Potato Baron

To obtain an early harvest of potatoes, it is necessary to select early-ripening productive varieties. Since today the range of potato varieties and hybrids is quite wide, not every gardener can make the right choice. An accurate description of the plant with detailed characteristics and cultivation features will be required. One of the interesting varieties of potato Baron.

History of origin

The potato variety Baron was created by scientists at the Ural Research Institute of Agriculture. This early ripe table plant was included in the State Register of Plant Growing in the Federation in 2006. Recommended for cultivation in private backyards and on an industrial scale.

Description

Potato Baron is one of the best domestic varieties of early ripening. Fully ripened potatoes are harvested 60-70 days after germination. Young potatoes can be dug up after 45 days. It is not liquid, but the skin is thin, easy to peel.

Bushes

Baron potatoes stand out for their height and power. Bushes of leaf type, semi-erect. The leaves are deep green, medium in size. Medium-sized red-violet flower corollas. Shoots appear together. Plants develop well, so the tops close quickly.

Tubers

Baron tubers are oval-round, large. The size of a potato varies between 110-195 grams. The eyes are reddish, located at an average depth. Dense yellow skin creates reliable protection against damage.

Light creamy flesh does not change during cooking. Tubers contain a large amount of ascorbic acid, few carotenoids. The starch content is within 14%.

Potato Baron has excellent taste, which confirms its popularity:

• moderately crumbly;
• at the end of cooking does not darken;
• suitable for making soups, mashed potatoes, french fries.

Advantages and disadvantages

You can grow the Baron potato variety in any climatic conditions, as it quickly acclimatizes and easily tolerates temperature changes. Gardeners note the following benefits:

1. High yield: from 11 to 23 c/ha, and subject to all agrotechnical standards, about 37 c/ha. Up to 10-12 large potatoes are formed in one bush.
2. Commodity component up to 96%, keeping quality up to 95%.
3. A good harvest gives both drought and high humidity.
4. The variety is resistant to potato cancer, slightly affected by the golden potato cyst nematode.
5. Tubers are practically not affected by phytophthora.
6. Due to the dense skin, you can harvest with a combine and wash the potatoes before storing.

If we talk about the shortcomings of the variety, then it should be noted:

• leaf susceptibility to late blight;
• damage to plants by common scab when grown on an industrial scale.

Landing

Baron potatoes can be planted on any soil. The plant does well in elevated, well-lit areas. The best predecessors are cabbage and root crops. A vegetable is planted in one place for no more than two years. It is not recommended to use areas where other nightshade crops were grown.

For planting choose medium tubers. Experienced gardeners are guided by the size of a chicken egg. Potatoes must be germinated and treated against pests with special preparations. Three days before planting, they warm up in the sun so that the potatoes rise faster and give an early harvest.

An experienced vegetable grower will tell you how to properly germinate and prepare potato tubers for planting:

Before plowing or digging, ammonium nitrate (15-20 grams) or urea (10-15 grams) is scattered on the site per square meter. Organic lovers can use compost or rotted manure, wood ash. Tubers are planted a day after plowing so that the soil settles a little.

Potatoes of the Baron variety are planted to a depth of 15 cm with a step between holes of 30 cm, between rows of 45-50 cm for ease of processing. Early potatoes are planted in May. In some regions at the beginning, in others – towards the end of the month (climatic features are taken into account).

Care

Caring for a variety of potatoes Baron practically does not differ from standard activities:

• weeding;
• loosening;
• hilling;
• treatment for diseases and pests;
• with persistent drought – watering.

Before the emergence of seedlings, the plot is harrowed. This is necessary to stimulate plant growth, and to remove weeds. When the stems reach a height of 20-25 cm, the plantings are weeded and spud. For better tuberization, the procedure can be repeated again.

Prevention of late blight is done before the first hilling of potatoes. Well “work” on the Baron variety such means as Acrobat, Ridomil gold.

In areas where plantings suffer from the Colorado potato beetle, potatoes must be treated with special preparations. As a rule, the descendants of this insect are very voracious, capable of destroying the entire crop.

For the prevention of common scab, a potato field after digging can be sown with green manure: oil radish, mustard, phacelia. In the spring, plant remains are simply plowed. At the same time, the structure of the soil improves, the plants get sick less.

Additional fertilizing

When growing potatoes, Baron top dressing is carried out twice. The first time when preparing the soil. The soil is fed with compost, humus or superphosphate, potassium salt.

Nitrogen-containing fertilizers are applied to improve plant growth. After all, the more powerful the tops, the greater the harvest and the larger the potatoes. Nitrogen top dressing is applied before the second hilling.

During the formation of buds, Baron potatoes are fed with dry wood ash before rain or watering.

Diseases and pests

In the description of the Ural seed growers, the high resistance of the Baron potato variety to many viral and fungal diseases is noted. This is clearly seen in the table:

You can understand how resistant a variety is to diseases by points:

• strong susceptibility – 1-3 points;
• moderate susceptibility – 4-5 points;
• moderate resistance – 6-7 points;
• good stability – 8-9 points.

As can be seen from the table, the Baron potato variety is resistant to fungal and viral diseases. For the prevention of common scab, the bushes are sprayed with special means.

The main pest is the Colorado potato beetle. Before planting, the tubers are treated with Prestige. Beetle larvae are harvested from potatoes by hand. Medvedki and wireworms harm plants. Traps are used to control these pests.

Harvesting

The main crop of the Baron variety is harvested two, two and a half months after germination. A week before digging, it is recommended to mow the potato tops so that the outflow of nutrients goes to the tubers.

At home, bushes are dug up with pitchforks and potatoes are selected. Farmers can use harvesters. Cleaning is done in dry sunny weather.

The collected potatoes are left for 2-3 hours in the sun so that the earth circles around and the tubers dry out. Then the vegetables are cleaned in a dark room with good ventilation. Bulkhead tubers are engaged in 10 days later. Small and planting potatoes are immediately selected. It is poured into different compartments of the basement for storage.

Conclusion

Baron potatoes are especially popular among s for their unpretentious care and resistance to many diseases. But the main thing is the taste. At first, potatoes were recommended for cultivation in the Volga-Vyatka region, but over time it conquered almost all regions. And it works great everywhere.

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