In our country, potatoes are the same in-demand product as bread, so almost everyone who has a summer cottage and even a small kitchen garden seeks to plant it with this vegetable. Of course, you always want to get the maximum result at minimum cost, which means that the choice of cultivated varieties should be approached with the utmost responsibility. One of the worthy options to use is considered to be the early Zhukovsky potato, the description of which gives gardeners the hope of obtaining a bountiful harvest quickly. Let's look at its characteristics more closely.
- Description of the variety
- Shoots
- Fruit
- Characteristic variety
- Advantages and disadvantages
- Features of growing
Description of the variety
When describing this variety, one should pay attention not only to the fruits obtained as a result of the cultivation, but also to the shoots, since they also have their own appearance features. 
Shoots
The bushes of the Zhukovsky Early potato are characterized by medium size, with a rather large, slightly pubescent foliage of dark green color. On strongly dissected leaf plates streaks are clearly visible.
About a month after disembarking on the bushes, red-purple flowers with a white finish are formed, which are collected in inflorescences (flowering is quite rare, but simultaneous).
The main distinguishing feature of the variety is the absence of fruit on the above-ground part of the potato. 
Fruit
Potato tubers - this is exactly what the plant is grown for, and the more they are, the better. The variety will not disappoint you, since both the appearance and the taste characteristics of the fruits of Zhukovsky early have a rather high attractiveness.
Pink, with small eyes, the tubers have a rounded-oval shape and a thin, smooth skin under which lies the delicate white flesh. A rather curious fact in the description is that the potatoes do not darken when cut.
It must be said that such a value favorably affected the taste characteristics of fruits: they are much tastier and more satisfying than the result of the cultivation of later varieties. The average weight of one potato is about 100-150 g.Characteristic variety
The originator of potatoes Zhukovsky Early is the GNU All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Potato Farming named after A.G. Lorch. Thanks to the efforts of local breeders managed to get a plant that is much faster than the rest brings the crop.
Fruits of table purpose are successfully processed into crisp and have a great taste in any form. Moreover, their formation is stretched in time, so you can gradually dig up potatoes during the entire period of its ripening.
During the growing season, the lateral shoots of plants sprawl in different directions, so that with a certain planting method (for example, using straw), you can get a few potatoes without even digging up the whole shrub. 
Usually from one seed fruit from the first reproduction is obtained about 4-5 kg of a new crop.
The Zhukovsky Early variety can boast of good resistance to the effects of many typical pests and diseases: it is much less likely to be affected by scab, potato nematode and not so often suffer from rhizoctonia.
Botwa and tubers of a plant are often affected by late blight, and in some cases by bacteriosis, to which they are moderately resistant.
Two months after planting the planting material of potatoes, it is possible to get 10-12 tons of commercial tubers per hectare, and during the final digging this value increases to 40-45 t / ha. All potatoes have an attractive appearance and their commodity qualities are estimated at 92%.Advantages and disadvantages
Each variety has its advantages and disadvantages; however, when choosing the Zhukovsky early for planting potatoes, you will see that it has comparatively more advantages. The valuable qualities of the plant include:
- abundant yields with high quality fruits with different cultivation methods;
- good level, frost, drought and shade resistance;
- the possibility of early collection of tubers, due to their rapid maturation;
- good taste characteristics, especially when preparing young fruits.
Features of growing
A good end result of growing potatoes of this variety depends on the correct preparation of the tubers for planting. They are placed in boxes in several rows, placed in bags or simply left in a greenhouse, poured in a heap and covered with foil.
When sprouting indoors, planting material is regularly moistened and turned over, and diffused lighting is achieved by covering the tubers with a white cloth or paper.
In addition, when moistening fruits, they must be disinfected using for this purpose a solution of potassium permanganate (such treatments are carried out every 6 days). 
A sign of readiness for landing in the soil will be the presence of centimeter sprouts on the tubers, but if the weather on the street still does not allow them to be planted in open soil, they can safely spend a few more weeks in shelter.
If the tubers are planted in the first half of May, then the result can be expected approximately in the middle of July, but in this case the fruits still continue to form, and when excavated, they will not be large. 
If you are not in a hurry, then wait another month and then the harvest will be pleased with really impressive size. On average, from the moment of planting to the collection of the first fruits, about 60-65 days pass.
In a word, despite the fact that the potato variety Zhukovsky Early is early ripe, in order to get a good harvest, proper preparation of planting material, regular watering of plantings (in the hot period every evening) and timely removal of all pests are necessary.
In order to accelerate the development of planted tubers, especially during early planting, the area with plantings can be covered with agrofibre, which will protect young seedlings from unexpected frosts, and will contribute to an increase in the temperature of the soil. With increasing temperature indicators shelter removed.
Growing Zhukovsky potato varieties on your plot will not take you more time than caring for any other variety, but the end result is usually much higher.
