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Breeders from different countries are constantly in search of new varieties of vegetables. Potatoes are no exception. Today there are many early-ripening and mid-ripening varieties of potatoes that vegetable growers appreciate. When choosing, the ability of a high yield of the crop, the safety of potatoes are taken into account.
Jelly potatoes conquered the s with their special taste, beautiful appearance, and high yield. It is grown in household plots and farms.
Distribution
The “parents” of varietal Jelly potatoes are breeders from Holland. Was created in 2005. The Jelly variety was immediately included in the State Register of the Federation. At first, potatoes were grown in the Central and Volga-Vyatka regions.
Since 2010, the Jelly variety has become widespread in other regions of Our Country, where the climate allows growing early potatoes. The popularity of potatoes with the consumer made it possible to grow them on an industrial scale.
Description, photo
A story about Jelly potatoes would be incomplete without a description of the variety.
The photo clearly shows that the tops of the Jelly potato variety are high, semi-erect, sometimes spread out. The foliage is dark green, edges with waves. White flowers, compact inflorescence.
In each nest, up to 15 almost smooth tubers with a slight roughness, weighing 84-140 grams, ripen. Skin color is yellow. Potatoes have an oval-rounded shape, the sizes are almost the same, take a look at the photo.
The eyes of the variety are not deepened, they are on the surface. The dark yellow pulp contains up to 18% starch.
Characteristics
Jelly potatoes are table varieties. It reaches technical maturity in three months. If temperature conditions allow, with early planting, you can dig up Jelly potatoes by the end of June. If the soil is nutritious, then 156-292 centners can be collected from one hectare.
There is nothing to be surprised here: in the photo there is one bush of Jelly potatoes. Count how many tubers! As a rule, there are practically no substandard potatoes.
Maybe one of the vegetable growers will check this statement about the characteristics of the variety, and then report the results in the reviews. Indeed, among our readers there are many experimenters.
Agrotechnical characteristic of Jelly potatoes:
- Fluctuations in average daily temperatures, short-term drought do not adversely affect the yield.
- The variety is demanding on complex mineral fertilizers.
- Potatoes calmly relate to mechanical damage, endure long-term transportation almost without loss.
- Requires repeated pruning.
- Many potato diseases do not affect. The problem is only with late blight: tops and tubers are slightly damaged.
- So that the potato does not lose its varietal qualities, it is necessary to plant it in a new place every year.
Otherwise, the Jelly potato variety is unpretentious and does not cause much trouble.
Warning! The presence of weeds causes potato diseases. There is no place for weeds in a potato field!
Jelly is just yummy
The vegetable is nutritious, pleasant in taste, wateriness is not observed even in young potatoes. On the cut, Jelly is dark yellow in color, it remains during cooking.
Due to the dense pulp, it does not boil soft. This quality is highly valued by manufacturers of chips and french fries. With yellowish potatoes, you can boil soups, fry, boil whole – the shape is not lost. But for mashed potatoes you will have to use other varieties.
How appetizing Jelly potatoes look in the photo below.
What you need to know about growing rules
Soil value
The unpretentious Jelly variety should be planted on light, nutrient-rich soils. It responds well to soil with a lot of sand.
Since it is undesirable to grow this variety in one place, crops can serve as predecessors:
- facelii;
- radish;
- peas
- beans
- lentils.
Plowing gardens is carried out with full warming of the soil. Do not leave any plant residues on the site, so as not to infect the tubers with diseases.
When growing the Jelly potato variety on an industrial scale, complex fertilizers are applied. In small areas, you can get by with furnace ash.
Cooking seeds
Three weeks before planting, you need to get seed potatoes for germination. Spread the tubers in an even layer in a warm, fairly moist, well-lit room. If possible, then directly in the sun so that the potatoes turn green.
During this time, the eyes wake up, begin to sprout. The sprouts that you see in the picture below are considered the best. They are strong, firmly attached to the uterus. When planting, they practically do not break off, they take root quickly.
If large tubers of the Jelly variety were stored for storage, then they can be cut into pieces. This method saves seed material. Variety Jelly “relates” positively to such an experiment.
Seed material at the site of cuts is powdered with wood ash. This is both tuber protection and additional feeding.
Rules of landing
To get a rich harvest of Jelly potatoes, judging by the description of the variety, numerous photos and reviews of vegetable growers, you need to follow agrotechnical standards.
Between rows, a distance of 75 cm is kept, between tubers at least 35 cm. With dense plantings, the Jelly variety reduces productivity, the plants are not ventilated, they do not receive enough heat and light – diseases are right there. Planting potatoes brings together both large and small. Look at the photo of how dad and daughter work together.
Features of care
Jelly potatoes can withstand drought, so resorting to watering is undesirable.
The rest of the time, weeds are removed, double hilling is carried out. This helps to destroy small weeds, loosen the crust of the soil.
Colorado potato beetles cause a lot of trouble to vegetable growers. Spraying is used to destroy them. We have to fight with the bear and the wireworm. They damage the root system and tubers.
Why potatoes are sick
When creating the Jelly variety, the breeders took care of the immune system of the potato. He almost never has:
- potato cancer;
- cyst-forming nematode;
- scab;
- black leg;
- viral diseases.
The only disease that affects the tops and partially tubers of the Jelly variety is late blight. It must be stopped at the initial stage, as in the photo, and processing should begin. It is carried out at least 3 times, until the disease is completely destroyed.
Spray preparations can be purchased at specialized stores. You can use:
- Ridomilo MC;
- Osxychoma;
- Ditamine M-45;
- copper chloride;
- Cuproxate.
One of these drugs is shown in the photo.
All of these drugs are toxic. When breeding, follow the instructions. You need to work in protective clothing. Wash face and hands after spraying.
A month before harvesting vegetables, work with any toxic preparations stops.
Cleaning and storage
In order for the collected Jelly potatoes to be well preserved, they must be harvested in dry, sunny weather. The collected tubers are laid out on the soil to dry. Then they leave it under a canopy for a week.
The tubers are sorted, those that have been damaged during digging are removed. At home, they are stored in the basement or in a dark place in a city apartment. In industrial production, vegetables are stored in bags in a vegetable store. Storage methods in the photo below.
