Funny name, excellent result - Potato Bun: variety description and photo

Despite the fact that recently a huge number of new varieties of potatoes have appeared, many gardeners are still committed to the time-tested variety Bapot.

He is called the potato champion and is valued for a lot of positive qualities.

You can read more about these qualities in the article. Also in the material you will find a description of the variety, get acquainted with the main characteristics, find out whether the variety is susceptible to diseases and attacks by pests.

Potato Lapot variety description

Bast belongs to sredneranny grades. It can be grown in all regions of the Russian Federation, including in Zabaykalsky Krai and in the north. This potato is famous for its wonderful taste and high yield..

Taste depends on the amount of starch in the roots. The table below presents data on the starch content in other varieties of potatoes:

Bast is a table variety of potatoes. It is well tolerated by drought and various deterioration of weather conditions, including hail and frost, and is also highly resistant to mechanical damage and known diseases.

Potato potatoes that do not impose special requirements on the soil, but it is better to plant it in light fertile soils. The variety was bred in Russia in the 20th century.

Specifications

Bushes of this potato variety can be both medium and high. They are covered with medium-sized green leaves.They are characterized by large lush inflorescences, and the rims of flowers have a white color.

This type of potato is characterized by the presence of large tubers resembling a rustic bast. They are flat and oblong.

Root crops are covered with smooth pale pink skin with small eyes, hiding the creamy flesh with an average level of starch content.

The table below provides information for comparing the number of tubers in the bushes and their marketable weight for Lapot variety and other potato varieties:

A photo

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Features of growing

Before planting potatoes Lapot, should germinate seed. To do this, place it in a room where the air temperature is 12-14 degrees Celsius.

The soil for planting needs to be prepared in the autumn, and in the spring it is necessary to loosen it and remove all available weeds.

To increase the yield can be done fertilizing with organic and mineral fertilizers such as ammophos, nitrophosphate or nitroammofoski.

You can also treat the tubers with “Maxim” and “Sprouts”, which will not only increase the yield of your garden, but also strengthen the immunity of potatoes and its anti-stress activity.

A special feature of Potato potatoes is that the process of forming its tubers does not require additional irrigation, but during the period of budding and vegetation, the plants respond quite well to watering.

Diseases and pests

Potato Bast variety which is resistant to diseases and pests, during the closing of the rows, it is recommended to spray the drug "Saffron" to protect the plants from Alternaria and late blight. This procedure should be carried out once a week.

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.

Although Lapot cannot compare to more modern potato varieties in its popularity, he has his fans who trust him.The main advantages of this variety are its unpretentiousness and ease of care, as well as large-fruited and excellent taste.

We also offer to get acquainted with other varieties of potatoes that have different ripening terms: