The Jelly potato variety is carried to the State Register of Breeding Achievements of the Russian Federation in 2005.The grade is suitable for industrial cultivation, landing in farms, on garden sites. Tuber stored for several seasons without losing germination.
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General information
Characteristic varieties Jelly
Variety for table purpose ,medium early. From planting to harvest takes 3 months. Starch content in tubers - 17% according to the characteristics.
The marketability of tuber crops is 95%, and keeping quality is 86%.Tuber taste is not watery.
Description
Shrubs high, semi-upright or spreading. Many leaves, they can be both medium and large. The waviness of the edges of the leaves is average. From above the bushes there is a corolla of snow-white flowers.
The tubers are oval and have many small eyes. They are even, the same size. The rind is yellowish, rough or smooth. Pulp dark yellow .The weight of potatoes according to the description is 90-140 grams, almost no tubers are smaller.
Benefits:
- excellent taste tuber crops;
- high-yielding variety;
- tubers are large, they are equal in weight and volume;
- they are stored without loss of taste;
- planted for industrial or recreational cultivation;
- grade resistant to drought ;
- yield increases with dressing;
- is easy to clean;
- is disease resistant.
Disadvantage:
Potatoes are dense, they contain with low starch content of , so they are not suitable for mashed potatoes.
In which dishes is
used When cooking potatoes do not boil soft and do not change the shade, therefore they are not mashed, but they add to soups, prepare french fries and chips.
french fries Where it came from and how
It is advised to plant and grow potatoes in the Central ( in its structure: Bryansk, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Kaluga, Kostroma, Moscow, Oryol, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tverskaya, Tula, Yaroslavl regions) and ASA2020AD.Republics of Mari El. Mordovia. Chuvash, Kirov, Nizhny Novgorod regions) can be grown in other regions with a temperate and warm climate.
Peculiarities of Cultivation
Jelly Potatoes are undemanding. The variety is drought-resistant, it needs to be watered only during drought and heat. In regions with a temperate or cool climate, bushes can not be watered with .
Which place is better suited
Choose a sunny place. When planting, the soil should have an acidity of 5.0-5.5.
How to prepare the soil
In the autumn fertilizers are scattered over the ground : 3 kg of manure and 100 g of ash per 1 m².And then the earth is dug up to the depth of a shovel. Do not make nitrogen( urea), as the growing season is extended, and yields are reduced.
Preparation of potatoes for planting
21 days before planting , are germinated. Lay them in a bright, warm room with good humidity. Better yet, put the potatoes in the sun so that they turn green. As a result, eyes grow on potatoes.
Step-by-Step Procedure for Planting Varieties
- In the spring, holes are made to the depth of 10 cm , observing the indentation in 35 cm .And between the rows they set aside a distance of 75 cm.
- The tubers are thrown upward at the holes. For planting, you can take both whole potatoes and cut them into pieces.
Diseases and pests
The variety is not susceptible to cancer, cyst nematode, scab, black leg. Shrubs almost no viruses.
But can get sore blight .For the prevention of the disease, it is advised to carefully treat the ground before planting. When the epidemic of late blight is required to spray the plants with drugs containing copper. From a fitoftoroz advise to spray with Oxyhom, Kuproksat.
The potato can be attacked by the Colorado potato beetle, the wireworm. If 3–4 superphosphate granules are put into each well and they are first sprayed with Aktellik, Karate or Decis, this will scare the wireworm.
First, the superphosphate is filled with a thin layer, spray the granules with a solution of 14 ml of Actellic or Decisai, 80 ml of water and 200 ml of acetone.
Secrets of growing
The variety loves the light, fertile land with a lot of sand.
If there are no rains during blooming and the formation of tubers, it is recommended to water the plantings. The rate of watering 5 liters per bush. After watering the soil loosened.
It is recommended to apply fertilizer 1 time per season. Bushes spud 2-3 times per season.
The first harvest is already possible at the end of June .Vegetative season - 90 days.
How to harvest and store crops
60-90 days pass from germination to full maturity. But the potatoes begin to break in July.
It would be better if there are fans in the storages, temperature and humidity control. Before placing the tubers to preserve, they need to be cooled, but very slowly, by half a degree per day. Room temperature during storage - + 1-3 degrees Celsius. During storage, neither the taste nor the type of tubers is changed.
The variety “Jelly” with normal care gives high yields in, resistant to diseases, it has a great taste of tubers.