Characteristics of the potato variety Blue

Potatoes Blue is one of the mid-season varieties. It is intended for cultivation on almost the entire territory of the country, except perhaps in the regions of the Far North and Siberia, where the weather conditions are very harsh.

Characteristics of the Blue Potato variety

Characteristic of the variety

The Blue Potato variety is called Blue-eyed for eye color.

From time to Admixture of seed tubers takes 3 months before harvesting the products of technical ripeness. During this period, the potato has time to fully ripen.

The yield is about 500 kg per 1 hundred parts with a weight of one potato from 100 g to 150 g. The tubers contain at least 21% starch and up to 26% solids.

To prevent the variety from degenerating over time, after 6 years berries are picked and the plant propagated by seed. Potato Blue is suitable for planting and seeds, and tubers that need to be selected in the fall.

Advantages

Blue is a potato, the characteristic of which includes a number of positive qualities:

• tolerance of drought and heat;
• tolerance of low temperatures;
• lack of a tendency to degenerate and lose species qualities;
• immunity to pests living in the soil;
• long growing season;
• productivity.

According to the description, Blue Potato is highly immune to viral diseases.

It is resistant to late blight and fruits, to the virus Y, p rshe ordinary and wilting and curling of leaves. These features allow you to use a small amount of antiviral drugs or completely eliminate them.

Disadvantages

According to the characteristic, the variety Golubizna is damaged by a golden cyst-forming nematode, soil should be treated from this pest before planting tubers. For this, the drug Nematorin is introduced into the soil. This is the only negative regarding this type of potato.

Description of the bush

The bushes of the plant are erect with a stem up to 60 cm high. They are ribbed and strong, not susceptible to damage with strong in the wind. The green leaves are quite large and retain their color for more than 2 months. White with blue flowers, collected in apical inflorescences. They are pollinated, not yet opened.

In a dry summer, only partial leaf wilt is observed, while other varieties suffer greatly from high temperature and lack of moisture.

The plant tolerates cold snap well. In this case, the leaves are not damaged, they only become more resilient.

Description of the tubers

The tubers are rounded, with blunt tops, covered with a thin yellow skin. On the peel is a characteristic mesh pattern that can only be determined by touch. The pulp of white fruits.

Large starchy tubers are used in the industrial production of starch and dry potato semi-finished products. The tubers are also suitable for making crisps and mashed potatoes. For home use, fruits of any size are suitable. Salads as well as first courses, casseroles and pancakes, dumplings and zrazy are prepared from potatoes. All dishes have a beautiful appearance, excellent taste and pleasant aroma.

The appearance of the tubers affects the commodity output of the tubers. Marketability is 97% of the total crop. This means that the tubers grow almost the same size when grown.

When stored, all fruits remain fresh almost until the new crop. At the same time, tuber wilting or sagging of the peel is not observed. Her color becomes more muted, not so bright.

In order to provide vegetables with permafrost regions or highlands, it is necessary to deliver products to them. Not all varieties carry the carriage as well as Blue Potato.

Preparing the soil and tubers for planting

Plants are grown on various soils, both clay and sandy. It is best if the soil is sandy loam, in which the root system can freely develop and produce stolons. When forming tubers, it is necessary that they are not limited by compression, otherwise there will be no growth prospects.

In autumn, organic matter is added to the soil at the rate of 250 kg per 1 hundredth, 2 kg of superphosphate, ammonium nitrate and potassium salt. The area is dug up to a depth of 20 cm.

In the spring, the site is leveled and the rows are marked out, leaving about 60 cm between them. You can plant tubers without marking, just observing this distance visually. It is recommended to leave no more than 25 cm between the planting pits for this variety, so that the plantings are slightly thickened.

When choosing, the variety Golubizna for seed potatoes, a month before planting, large fruits are cut lengthwise into 2 parts and put into boxes upside down for germination. Room temperature can be around 15 ° C or lower. When the sprouts reach a height of 3 cm, and the soil warms up to 7 ° C, potatoes are planted.

1 handful of ash and husk of onion, 3 handfuls of compost are placed on the bottom of the planting holes, 3 cm handful of compost are sprinkled on top and the tubers are sprouted up, then holes are poured and the soil surface is leveled.

Care for potatoes

To grow an excellent harvest, you need to take care of the plants:

• water the plantings at least 3 times;
• to hush the bushes and fertilize the soil;
• destroy weeds;
• fight pests.

Watering planting potatoes significantly increases productivity. Hilling protects the tubers from landscaping, because they grow in the upper soil layer, where the sun’s rays can get.

Fertilizer plants combine with hilling in rainy summers. In the drier months, it is better to fertilize planting during irrigation. Complex mineral fertilizers are prepared according to recipes on the packaging.

Fresh organic mullein or bird droppings are used to feed organics. For 1 dose, organics take 1 dose of water and set for fermentation for a couple of weeks. The finished substance is diluted with water in a proportion of 1:10 and the beds are watered.

As weeds grow, weeds are removed, and the soil is constantly loosened for better air access to roots and tubers. The greens cut by the chopper can be left if the weeds do not have time to seed, so as not to sow the area again.

Pests

Insecticides are used from the larvae of the Colorado potato beetle, aphids and cicadas. Among the drugs with wide action, you can choose pesticides, such as:

• “Aktara”;
• “Ratibor”;
• “Antizhuk”;
• “Dantop”.

Solutions are prepared on their own, trying to adhere to personal hygiene rules and protecting themselves from poisoning. To do this, use rubber gloves, face masks, aprons and safety glasses.

The effect of the drug primarily depends on the concentration. Do not exceed or reduce the dosage of the substance, otherwise the result will be unpredictable, starting from the lack of effect and ending with the death of the plant.

Conclusion

Getting a large crop entirely depends on the desire of the gardener to do the right thing growing vegetables. Potato Golubizna will thank the owner for caring for large and tasty fruits, and ecologically clean products help to prepare healthy and vitamin dishes that will delight the whole family with a variety of tastes and aromas.