Colombo potatoes are quite a popular variety, used both in horticulture and for planting in large areas. Differs in good transportability, keeping quality and excellent taste.. The characteristics of this variety and cultivation features can be found below.
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General information about the Colombo variety
To choose the necessary cultivar for cultivation in own garden it is necessary to become familiar with it, and not only with the taste, but also with the rules of its cultivation.
Description
| Indicator | Description |
|---|---|
| Peel | Rather thin with amber color. |
| Eyes | Small 0.2 mm. |
| Pulp | It has a cream color. |
| The form | Elongated-oval. |
| Starch | 12-14 %. |
| Average tuber weight | 18-130 gr. (depends on the number of tubers in the bush) |
| Bush | Upright, sprawling. Its height is 55 cm. |
| Flowers | White with a lilac shade. |
Characteristic varieties from Finland
Potatoes are table purpose and suitable for cooking any dishes in the home kitchen. It has an early ripening, you can start digging the first potato later 45 days after landing. A fully grown potato will be ready for digging for 65 days. Maturation can be judged by its bush, which by this time is completely dry. The harvest from one square meter will be almost 5 kg.
What region of Russia is it intended for?
This variety is zoned for cultivation in such regions of Russia:
- Chernozem region;
- North Caucasus;
- Volgo-Vyatsky district;
- Northwest region;
- Central District.
Reviews
According to the general reviews of gardeners Colombo has high marks for such properties:
- It has, above all, good delicate taste and does not boil soft;
- It has attractive appearance tubers, which has a positive effect on its sale;
- Precocity - there are areas that receive two crops each;
- Absolutely unpretentious care for their plantings;
- Resistant to to dry periods;
- Large yield;
- Resistance to various diseases.
There is only one drawback of this variety - its poor keeping quality. It requires special storage places, as it is stored in the usual basement for only half a year.. That is, for use in food, he lays down until the beginning of spring,but for landing, planting material is difficult to keep in a poorly prepared basement.
Potato growing
To get a good harvest is to learn the rules of its cultivation.
Landing rules
Basic rules that must be followed when growing:
- First of all, sunny plot is selected and digs, simultaneously introduced humus and get rid of weeds.
- Depending on the quality of the soil on the site, the method that is suitable for growing potatoes is selected. If the site is close to the groundwaterthen the best method of planting is planting it in ridges 40 cm high. With such a planting it will dry out better and there will be no rot on the tubers of the potato.
- Having decided on the method of planting, germinated tubers are laid in prepared holes with depth 7 cm. according to the scheme 35x80 cm
- If the tuber is larger 5 cm its diameter is divided into parts so that each has a sprout and flesh. This part is worth dry for 5 days,so as not to cause it to rot after landing in the ground.
- In each well add 250 gr ashesthat will serve as potash fertilizer to increase yields.
- After emergence of shoots they spud three times to grow more tubers.
Features of growing
A good feature of this variety is that in the southern regions of Russia you can get 2 potato harvests. For the second crop tubers are planted in August, and the crop is harvested in October.
Care rules
When growing potato sprouts to a height 15 cm spend the first hilling sprouts. It is also worthwhile to carry out weeding from weeds that clog potato tops. Hilling increases ground reeling around roots for increased tuberization.
Since the tubers develop well only in a slightly damp ground, it is best to irrigate in hot weather once a week. Faster and better watering will be on the furrows. They are obtained by hilling potatoes and go along the line of planted tubers. After watering, it is necessary to make the appropriate fertilizer and remove weeds. After all these manipulations, in order to prevent the earth from being crusted, it is necessary to loosen the soil, so that oxygen goes to the root system of potatoes.
Diseases and pests
Differs a variety of great resistance. to potato cancer, to the golden nematode and to scabappearing on potatoes.
| Disease | Maximum 9 points |
|---|---|
| Common scab | 6.5 points. |
| Late blight |
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| Drought tolerance | 5 points. |
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- Colombo potato shrub affected by blight
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- Struck tuft with potato tuber
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- Colorado potato beetle - the most dangerous pest of potatoes
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- Colorado potato beetle larvae
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- The destruction of the eggs of the Colorado potato beetle - the most effective way to combat pest
From pests, as always, on it you can find the Colorado potato beetle. If the potato is planted on one weave, then it can be harvested by hand, at the same time destroying the eggs on the back of the leaf plate. If it is a commercial landing, the Colorado potato beetle is destroyed with the help of various fungicides sold in specialized garden centers.
By purchasing this variety, you can be sure that you get a good harvest of delicious potatoes. The main thing is to take care of planted potatoes, and he will thank the gardener with the quantity and quality of the crop.
Colorado potato beetle destroyed with various fungicides
This is not true. Pests are destroyed with insecticides.