develop well in 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 to a height of up to 85 centimeters, 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 soil with good performance is more than 450 centners.
Elizabeth. Such an excellent variety of potatoes ripens in medium terms. Its yield on sandy and loamy soils can reach up to 250 centners per hectare. In the event that there is solid loam, and fertilizers are not applied at all on the site, the yield will not exceed 90 centners. This kind of favorite vegetable tolerates drought well, in mid-latitudes it can grow almost without additional watering, and also shows 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 start 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 in their backyards for many years now.
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