"Purple Haze" - very promising variety of Russian selection.
Potatoes are grown on farms and private farms, beautiful, even tubers are perfect for sale.
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Origin
The variety of the Russian selection, is brought in the State registry of the Russian Federation in 2011. Originator - Seaside NIISH.
Zoned for the North-West and Far Eastern regions. Potatoes are recommended for cultivation in private subsidiary farms, on farms, it is possible to plant on industrial sites. Large, weight-balanced tubers are ideal for sale.
Potatoes "Lilac fog": description of the variety and photos
The grade belongs to mid-season dining rooms.
Productivity is high, depending on climatic conditions and nutritional value of the soil from 1 hectare can be collected from 182 to 309 centners selected potatoes.
Harvested potatoes are stored for a long time without losing their commercial quality. The quality of tubers reaches 98%. Long distance transportation possible.
Bush intermediate type, high or very high, with moderately sprawling branches and abundant formation of green mass.
Leaves large, dark green, with slightly wavy edges.
Corollas large, collected from pink-purple, fast-falling flowers.
Low berry formation.
Root system powerful, 10-15 large potatoes are formed under each bush.
The number of non-competitive stuff is minimal.
The variety is resistant to many dangerous diseases of the nightshade: potato cancer, leaf curling virus. Susceptibility to late blight, banded and wrinkled mosaic is average. Infection with the golden cyst nematode is possible.
Advantages and disadvantages
Among the main advantages of the potato variety "Lilac fog" note:
- good taste of tubers;
- high yield;
- harvested roots are well kept, transportation is possible;
- unpretentiousness;
- drought tolerance;
- Tubers have excellent commercial quality.
Among deficiencies - susceptibility to some diseases and pest. Potatoes prefer fertile soils; in poor, heavy ground, yields are significantly reduced.
Tuber Characteristics
- tubers are large, weighing from 90 to 160 g;
- round-oval shape;
- tubers are smooth, neat;
- red skin, uniformly colored, moderately thin, smooth;
- eyes superficial, shallow, few;
- the pulp on the cut is light yellow;
- high starch content, ranging from 14.4 to 17.2%;
- high content of protein, vitamins, valuable amino acids, beta carotene.
The taste of potatoes is very pleasant: rich, not watery, tender.
Potatoes can be baked, stewed, used for making fillings. For deep-frying is not suitable.
Below you will see the potato variety “Lilac fog in the photo:
We also suggest that you familiarize yourself with the variety of colored potatoes:
Features of growing
Caring for potatoes standard. Planting is carried out in the second half of May, the soil should be completely warm.
The first tubers can be broken in mid-summer, but the bushes demonstrate maximum yield at the end of the growing season.
Potatoes loves light, fertile soil, periodic watering and single feeding is recommended. It is important to carefully spud plantings, forming high ridges and removing weeds.
Potato varieties Lilac Fog are planted in the second half of May, in fully warmed soil. Before planting, roots are pickled and treated with growth stimulants. Then the potatoes are germinated in the light or in wet sawdust.
The soil is carefully loosened, the humus mixed with wood ash is laid out in the holes. Bushes need to be placed at a distance of 35-40 cm from each other, required row-spacings in width of 60-70 cm.
Every 2-3 years, areas for planting need to be changed in order to avoid infection of tubers and not to reduce yield. The best precursors for potatoes are lupine, meadow grass, oilseed radish, legumes, or cabbage. The freed fields can be sown with fast-growing phacelia, which enriches the soil with useful trace elements.
In moderately hot summer planting is recommended to water 1-2 times. In regions with a more arid climate, more frequent watering is needed. The variety quietly tolerates a short-term decrease in humidity, but the constant lack of water causes a shallowing of tubers.
During the season it is possible to feed once with superphosphate or diluted mullein. Overfeeding plants can not be, it contributes to the accumulation of nitrates in the roots. It is necessary 2-3 times to pile up the planting, forming high ridges. At the same time weeds are destroyed.
A week before harvesting, tops are removed from the potato, this will help the tubers to accumulate a maximum of nutrients. Harvested potatoes are dried in a mile or under a canopy, sorted, and then harvested for storage.
Diseases and pests
Variety resistant to potato cancerwrinkled and banded mosaicvaried viruses.
For the prevention of tubers pickled before planting, the soil carefully loosened, choosing from her the remains of plants. During the period of late blight epidemic, the treatment of plantings with copper preparations is useful. From root rot and black leg soil ash helps in the soil.
Potatoes can suffer from pests such as aphids, Colorado beetles, and wireworm.
Industrial insecticides with which the affected bushes are sprayed will help to protect the planting. It is necessary to remove weeds in a timely manner, it is recommended to row the aisles with straw or mowed grass.
Potatoes "Purple Haze" - A great choice for gardeners. The variety is unpretentious, crops, tubers can be sold or used for personal use. In addition, the potato is very economical, because the seed does not need frequent updating.
