Potato Variety Volat

To date, potatoes are part of many dishes. At the moment, potato culture is rapidly appearing in almost every household plots. Many gardeners stopped buying finished products in the markets, because it is very simple and interesting to grow and take care of root crops. There are various types of potatoes that gardeners choose depending on the requirements for growing conditions and the result that they want to get.The most famous and unpretentious species in the current period, remains the potato Volat.

Content
  1. Characteristics of the potato
  2. Advantages of the Volat cultivar
  3. Preparation of tubers for planting
  4. Germination of potatoes for planting
  5. Planting recommendations
  6. Errors of vegetable growers
  7. Diseases and pests
  8. Landing inspection

Сорт картофеля волат

Potato variety in lat

Characteristics of the potato

Variety Volat or simply volot is popularly a new variety of Belarusian selection.

The description indicates that the potato Volat is a mid-season table view. Suitable for cultivation on light and medium-sized soils. The proposed saturation of the planting for sale is 48-52 thousand tubers / ha, in seed areas 55-58 thousand tubers / ha. Volat tolerates drought well and despite the fact that it is a new variety, it has excellent keeping quality. The rest period of tubers is average. Volat is not exposed to mechanical damage. Productivity up to 62.4 t / ha.

Fruits are oval, yellowish, eyes are small, red. Blossoms in white inflorescences.The nutritional properties are excellent, it is used for cooking type B. Starch is contained in an amount of 11.2-19.0%. This type of potato is characterized by a good vitamin C content of 29.9%. Also in the fruits, an abundant protein content can be noted, which establishes its great biological significance.

Advantages of the Volat variety

  • It tolerates drought well.
  • Potatoes have an average physiological rest period of tubers.
  • Resistant to injuries.
  • It has good keeping quality.

Many summer residents who have already planted themselves in the garden potatoes, speak of a new variety of volat only positively. Insignificant expenses, minimal efforts during planting and harvesting, as well as rational resources spent on processing give the Volat an opportunity to take advantage over many varieties.

People’s impressions of its nutritional properties expand the list of advantages of this type. The delicious taste and attractive appearance of the tubers gives an excellent idea of ​​the Volat variety.

Preparing the tubers for planting

Perfectly sowing potatoes must be selected even in the garden. Passing through the beds, distinguish strong and benign bushes with a keen eye. Mark them with pegs or a label. These bushes must be dug separately and medium fruits should be selected for seeds from them. For breeding, fruits weighing 40-60 grams are good.In order to plant large potatoes before cutting them, you need to adhere to some parameters.

At the beginning, divide the potatoes so that at least three eyes remain in one half. Then, after any cut of the root crop, the knife must be treated with a solution of potassium permanganate (dipped in a vessel with this substance). The problem is that during this operation, the risk of infecting the fruit with viral and entero-bacterial diseases increases.

Germinating potatoes for planting

To harvest an early potato harvest, experts recommend germinate it and plant it first. The description indicates that this method also enhances the immunity of potatoes. It is possible to plant a sprouted species early, it will not be as susceptible to diseases as not sprouted. 3-4 weeks before disembarkation, it is required to begin this procedure. For this purpose, potatoes are poured into boxes in one of two rows and placed in a place with a temperature of 15-20 degrees, while at night, planting material must be removed in a place where the potatoes will be fresher (basement or garage), in which the night temperature is 5 -8 degrees.

Клубни перед посадкой необходимо прорастить

Tubers must be sprouted before planting

To prevent the rudiments from being damaged, direct sunlight is not allowed on the fruit (scattered light is required for planting material) otherwise the rudiments will deteriorate.

By the end of the process, the sprouted fruit will acquire a greenish tint , on it there will appear green embryos, the length of which does not exceed 1-2 cm. This is a sign of the potato’s readiness for planting. Thanks to this procedure, it is possible to plant sprouted potatoes at a soil temperature of 5 degrees, while not sprouted – 8 degrees and above. Of course, sprouts must be carefully monitored: they must be observed to prevent unwanted growth in length. We saw that the sprouts had grown to the desired length, and sow only after a couple of weeks (it happens and the like) put the container with sprouted potatoes in the cellar, then the germination process will slow down.

Planting recommendations

If you sow potatoes in a garden where paprika, nightshade, tomatoes and other types of similar crops were previously grown, then a good harvest will be in question. Directly these crops, like potatoes, are damaged by the same pests and diseases. For this reason, you need to plant a volat where you have grown peas, beans, cucumbers or onions last year.

Experts have found that an acceptable period for planting potatoes is when the earth at a depth of 10-12 cm is heated to 8 degrees. For the south of the Republic of Belarus, rational planting dates are formed in the second or third decade of April, for the center of Russia in the third decade of April and the first decade of May, for the northern regions in mid-May.

Errors of vegetable growers

The main oversight of vegetable growers is that by planting potatoes tightly, many believe that if they planted more fruits, then the harvest will be greater. This is actually not the case. An ideal sustained distance is considered to be 30-35 cm. The explanation for this opinion is simple: at present, many tuber varieties are often formed when 15 or more tubers are produced from one product unit.

During a thickened planting, these tubers come out small. It is also necessary to observe a distance between the ridges of 60-70 cm. And for the formation of a sufficiently high ridge, potatoes need to be earthed two to three times. In addition, because of the high crest, Colorado beetles and other harmful insects will not get on the potato, so your crop will be perfectly preserved.

Diseases and pests

Significant damage to the culture cause diseases such as: stem nematode, rot and scab of various types.In the bulk of cases, key preventative measures can help to exclude potato infections:

  • After harvesting the potatoes, it is advisable to grow lupins, winter crops, oil radish, mustard in this area, after smelling the vegetation in the ground for humus.
  • Plant potato species that are suitable for the conditions of the local area.
  • Fertilizers should be used in a well-overripe version (compost, humus), nitrogen fertilizers should not be used often.
  • Gardeners need to strive not t equalize the tuber during the harvesting period, and do not leave the fruits that nevertheless spoiled for long-term storage.
  • All potato tops after harvesting must be dried and burned.
  • It is recommended to form the necessary conditions for the purpose of preserving potatoes with optimal temperature, humidity and good ventilation in the vegetable store.

The description indicates that this species bears fruit well for many years and, if properly maintained, is not damaged by common diseases and pests . But also in the description of the variety, it is indicated that certain microbes can bring changes in the duration of the potato. In the event that ordinary and non-virus-resistant potatoes or other vegetables grow on nearby beds, then in this case viruses and insects can get into your garden along with aphids.

You should carefully examine all the bushes, without exception, when the plant grows 10-15 cm long and select from them those that have twisted leaves. Their fruits can be used as food, but should not be used as seeds. Plants with microbes have fewer tubers; for this reason, only those bushes with significant yields should be separated into seeds.If you adhere to elementary requirements, you can significantly extend the life of such a variety.

To protect against diseases, the method of combining germination with dusting before planting seeds with wood ash has proved to be quite good. Wood ash contains a large number of microelements required to grow and form a crop.

To dust 50 kg of potatoes, a total of one kilogram of ash is required. If you notice that you do not have enough ash, then the tuber can be treated with solutions of mineral fertilizers before planting. For this purpose, before planting, tubers are sprayed with a solution of nitrophoska (ten grams per liter of water), ammonium nitrate (fifteen grams per liter of water) or boric acid (one gram per liter of water).

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