The Riviera potato is a super-early Dutch variety. It matures so quickly that a month and a half is the deadline for harvesting.
A description of a wonderful variety can begin with any characteristic. In each case, positive qualities will be evident:
- The appearance of root crops is quite attractive. The peel is dense, but with a smooth surface. Roughness does not spoil the accuracy of the tubers. The skin color is light yellow, the eyes are very shallow. The pulp is granular, tasty, with a cream shade. Becomes crumbly after heat treatment. The tubers are even, oval in shape, gaining weight up to 170 g.
- Nutritional value. The ultra-early Riviera potato variety contains more than 18% starch, vitamins, proteins, amino acids and minerals. Indicated for children and diet food.
- The bush forms a tall, upright. This is a good protection between rows from drying out. The flowers are collected in a corolla with a reddish-purple color. The leaves on the trunks are large, dark green, with a waviness along the edge. The root system is very powerful, which allows you to ensure productivity even in a dry period. Such roots are able to provide the plant with moisture in any soil.
- High disease resistance. Habitual potato diseases do not have time to hit the Riviera variety, due to the short growing season. Only 40 days pass before the harvest time. Therefore, early Riviera potatoes practically do not get sick.
Agrotechnics is classical for early varieties of potatoes.
Seed preparation
A description of the preparatory stage will help you choose the right seed material. And germination of tubers will further reduce the growing season.
Seed potatoes are selected immediately at harvest and create optimal storage conditions for them.
Departure from the recommended parameters of temperature and humidity during maturation reduces the quality of selected root crops. Riviera potatoes are sorted in early spring, laying damaged or frostbitten tubers. Smooth healthy potatoes, weighing from 40 to 70 g, are best suited for planting. Very large tubers should not be prepared for planting, they will come in handy in culinary recipes.
How to prepare the Riviera variety for planting? The easiest way is to decompose for a couple of weeks in warmth and good light. A suitable temperature is between 12 and 15 degrees above zero. This event can be done earlier. Let’s say that the Riviera potatoes lie for about two months in comfortable conditions for the emergence of sprouts. In this case, before planting, it is possible to obtain the rudiments of the root system on the tubers and significantly reduce the time until the harvest. During the germination period, Riviera tubers must be turned over.
Preparing the site for planting
In order for the variety to meet all expectations, you need to choose the most suitable site for planting. It is best if it is a well-lit place with light soil. Well suited terrain, protected from the winds and well warmed by the sun. In such places, snow and melt water do not accumulate. Therefore, for early Riviera potatoes, just such a site is left. Before planting, they dig the earth and add organic matter.
Riviera potatoes respond well to ash and nitrogen applications. The site must be cleared of weeds. Riviera potatoes should be planted when the soil warms up to +10 degrees, not earlier. The planting pattern for an early variety is 60×35 cm. Riviera potatoes are planted, deepening the tubers by 6 cm. This figure is less than that of other early varieties.
Plant Care
The description of recommendations for caring for potatoes Riviera does not take up much space. However, competent and timely care is the key to a high and high-quality harvest. The main requirements remain:
- watering;
- food;
- hilling;
- loosening.
Hilling begins to be carried out at a stem height of 15 cm, then repeated after three weeks. Loosening is a necessary operation. She saves during the rainy and dry seasons. Feeding must be done correctly. If watering is sufficient, then dry bird droppings, mineral fertilizers, and ash can be applied. They are buried in the ground at the time of hilling the Riviera potato bushes.
Weeding potato plantings is done regularly so that the weeds do not drown out the plants and do not deprive them of light, water, and nutrients.
Reviews
The description of the Riviera variety makes it very popular. Potatoes give a super early and high yield. Reviews of vegetable growers are only positive. Most often, the main characteristics are noted.