When choosing a potato variety, one should focus on the geographical location and climatic conditions of the area where the crop will be planted. You should also consider what kind of crop you want to get - early or late. Consider the most popular varieties of potatoes for the middle of the Urals - the Chelyabinsk region and others.
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The best potato varieties for the middle Urals
For the Middle Urals peculiar temperate climate, strong humidity. In the area there are no severe frosts, but the summer without heat. The average t in winter is -10, -15 degrees, and in summer up to +10, +20. Heat begins at the end of spring and continues until the beginning of autumn. In the Urals, it is better to plant the following varieties.
Governor
Early, with a reddish skin of tubers and lemon pulp. It comfortably carries the carriage, is famous for its high yield (2kg from a bush). Contains up to 14% starch. The ripening period is 2 months, in the beginning of summer you can try the first new potatoes.
The average weight of a tuber is 100-150 g. With weave up to 250 kg of root crops. It tolerates disease.
Balabay
Mid-season, brings harvest in the third month of summer. The peel is red, lemon pulp. Resistant to heat and excess moisture. Contains up to 14% starch.
Intended for table use. The ripening period is 90-100 days. Sowing takes place in mid-May. Potato mass 120-140 gr.
Equator
Mid-season, you can try new potatoes in mid-July. Fruits reach 100-120 grams, the peel is pink-red, the flesh is light beige.Potatoes are well boiled soft due to their high starch content up to 20%. Ripening equal to 90-100 days.
Sante
Sredneranny, ripens in 80-90 days. The yield from one weave is 300 kg, up to 20 fruits from a bush. Weight reaches 120-150 gr. Yellow skin. Contains a small amount of starch 10-12%, therefore potatoes do not boil soft during cooking. The variety contains amino acids and trace elements, a large amount of vitamin B.
Spiridon
Mid-season, has a skin of raspberry-red shade. Weight reaches 110-150 gr. Starch in the variety of about 12-15%. Not prone to diseases.
Nevsky
Early, young potatoes can be tasted 40-50 days after germination. The whole growing season is 65 days. The grade is considered one of the most fruitful. The color of the skin is lemon, the flesh is white.
Luck
Early, appears one of the first on sale. The skin is dark lemon-colored, smooth to the touch with reddish eyes. Contains up to 12-14% of starch. The flesh is light, when cooked yellowish.The average weight is 120-150 grams. Harvest climate dependent and soil.
Alyona
Early, ripens within 60-70 days. Contains a high level of starch 15-17%. It has a pinkish peel, white flesh. Weight 80-160 gr. Poor tolerance to nematode and late blight. Good tolerates heat and drought.
Bashkir
Early ripe, gives fruit after 1.5 months. The whole period of ripening takes 60-80 days. The skin color is scarlet with pink. The advantage of the variety - the Colorado potato beetle is difficult to cling to the leaves of the plant.
Mass of one 90-150 gr. On the bush up to 10 fruits can form. Productivity from one hectare 150-250kg.
Spring white
Ultra Early, appeared in 1994 through a 3-species hybrid mutation. The peel is muted citric, the fruit inside is white. Root mass 80-140 gr. Poor tolerates viral diseases and late blight.
From one bush you can get up to 15 tubers. Contains 12-16% starch. Well kept in winter and withstands transportation.
Vineta
The first harvest after germination can be obtained on the 50th day. Suitable for long storageresistant to diseases.
Zhukovsky early
Early, with a smooth pink skin, inside is white. Contains up to 15% starch. It tolerates diseases: scab, nematode, cancer. Poorly tolerated fungal and infectious diseases. From one bush receive up to 1.5 kg. Ripens within 60 days.
Lyubava
Early, stored for 7 months. The ripening period is 60-80 days. Weight 150 gr. Productivity to 500 kg. The skin is light scarlet, white inside.
Skoroplodny
Early ripe. Ripening period 60-70 days. Yellow skin, white inside. Weight 60-120 g. Contains 12-17% starch. Productivity from 1 weave 350 kg.
Bullfinch
Early ripe, with light scarlet skin, creamy inside. Weight is 60-90 grams. Contains 16-18% starch. Ripening period is 50-60 days. The average yield from 1 weave 300 kg. Sort well resistant to potato crayfish, parasite, viruses, late blight.
Bezhitsky
Medium early, has an oval-circular shape. The rind is pink-red, the flesh is creamy, it does not darken when cleaning. The average weight of the root is 70-110 grams. May get infected with scab.Full ripening period 70-90 days.
Crown
Medium early with dark lemon peel, white inside. Potato mass 70-130 gr. Contains 13-15% starch. Does not fall ill nematode, cancer. There are risks of late blight. Productivity to 270 kg of potatoes.
Lukyanovsky
Sredneranny, gentle lemon shade, inside white. The ripening period is 70-80 days. Weight reaches 90-150g. Well tolerated drought, easily transported, without damage.
Oredezh
Medium early, yellow, white inside. Root mass 80-140 gr. Contains a starch level of 13-15%. With one weave you can collect up to 300 kg of potatoes. Perfectly persists in winter. Resistant to late blight.
Svitanok Kiev
Medium early, has established itself in the Urals. Tubers weigh 90-120 grams. Potatoes are smooth, the skin is reddish, inside is white. Contains high percentage of starch 19%.
With 1 hundred we can collect up to 300 kg of potatoes. Crop harvested closer to August.
Fairy tale
Medium early. The average weight of tubers is 70-130 g. The skin is red with pink eyes, white inside. With one bush you can get up to 25 fruits. The variety prefers loamy and sandy soils. Dislikes excess moisture. Contains 14-17 starch.
Effect
Medium early. Lemon-muted shade, white inside. Contains 12-15% starch. The average weight is 80-120 g.
Aspia
Mid-season, with a maturity of 80-100 days. The roots are light yellow, white inside. The average weight is 70-120 grams. The starch content is 12-14%. Needs protection against late blight when landing.
Lugovskoy
Mid-season, with a maturity of 70-95 days. The skin is pink, the flesh is white. The average weight of 100-130g. Contains 12-19% starch. Tubers are rich in proteins, vitamins, amino acids. Good disease resistant.
Belousovsky
Medium late, ripening period 100-110 days. It has a light yellow tint, inside is white. Potatoes weight 80-100 gr. Contain 18-19% starch. Resistant to drought and heat. It tolerates viral diseases, moderately resistant to scab.
Lorch
Middle late, with a maturity of 100-120 days. Peel of a yellow shade, inside cream. Potatoes weigh 90-120 grams.You can collect up to 1 kg of root crops from the plant.
Sort medium resistant to root rot, late blight, scab. With a lack of calcium and fluorine can be drawn out.
Nikulinsky
Medium late. Yellow skin, creamy inside. Contains 15-20% starch. The average weight of a root is 70-120 grams. When cutting fruits do not darken. Poor late blight, needs protection during planting.
Types of varieties
You can classify varieties into 4 types:
- Seed. Is seed seed for future potato harvest. Recommended for cultivation at the dacha. They are characterized by the content of 12-17% starch.
- Early. The ripening period is 50-65 days. They are ready to be consumed before anyone else and are divided into subtypes depending on the ripening period: early ripening, early ripening, mid-ripening.
Early potatoes are good for eating during the summer, because basically it does not tolerate the winter and is not able to store moisture. Differ in fast growth and the short vegetative period.
- Mid-season. The ripening period is 85-95 days. More unpretentious variety and better stored than early. Harvest in early August.It is considered quite unpretentious variety with excellent taste.
The same potato can be distinguished depending on the purpose:
- feed. Root is large in size and contains a large amount of protein;
- food. It is sowed on the state fields for sales and the use in state institutions;
- technical. Used for the preparation of alcohol products;
- universal. It has a wide range of uses.
| Seed | Early | Mid-season | Universal |
| Riviera
Karlena Vega Inara |
Governor
Nevsky Alyona Zhukovsky Lyubava Effect Bullfinch
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Balabay
Equator Spiridon Luck Bashkir Skoroplodny Bezhitsky Crown Lukyanovsky Oderezhsky Svitanok Kiev Fairy tale Aspia Lugovskoy |
Luck
Vineta Belousovsky Nikulinsky Lorch |
The future harvest depends on the choice of potato varieties; therefore, you should be attentive to planting seeds.This is especially true of the middle of the Urals, where the climate is not as stable as in the south. You have a rich harvest!