How to grow potatoes "Veneta"?

The early ripe grade, unpretentious in leaving and steady against the majority of diseases - each summer resident is glad to such potato on the site.It is important that it is characterized by good keeping quality and high taste. Variety "Veneta" - just one of these.

Potato "Veneta" refers to the early dessert varieties. It appeared thanks to the work of German breeders, and appeared in Russia at the beginning of 2000. Since 2002, the variety can be found in the State Register.

It takes 70 days to ripen potatoes after germination. Moreover, the timing of the collection of tubers is inextricably linked with yield. If you dig them in 1.5 months after planting, the yield will be 150 kg / ha, if after 2 months - 50 kg more.

This variety can be grown in the Volga, Central, Ural regions, as well as in the North Caucasus. It is characterized by unpretentiousness in leaving and high tastes.

The plant forms a rather high, up to 70 cm, spreading shrub. It consists of 6-7 branches, covered with light green leaves of potato type. During the flowering period, simple white or cream inflorescences are formed on the tips of the brushes, the pollination of which occurs naturally.

An average of 10-12 tubers weighing about 60-90 g each ripen on a bush. Tubers are formed rounded with yellow thin skin. The flesh is creamy. During the period of technical maturity, this variety is resistant to mechanical damage, which allows harvesting by a combine.

The advantage of the variety "Veneta" is the versatility and high taste characteristics of the crop. Tubers contain up to 15% of starch, which allows them to be used both in soups and salads, and for making mashed potatoes. At the same time, the harvest has good keeping quality up to 90% - not every early ripe potato shows a similar result.

It is important that for the cultivation of delicious potatoes do not need to make great efforts. The variety is drought tolerant. Thanks to a powerful root system, the plant extracts water from deep layers of soil. Branched shrub prevents rapid drying of the earth. As a result, the plant suffers less from others from the heat and continues to demonstrate high yields.

“Veneta” carries well a short-term increase in humidity, but it should be caused by an abundance of precipitation, and not overmoistened soil. (clay, marshlands, landing in the lowlands and floodplains). In rainy summer, the yield may be slightly reduced, but it does not affect its quality.

Ease of care is due to the immunity of the variety to the most dangerous for solanaceous diseases - cancer, striped and wrinkled mosaic, it is also resistant to the effects of nematodes. The disadvantage of a variety is its sensitivity to high temperatures, and therefore growing it in the southern regions is economically unprofitable in the Crimea - it will be necessary to protect the bushes with agrofabric, to produce regular watering.

Another feature of the variety is related to the fact that it grows poorly on loams, at the risk of rotting. If you grow “Veneta” on such land, it is only on condition of planting by the ridge method.

Preparation for planting involves the preparation of the field and planting material. In the autumn on the field you need to make humus, and then dig deep (on the bayonet, half-bayonet shovels). At the same time 40 buckets per 1 hectare will be enough. Leveling the soil is not necessary.

To avoid contamination of potatoes and the "degeneration" of the earth allows the rejection of the annual cultivation of potatoes in one place. Returning potatoes to the previous place of cultivation is possible only after 3 years. It is not recommended to plant "Veneta" on the plot where tomatoes, peppers, and zucchini were grown last year.The best will be the land after the cultivation of crops, legumes, spicy herbs.

A month before the alleged planting of potatoes in the ground, the planting material delayed from autumn can be sorted out. Small (about a chicken egg) tubers with many eyes are suitable for planting. If the potatoes are large, it can be cut in half, leaving at least 2-4 eyes on each half. The resulting cut should be dried and sprinkled with ashes.

And it is also advisable to expose the box with seed potatoes to light during the day for 2-3 days. This contributes to the production of solanine, which, in turn, is the protection of the plant in the first days after planting against pests and diseases.

For germination, you need to decompose the prepared seed material in wooden boxes in one row. The temperature should be above + 8C. Its increase to + 15C is acceptable.

After sprouting 2-3 cm on the tubers, and provided that the soil temperature is above + 10C, this variety can be planted. If the plot is small, you can do it with a shovel. Holes 10 cm deep are dug out at the site. A distance of about 40 cm is maintained between the holes, 70 cm between rows.

If cultivation is carried out on loamy soils, then it is better to plant with the ridge method. With the help of special equipment or hoes, crests up to 20–25 cm high are formed. Between the crests, a distance of at least 70–75 cm is maintained. The distance between laid potatoes is 40–50 cm.

In each hole the seed is laid, after which it is poured with earth. You can pre-make in the hole onion peel, which will scare the Colorado beetles. To obtain a tasty crumbly potato, a small amount of ash is also placed in the well when planted. It should be woody, without impurities.

Early potato varieties are at risk of being frozen due to a nightly decrease in temperature. Eliminating such a nuisance allows the earth to put the first green shoots. As sprouts grow stronger, night frosts pose a lesser threat to them.

This variety is undemanding to care, in particular, to watering. Rainfall is usually sufficient for the growth of bushes and fruiting. In dry summer, it is recommended to additionally water the bush once a week.

As the plant reaches 15-20 cm, it is necessary to pile it up. With the help of a chopper, an earthen bank is formed around it, which helps to strengthen the root system and protect the stems from rot. Repeated procedure is required after 2 weeks.

To ensure the flow of air to the developing fruits, to prevent the development of rot and fungus, root damage by pests helps regular loosening and removing weeds. It is better to loosen the soil with a rake, turning over the soil layer by no more than 2 cm. Weeds torn up by the root cannot be left in the aisle, this will provoke an attack by pests. Grass needs to be cleaned, dried and burned.

If in the process of loosening, watering or heavy rainfall, the roots of the potatoes are bare, they should be sprinkled with earth. Otherwise, under the influence of the sun, the roots will turn green and become inedible.

During the set of plant buds spend feeding with the use of superphosphate, potassium chloride and sulfate. The third dressing falls on the period of fruit formation - potassium and phosphorus are introduced.

Watering is usually combined with fertilizer in order to avoid over-wetting the soil. Watering is needed at the root, contact with moisture on the leaves, especially with fertilizer in the composition, can provoke their burn.

Too big, lush and green bush - evidence that the plant "zhiruet".It increases the green mass to the detriment of fruiting. If a similar phenomenon is detected, fertilization should be abandoned for a week, and no further nitrogenous substances should be included in their composition, or irrigation.

1-2 months after planting, the tubers are ready for harvesting. As a rule, shortly before that, gardeners are digging bushes for a sample. Evidence of the readiness of the plant to give the crop is folded, yellowing leaves. At this time, it is recommended to mow the tops to stimulate yields. In addition, after such manipulations, the rind of root crops becomes coarse, which reduces the risk of damage to the crop when digging.

You need to dig potatoes on a dry warm day. Tubers removed from the ground must be freed from the ground and dried in the sun. Then they can be folded into bags or boxes and dropped into the basement. The optimal storage temperature should not exceed + 5C.

Most often, potatoes of this variety are attacked by Colorado beetles. You can prevent this by treating the tubers before planting means "Prestige".

However, beetles can arrive from neighboring areas. In small areas, adults and larvae, as well as eggs, are recommended to be removed manually. Insects are used for large areas. Working with them, you should carefully follow the instructions to the drug. It is imperative to protect the respiratory organs and skin, do not carry out treatment on a windy day If it rains immediately after treatment or the next day, it is better to repeat the treatment.

Colorado beetles, like nematodes, wireworms do not tolerate the smell of marigold, garlic. They can be planted around the perimeter of the field or in the aisle to scare off pests.

If late blight is detected, it is necessary to treat the plant with Ridomil Gold, Acrobat and other preparations, as well as to conduct preventive treatment of healthy bushes. If such actions were unsuccessful, then it is better to remove the affected shrub to protect the rest. His well must be sanitized.

Variety "Veneta" has very good reviews. Gardeners celebrate its early maturation. Despite the fact that technical maturity comes on 70 days after the emergence of sprouts, it is possible to dig up new potatoes after only 35-40 days. When planting in early May, similar tastings can be held at the beginning of June, and here a rather high yield is demonstrated.

The taste of potatoes is also very few people indifferent. The pulp is suitable for any dishes, it is good to fry such tubers, to make mashed potatoes. Thanks to a thin peel of waste it turns out less.

The network has claims of summer residents that this variety is similar to Andretta, but is more productive. It is stored well, not rotting, not waking up ahead of time.

Experienced gardeners recommend carrying out preventive spraying of sprouted seed potatoes with solutions based on the preparations “Fouman”, “Maxim”. To prepare it in 10 liters of water, you need to dissolve 1 ampoule of the product. This procedure will reduce the risk of late blight.

During the flowering period of the bush can be carried out additional watering, provided that precipitation is not enough. During the flowering period, it is possible to water the plant abundantly 2-3 times (at least 2 liters per bush).

For the preparation of seed potatoes should be in the flowering period to note those bushes that began to bloom earlier than others. The harvest obtained from them, and will serve as seeds for the next year. They dig it together with the main one, they also dry it a little in the sun and put it away for storage, put it in a single layer in wooden boxes.

How to store potatoes, see the video below.