Characteristics of the potato cultivar Bellarosa

Growing potatoes on a plot is troublesome, especially if the plant is susceptible to diseases and pests. The Bellarosa potato variety compares favorably with other representatives of this culture by its unpretentiousness and high immunity to most pathogens.

Characteristics of Bellarosa potatoes

Subject to all rule planting care you can get an excellent crop of tubers with bright pink to Its vegetables are good in all dishes.

Features of the variety

Potato Bellarosa is an early variety.

Period from the appearance of the first shoots to technical ripeness is about 55-60 days, but a young vegetable can be dug up already for 40 days. Tubers have pink skin and soft creamy flesh. For the early variety, Bellarosa is quite large. The average weight of the root crop is 100-120 g.

Advantages and disadvantages

The fact that the variety has become very popular over the past 10 years proves its superiority over other representatives of nightshade. According to the description, with proper care, the yield of the variety is 35-37 tons per 1 ha of land.The price of such potatoes on the market is also high, due to its taste and pleasant appearance.

Early Bellarosa potatoes have several advantages:

• High taste and moderate starch content make this variety suitable for frying, boiling, making mashed potatoes. In a boiled form, the variety cracks, but does not crumble and does not darken.
• The potato peel has a rough, dense structured surface. This protects the tubers from damage during transportation and extends their shelf life.
• Drought resistance makes the vegetable an excellent option for summer residents who can visit their gardens very rarely. The tubers form normally even when the earthen coma is very dry.
• The bush does not need much hilling. It is enough to carry out the procedure 1-2 times. This greatly saves time and effort.
• The unpretentiousness of the composition of the soil also makes the variety very popular. Tubers grow equally well in all types of soil except loam. It is too heavy for potatoes.
• The variety has resistance to the causative agent of late blight, dry rot, blackleg, rhizoctonia, and spotting. Pre-treatment of tubers from these diseases makes it possible for the gardener to save on toxic chemicals.

Despite the fact that the Bellarosa variety has such a list of positive qualities, it also has drawbacks. The main minus is exposure to pests. Shoots are often eaten by Colorado beetles and their larvae.Tubers become a treat for cyst-forming golden nematodes and wireworms. Often potatoes spoil the bear.

Another negative side is that there are many varieties that look like Bellarosa. Their varietal characteristics do not meet expectations.

Planting potatoes

It is possible to plant this variety already in April

According to the characteristic, the Bellarosa variety requires an early planting of the crop. This happens already in mid-April, when the soil warms up to a depth of 10-12 cm. If weather conditions leave much to be desired, the planting should be postponed a little.

Potatoes are grown in several ways. The most common option is to plant tubers or parts of them in the ground. Another, less popular method is seed cultivation. To do this, potato seeds are planted in seed boxes, in May seedlings are sent to a constant place of growth – in open ground.

For planting, choose the best tubers, at the end of February it is laid out in a single layer in a warm, well-lit place. From time to time, potatoes are sprayed with water and turned over.

Soil preparation

In autumn, before finishing the summer season, they determine the place of potato cultivation next year. Fertilize the soil with rotted manure.To do this, they scatter it on the ground, and after digging

It is not worth breaking large clods of earth. So the soil will freeze better, and with it weed seeds and pest eggs. In mid-September, you can sow the beds with green manure – cereal herbs that enrich the soil with useful substances in the process of decay. For these purposes, use:

• wheat;
• rye;
• mustard;
• colza;
• barley.

When the young green shoots reach a height of at least 10 cm, they dig the earth with them. This method of fertilizer is the simplest and most environmentally friendly. In addition to manure and green manure, you can make ready-made chemical fertilizers.

In the spring, when the soil thaws, they begin processing the site. Complex mineral fertilizers are applied to the soil during digging.

Planting potatoes

In late April, they begin to plant potatoes in the ground. When planting tubers between the holes leave at least 40 cm. This is the optimal distance that allows the tubers to develop normally and to receive nutrients in abundance. The depth of embedding depends on the density of the soil, on average it is 15-18 cm.

If the Bellaroz variety is planted in trenches, the depth of embedding of tubers is reduced to 10-13 cm. The distance between the rows is 90 cm. Nitrofoska is poured on the bottom of the rows or any other phosphorus fertilizer. This is important for early potatoes.

Potato care

Proper care will accelerate the ripening period

The ripening period in many respects depends not only on air and ground temperature, but also on the quality of crop care. Despite the fact that the plant is unpretentious and calmly tolerates dry periods, it is impossible to completely abandon watering and fertilizer.

Watering

According to the description, irrespective of the planting method, water potatoes it is necessary under the root, and not pour water on top of the tops. Since the culture is susceptible to late blight, waterlogging threatens the development of this disease.

It is recommended to start watering not earlier than the beginning of flowering, because at this time, the first phase of the formation of tubers occurs. After the beds are watered another 2-3 times. One week before digging the crop, watering is stopped.

Fertilizer

Top dressing plays an important role in obtaining an abundant harvest of Bell Rose potatoes. A plant that lacks nutrients does not develop well, forms small tubers and is often sick. Their excess also does not lead to anything good, therefore, before using this or that type of fertilizer, you should familiarize yourself with its description and instructions for use.

There is a universal feeding scheme for all types of potatoes:

• After the appearance of the first green shoots, the plant is watered with infusion of mullein or bird droppings.For this, 1 kg of excrement is poured into 5 liters of water and left for 10-14 days. From time to time, the slurry is mixed for a better supply of oxygen.
• During the flowering period, the bushes are fed with urea and ash. For 10 l of water take no more than 2 tbsp. l chemical. Ashes are poured into the barrel during hilling.
• When the potato has blossomed, it is fertilized with infusion of grass. Weed grass is finely cut before weed formation and put into bottles, cans or barrels. The container is poured with water and left to sour for 2 weeks. After that, 1 liter per 10 liters of water is added to the infusion and watered under the root.

The peculiarity of all dressings is that the beds are watered abundantly beforehand. Fertilizer left on dry soil not only does not benefit, but even burns the roots and lower leaves.

Pest control

The plant is very susceptible to pests, it is necessary take care of his protection. Colorado potato beetles and their larvae eat leaves and shoots, and tubers damage nematodes and wireworms.

Recommended treatment is not during the period of tuber ripening, but before planting. For this:

• the tubers are laid out in a single layer on a canvas or oilcloth; it is necessary that the chemistry does not fall into the ground;
• if the preparation requires dilution in water, the tubers are sprayed from the spray bottle or soaked in a container with the chemical;
• if the preparation is used in dry form, it mixed with ash and powdered tubers from all sides.It is more convenient to do this with the help of a sieve over oilcloth.

In addition to spring treatment, spraying shoots are practiced to combat the Colorado potato beetle. This must be done before flowering or after it. Rainy weather sometimes interferes with this: precipitation flushes the chemical off the leaves.

Conclusion

Potato Bellarosa has an enviable yield even with minimal care.

Recommended to buy planting material in proven agricultural companies: with a sick tuber, you can enter a lot of diseases, as well as pest eggs. Poor-quality potatoes purchased in the fall will not last until planting in the soil.