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Description of the Krasa potato variety, photos and reviews show a valuable food crop of medium ripening. High resistance to pathogenic microflora allows growing tubers of high commercial and taste qualities. Potato Krasa belongs to a young selection, is characterized by productivity and stable yield. Tubers grow beautiful, round, large size.
Description of the potato variety Krasa
Potato Krasa is a variety registered in the State Register of Breeding Achievements in 2017. Table appointment. Recommended for cultivation in the Central region. In the description, Kras potatoes are declared as medium early, which means ripening within 80-100 days. The bush is upright, growing in size from medium to tall. The leaf is dark green, large. Corollas are large. Inflorescences are red-violet.
Tubers with red skin, oval, elongated, small eyes. The pulp is light yellow, contains 13,5-15,6% starch. Tuber weight – from 95 to 110 g. In the characteristics and reviews, the Krasa potato variety is described as a culture with excellent marketability and keeping quality of tubers.
The taste of potatoes
Krasa potatoes are characterized by excellent and good taste, depending on the growing conditions. A versatile variety, potatoes are suitable for various types of cooking. Preparing quickly. When cooking, it does not change color and does not crumble. Contains vitamin C and other beneficial substances. The amount of starch is average.
Pros and cons of the Krasa variety
Varieties of the new selection are created with improved qualities. Entering a variety in the State Register of Breeding Achievements guarantees a positive result of cultivation. No deficiencies were found in the young variety.
Advantages of the variety:
- excellent taste;
- large, even tubers;
- stable high yield;
- bush resistance to lodging;
- disease resistance.
The positive qualities also include the availability of growing the Krasa variety from seeds. Botanical seeds of the culture are free from diseases, which makes it possible to obtain a high and high-quality crop for many years.
Planting and caring for Krasa potatoes
It is recommended to grow potatoes of the Krasa variety with botanical seeds in seedlings. Reproduction by seeds allows you to update planting material. After all, it is known that after 5-6 years of growing a culture of the same variety, many diseases accumulate in the tubers and degeneration occurs. Botanical potato seeds do not accumulate pathogenic microflora.
The seedling method of growing potatoes is similar to its closely related nightshade crop – tomatoes. But in the first year of cultivation, potatoes from seeds provide only planting material for the next season.
Stages of growing the Krasa variety from seeds:
- Potato seeds have a low germination rate, so they are pre-soaked for several days in a damp cloth for pecking.
- To increase immunity, the seeds are hardened by leaving them soaked overnight in the refrigerator at a temperature of + 1 ° C, and taken out for a day and left at room temperature.
- Sowing begins in the last decade of March.
- The root system of potatoes is formed slowly, so the soil must be highly fertile and loose.
- Before planting, the seeds, like the soil, must be disinfected in a fungicide solution. Potato seedlings more often than other nightshade crops are affected by a fungal disease – a black leg.
- After the seeds have hatched, they are laid out on moist soil without deepening. Even slightly buried seeds do not have enough growth power to get out from under the soil.
- Crops are covered until germination, which will take from a week to two. Seedlings should always be in the most lit place.
- Watering is carried out with great care, from a small watering can along the edge of the container or with a pipette (syringe) next to the sprouts. You can not spray crops from a spray gun – this method can harm them.
- During the rooting period of seedlings, it is fertilized with ammonium nitrate.
- Potato seedlings are very small and thin and require the most careful handling, including at the time of picking, which is carried out at the stage of two true leaves.
Further cultivation of seedlings is possible in greenhouses or open ground.
Young plants are sensitive to lower temperatures. Therefore, they are transferred to open ground when constant positive temperatures are established. At the beginning of growth, seedlings in open ground are covered with a film that protects against temperature extremes. Further agricultural technology for seedlings is used the same as for potatoes grown from tubers.
Selection and preparation of the landing site
A place for planting Krasa potatoes is chosen on a hill, with good lighting. Lowlands where moisture stagnates are not suitable for growing. In such an environment, the possibility of rotting tubers and the occurrence of various fungal infections increases. The site for planting is prepared in advance, from the previous season.
The soil before planting should be enriched with organic matter or mineral fertilizers should be used. The soil for growing the Krasa variety crop should be light, with low acidity.
The site is chosen the one on which cultures of the nightshade family have not grown before. This is especially important for planting clean plants from seeds. Fields are best suited after growing cabbages, squash and legumes.
Preparation of planting material
Krasa potatoes must be prepared before planting. This is necessary to accelerate germination and amicable growth of culture. The first training is carried out in the fall. Before storing seed potatoes for storage, they are calibrated and planted. Single-sized tubers allow shoots to appear at about the same time. And landscaping increases productivity by 20-30%. Kras potatoes are greened for 2 weeks, leaving the selected tubers decomposed in diffused light.
In the spring, 1-1,5 months before planting, the tubers begin to germinate to awaken their growth. To do this, the tubers are laid out in a bright, warm place. When sprouts appear, they are deployed towards the light source. At the germination stage, it becomes possible to reject diseased tubers, for example, whose sprouts are black.
Before planting, the tubers are sprayed with a fungicide solution, which gives additional protection against possible diseases that may be in the soil.
Rules of landing
Planting potatoes or their seedlings in open ground is carried out when the soil warms up to a depth of 10 cm and above to + 7 ° C. The soil suitable for planting should be dry, it does not get dirty, crumbly and light. The planting site must be free of weeds.
The depth of planting in the hole is about 7 cm, the seedlings lower the fruit down. When planting seedlings and tubers, the distance between them is 70 cm.
Mineral or organic fertilizers can be added to the hole, depending on the initial soil fertility.
When fertilizing the hole, they must be covered with earth and only then lower the fruit. It must not come into direct contact with fertilizers. Mustard cake is considered an excellent organic fertilizer. In terms of nutritional qualities, it surpasses manure. A handful of mustard cake is brought into the hole and mixed with the soil.
Watering and top dressing
In the dry season, on dried soil, potatoes produce a yield that is 2 times smaller. Watering is best carried out along the furrows, intensified during flowering and stopped before harvesting.
The culture is demanding on soil fertility, which is fertilized in advance or at planting.
Loosening and weeding
Loosening and weeding is necessary to improve air exchange and the formation of high-quality, large tubers. Weeds have a high growth force and a stronger root system. Clogging potato plantings, they draw moisture and nutrients onto themselves, especially in the first growing period.
Several weedings may be required per season, some of them are combined with hilling. Weeds are removed manually or with the help of manual and mechanical devices.
Hilling
Hilling is carried out several times during the growing season. To do this, they rake the ground under the potato bush until high ridges form. An alternative method to hilling is mulching potato bushes with grass. Mulching maintains the required level of moisture and eliminates loosening and weeding.
Diseases and pests
A crop grown from depleted planting material, as well as with a lack of crop rotation, is more susceptible to diseases. Updated sowing potatoes are genetically resistant to diseases and allow you to harvest a consistently good harvest for 5-6 years.
Krasa potatoes are resistant to the following diseases:
- potato cancer;
- golden nematode;
- striped wrinkled mosaic;
- leaf curling;
- moderately to late blight of tubers and tops.
Pests that affect the tops of the plant include:
- Colorado beetle;
- various fleas;
- caterpillars.
The tubers are damaged by the larva of the leaf beetle – the wireworm, as well as the beetle and the bear. Pests are selected manually, biological products containing bacteria are used. And with large areas of infection, insecticides are used.
Potato yield
The yield of potatoes directly depends on the methods of cultivation, the climatic features of the season. Under favorable conditions, Krasa potatoes form 6-8 even, large tubers from one bush.
Harvesting and storage
Harvesting potatoes Kras begin after 80-100 days, which falls on the month of August. Signs of potato readiness for harvesting are the drying of the tops and the compaction of the skin. Harvest in dry, sunny weather. Potatoes have excellent keeping quality when stored in dry rooms, at a temperature of +2 … +4 ° С.
Conclusion
The description of the Krasa potato variety, photos and reviews represent a young crop selection with excellent characteristics. The manufacturer of the variety suggests growing Krasa potatoes from seeds. This method allows you to get your own, healthy planting material and high productivity.
