German quality on our beds: potato "Ramos" - description of the variety with detailed characteristics and abundant photos

This mid-season table variety of Dutch breeding with long, even tubers and excellent storage capacity has only one drawback - it is affected by late blight.

In this article we will tell you in detail what Ramos potatoes are. You will find a detailed description of the variety and its characteristics, get acquainted with the peculiarities of cultivation and see the photo.

Description of the variety

"Ramos" is considered to be medium-sized, technical maturity (has optimal size, dense, thick skin, which allows potatoes to be stored for a long time) occurs 70 - 80 days after most shoots.

Conditional maturity (young potatoes) comes before the technical. Under conditional maturity, the tubers are of normal size, thin, fragile, lightly peel. According to the recommendation of some specialists, it is impossible to eat tubers with flaky peel because of the immaturity.

New potatoes have a stunning taste, contain many nutrients, contain almost no starch. Keep these tubers is not worth it, they quickly deteriorate.

Appearance

Form - elongated - oval. Sizes are large enough, the weight of 100 g and above. Peel - thick, rough, yellow. The eyes are small, the depressions are insignificant. The color of the pulp is deep yellow. Starch content - from 13% to 16% - the average amount, the potatoes are not boiled soft

See also what is the starch content in potato tubers of other varieties:

Erect shrub, stem, several branches, in size - tall. The leaves are typical in shape for this plant, in location - intermediate, large, dark green, wrinkled, no pubescence, waviness of the edge is weak. Numerous small flowers, corolla white.

Climatic zones

"Ramos" may grow throughout the European countries, the Russian Federation, the countries bordering the Russian Federation. The most successful cultivation takes place in the Central and Central Black Earth regions of the Russian Federation. Not afraid of cold or hot temperatures, well resistant to drought.

Specifications

Commodity yields have up to 370 c from 1 ha - higher than the standard established in the Central region. The largest recorded yield is 418 centners per hectare. The first early digging give a big harvest.

In the table below you can see such indicators as yield and number of tubers in a bush in other potato varieties:

The average starch content in "Ramos" allows you to use it for cooking french fries, salads. When boiling whole tubers do not boil soft, good in frying.

A lot of nutrients (potassium, calcium, vitamins A, B, C, phosphorus, etc.) will remain in the roots, if you cook them in the skin ("in uniform").

Potatoes are used in many industries - the production of substances, medicine, cosmetology. A lot of folk recipes with potatoes will improve digestion, normalize blood pressure, remove excess substances from the body, reduce cholesterol levels, and get rid of a cold.

Raw potato juice is very healthy. Peel is also taken in food, it contains the most vitamins. Potato varieties "Ramos", like most yellow varieties, has high taste characteristics - sweet taste rich flavor. There are many recipes for cooking root vegetables, the most useful is roasting in peels in coals or ovens.

Advantages and disadvantages

Of deficiencies defeat of late blight of tubers and tops was revealed. Late blight can be avoided by preventive spraying of copper sulphate and other substances.

There are many advantages :

• fast and good development;
• bountiful harvest;
• the appearance of tubers;
• large root vegetables;
• small percentage of small tubers;
• great taste;
• drought tolerance;
• unpretentiousness to the type of soil;
• high resistance to certain diseases;
• resistance to mechanical damage;
• long storage

Read all about the timing, temperature and storage problems of potatoes. And also, how to store roots in the winter, in drawers and on the balcony, in the refrigerator and peeled.

"Ramos" was derived as a result of the successful work of German breeders, the patentee is KWS POTATO B. V. It was registered in the State Register of the Russian Federation in the Central and Central Chernozem Region in 2006.

Features of growing

This variety must be taken out of storage facilities 2 weeks before planting, the greening has a favorable effect on germination and further development.

"Ramos" is not whimsical to the type of soil, but fertilizers must be applied. Usually, in the autumn, the plot is dug up, weeds are harvested and potash and nitrogenous fertilizers are applied. Spring dig again. How to feed, when and how to apply fertilizer, how to do it when planting, read the articles of our site.

In areas where tomatoes were grown in the past season, potatoes cannot be planted. It is also impossible to grow potatoes next to tomatoes, they have common diseases, they suffer from common pests.

The best neighborhood "Ramos" - cabbage and onions, a good place for planting where last year planted legumes, grains.

When the soil temperature at a depth of 10 cm is about 13 degrees, it is possible to plant potatoes, stick to the distance between plants of at least 20 cm. Ramos intensively develops many tubers, therefore the distance between potato bushes should be as large as possible.

Planting srednerannogo potatoes begin in early May. Air temperature should not be less than 18 degrees; Ramos does not like hot temperatures.. Highly humid terrain "Ramos" does not favor, for growing use dry places or elevations.

In hot climates, potatoes are threatened by aphids, spider mites, cicadas, Colorado beetles and their larvae, bears and wireworms. Insecticides or non-toxic bio-preparations, which are abundantly sprayed planting will help to get rid of pests.

On our site you will find a lot of useful information about spraying potatoes to prevent the appearance of pests.

Also find articles about folk remedies and chemicals against the Colorado potato beetle.

"Ramos" responds well to sub-root dressing and fertilizer spraying. Necessary regular loosening, hilling and weeding. Watering is optional. For the formation of a good harvest, you can cut the flowers from the bushes, all growth will go to the tubers. It is necessary to dig potatoes just in time for technical maturity due to poor resistance to late blight of tubers.

The variety is well kept for a long time, not afraid of frost. To exclude strong germination and spoilage of tubers, it is necessary to store at a temperature of up to 4 degrees, it should be constant. Storage space is dry, dark.

We bring to your attention also useful information about what kind of spraying and how it will help when growing potatoes.

As well as materials on the use of herbicides and fungicides, their benefits and harms to plants.

Diseases and pests

It has a high degree of resistance to potato cancer, the golden cyst nematode, and some viruses.Pests and diseases are required to carry out preventive spraying with microbiological preparations.

Read more about Alternaria, Fusarium, Verticillium wilt and scab.

A photo

The potato "Ramos", the description of which is devoted to this article is illustrated in detail in the photos below:

Conclusion

German quality is famous throughout the world, it does not fail in the development of potato varieties. There are many ways to grow potatoes. On our site you can learn more about the Dutch technology, learn how to grow potatoes without weeding and hilling and what features the cultivation of early varieties. And also potatoes under straw, in bags, in barrels, in boxes, from seeds.

We also suggest that you familiarize yourself with other varieties of potatoes with different ripening terms: