Modern potato varieties are significantly different from their ancestors. Breeders pay great attention to improving their qualities. Potatoes Rosar - the development of scientists from Germany. It possesses such properties as early ripening, unpretentiousness in leaving, high yields and pleasant taste. This variety is successfully used by domestic vegetable growers.
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Grade characteristics
The following information can be distinguished from the characteristics of Rosar potatoes:
- Rosar's variety is early ripe - it is dug up in mid-July;
- the bush gives at least 18 potatoes - the weight of each 100-150 g;
- low starch content - this quality allows it to be used in food by people with diseases in which it is usually contraindicated;
- does not deteriorate and does not lose taste during storage;
- shows resistance to cancer, nematode, late blight;
- seeds can be used without replacement 4-5 years.
Potato tubers are oblong, pink with yellow flesh.
The taste of potatoes Rosara
Any gourmet will like this root vegetable. The taste is pleasant, tubers of soft delicate texture. During heat treatment, it crumbles slightly. The pulp does not become watery. The low content of starch eliminates the sweetish taste, making it taste high.
Rosara variety has smooth, round tubers, they are easy to peel, and thin peels produce little waste.
Seed selection
The most successful method for selecting seed potatoes is clonal. Tubers are picked from the most productive bushes during harvesting. The plant must have at least 8 potatoes, of which 4 pieces must be weighing at least 100 g each.
Medium, but not quite small (not less than 6 mm in diameter) specimens are chosen.They must be clean, free from any signs of disease or damage by pests.
Important! Before laying the seed, it is placed for several hours in the bright sun so that the tubers are slightly green and dried. Next, the potatoes are placed under a canopy for 4-5 hours for further drying.
Potato tubers selected for sowing are quarantined for two weeks in a bright and dry place. During this time, the peel on the seeds will become coarser, which will ensure their protection during storage, hidden diseases will appear. In such a situation, spoiled material is removed.
Before storing seeds, they are treated with disinfectants. Many vegetable growers prefer the drug Maxim. You can use a 0.02% solution of copper sulfate or phytosporin. Tubers are sprayed from all sides, kept for about an hour and dried.
Potato seeds are ready for winter storage. They are laid out in wooden boxes and placed in the cellar. It should be dry with good ventilation and a temperature not exceeding +40 C.
Soil preparation and outdoor planting
Open sunny places with light soil are suitable for potatoes. Site preparation begins in the fall. The soil is opened, humus is introduced. Furrows are cut in the spring or holes are made. Their depth is 10-15 cm. The distance between the rows is 50 cm, between the bushes in a row - 40-50 cm.
Potatoes are planted in May or the end of April (the beginning depends on the region and weather). Add 1 tablespoon ash or urea to each well. It is important to maintain crop rotation: do not plant this plant on the site for 2 consecutive years or more. In previous seasons, gardeners here had to grow corn, cabbage or legumes. Quite unsuitable predecessors are nightshade crops, sunflower.
Agrotechnics of cultivation and care
An important point is the timely hilling of bushes. Perform this 2-3 times per season. Reception allows the formation of more roots, enrich the soil with oxygen. The first such operation is performed when the seedlings grow to 10 cm. If the weather is cold and negative temperatures are possible, crops can be sprinkled to the top with soil.
When applying a sufficient amount of fertilizer during the preparation of the plot, you can not feed the potatoes during the season. If the soil is not sufficiently enriched with fertilizers, liquid solutions of mineral agrochemicals are introduced: in the spring - nitrogen mixtures, then - complex compounds. It is useful to add a solution of bird droppings (1:20), green infusion of nettle and other herbs with the addition of humus.
It is important to know that potatoes do not like excessive moisture, they are watered only with severe drought. Dry watering will be cultivation.
Among some vegetable growers there is an opinion that if you remove the buds from potatoes, the number of tubers increases and their ripening time decreases. Also, do not forget about the protective measures that are carried out at the first signs of vital activity of pests and the development of fungal diseases, to which the variety is quite resistant.
Vegetable ripening dates
Rosar's early ripe potatoes are ready for harvesting 65-70 days after planting. Vegetable ripening dates in mid-July. Already in early July, the bushes begin to dry out. This is a sign that the growing season is ending. The tops need to be mowed, this will allow the tubers to reach full maturity, to accumulate useful substances.
Another 15 days they should lie in the soil, while the peel will become coarser and will provide good protection during storage. Ripe tubers easily come off the stolons, which are signs of potato maturity.
Harvesting and storage
Potatoes are harvested in dry, sunny weather. Rainy days should be avoided, since a wet crop requires additional drying before storing. Small areas can be dug with a pitchfork so as not to damage the potatoes. Dug up tubers are left to dry and ventilate in a shaded area.
Potatoes are best stored in a cool, dry cellar.Storage temperature should not exceed +50 C and not lower than +20 C. At higher values, shoot growth begins, and at low values, taste qualities are lost. It is convenient to use wooden trellised boxes. They are set on top of each other, retreating a short distance from the walls of the basement. With such arrangement of the storage, ventilation of root crops will be provided.
Growing potatoes in your garden is not difficult. In order to get a good harvest, it is important to observe the planting and harvesting dates, perform simple crop care, and observe agricultural cultivation techniques. Choosing Rosar potatoes, you will get a delicious nutritious product that will diversify your diet and will be very useful.
