One of the most popular and easiest varieties for growing potatoes is Slavyanka, an ideal choice for novice farmers.
In this article you will learn the description of the variety, how to grow potatoes "Slav" on your site.
- Description and characteristics of the variety
- The advantages and disadvantages of the variety
- Landing rules
- Care
- Conditions
- Watering
- Top dressing
- Diseases and pests
- Harvesting
Description and characteristics of the variety
This potato variety is distinguished by a late harvest - in 110-120 days it is possible to harvest, which is acceptable for sectoral enterprises, small farms. It is distinguished by high fertility - from 180 to 500 centners of potatoes per hectare. The shrub is strongly sized, with large leaves, medium size.
The advantages and disadvantages of the variety
Among the advantages can be identified:
- yield;
- strong resistance to infection;
- Immunity to weather extremes;
- flavoring features.
- high sensitivity to mechanical damage;
- requires frequent and sufficient feeding in the period of growth.
Landing rules
Before planting potatoes, it is necessary to prevent infections - soak in potassium permanganate, drain. In order to get a large amount of harvest, it is necessary to plant potatoes in small beds, which will improve the quality of tubers.
After that, already sprouted tubers are placed over the prepared area and cover with soil by 2-3 cm. Then you need to dig another trench at a distance of 0.7 m from the previous one, the soil from which you need to dig between them in order to use it for hilling potatoes.Care
Since Slavyanka is an unpretentious variety, there are no difficulties with care, but care is necessary for regular growth.
Conditions
For favorable growth it is necessary:
- remove weeds;
- before the appearance of the primary harvest, it is necessary to gnaw the earth
- it is necessary to carry out prophylaxis with the help of treatments for late blight and macrosporosis.
Watering
The first time it is necessary to produce watering when the bud blooms. Further watering (minimum 2) should be carried out after 7-10 days, which depends on the varieties of soil and the level of moisture.
Top dressing
During the period of cultivation, you need to invest mineral fertilizer with a predominance of potassium, water planting diluted mullein or bird droppings, which brings a good effect. Take it 0.5 kg and transferred to a container with a polyethylene coating (film), add 500 ml of water, insist it 4-5 days, and then diluted with a bucket of water.
At a distance of 0.1 m, the prepared liquid is poured into the ditch of the plants, then it is filled with soil. Litter is used in the amount of 50 g per 1 square meter. Primary feeding is carried out at a height of shoots of 0.1-0.15 m, the second - 0.15-0.2 m.
Diseases and pests
This late ripening variety has good protection against diseases: potato cancer, cyst nematode, scab. Potato bushes attract the Colorado potato beetle.In case of serious diseases, treatment with fungicides is used at intervals of several days. Infected tops are trimmed a couple of days before harvesting.
Harvesting
To keep potatoes for a long time, you need: first, to harvest correctly, and second, on time. Watch your plot more closely, and when you see the stems drying out, this indicates the maturity of the crop. It is also necessary to cut the tops of about 0.1 m and remove all weeds 10 days before digging.
