Ultra Early Table Potato "Milena": variety description, characteristic, photo

Fans of ultra early potatoes will certainly appreciate the variety Milena - fruitful, unpretentious, tasty.

It is bred by Russian breeders, suitable for small farms and personal gardens. Potatoes can be grown from independently harvested root crops or seeds.

In this article we will describe in detail what this variety is, what conditions for cultivation it needs, what features the potato has.

You will also learn how he is prone to diseases and whether he is able to withstand the attack of pests.

Potatoes Milena: variety description

Specifications

Milena - ultra early table variety. From the emergence of seedlings to ripening takes 70-90 days. How to grow early potatoes, read here.

Productivity is high, with favorable weather conditions from 1 hectare can be collected up to 600 centners of selected potatoes. Collected tubers are well stored and carry transport. Potatoes have good product quality, which is important for retailers.

The shrub is medium-high, upright or half-upright, with moderately sprawling branches. The formation of green mass is moderate. The leaves are medium in size, simple, dark green.

With slightly wavy edges and clearly marked veins. The corolla is compact, assembled from large, white, rapidly falling flowers. Berry formation is low. The root system is well developed. Under each bush 15-25 large tubers are formed. The number of non-competitive stuff is minimal.

Potatoes are easy to maintain, agricultural technology is standard. Perhaps growing from seed or tubers, the yield in any case will be decent. A light nutrient soil with a predominance of sand.

Fertilizing planting can be mineral complexes or organic matter (humus, rotted manure). How and when to apply fertilizer, as well as how to feed the potatoes during planting, read the individual materials of the site.

During the season, bushes pile up 2-3 times, forming ridges up to 25 cm high. It is important to remove weeds in time and monitor soil moisture. The constant lack of moisture will cause shallowing of tubers and reduce yields, so you should take care of proper watering. The application of such agrotechnical technique as mulching will not prevent.

In addition to the use of fertilizers in the cultivation of potatoes, other agrotechnical methods and methods are often used.

On our site you will find useful information about how herbicides and fungicides affect the yield of potatoes.

We also offer you interesting materials about Dutch technology and the cultivation of potatoes under straw, in barrels and bags.

Potato variety Milena resistant to many dangerous diseases: potato cancer, golden cyst nematode, various viruses, scab, Alternaria, Fusarium and Verticilliosis.

Potato has a pleasant delicate flavor. Despite the fact that the variety is early, the tubers are quite dense, not watery. Moderate starch content does not allow the roots to darken during cutting and cooking.

From the tubers you can cook a variety of dishes, from soup dressings to french fries. Root crops contain a lot of fiber and vitamins, they are nutritious, but not too high in calories. We offer you useful materials on the storage of peeled potatoes, as well as how to keep the benefits of this product in the refrigerator.

Compare this characteristic of potato, as the content of starch in it can be compared using the table below:

Origin

The potato variety Milena was bred by Russian breeders and listed in the State Register of the Russian Federation. It is recommended for cultivation in farms or personal subsidiary farms.

Potatoes can be planted in different regions, depending on the climatic zone, planting dates may shift. Tubers have good commercial quality, well stored, suitable for transportation and sale.

A photo

See below: Milena potatoes photo

Advantages and disadvantages

The main advantages of the variety include:

• good taste of tubers;
• high yield;
• good keeping quality;
• excellent commercial qualities of root crops;
• resistance to major diseases;
• easy care;
• tolerance for the vagaries of weather (drought, heat, short-term cooling).

The variety has almost no flaws.. To increase the yield, dosed watering and balanced dressings are recommended.

The table below shows the keeping quality of other varieties of potatoes:

Features of growing

Like other early varieties, potato varieties Milena can be grown seedling or seedless. The latter implies sowing of pre-soaked seeds or selected small tubers into the heated soil.

Potatoes prefer light fertile soil. It is recommended to make a portion of manure or humus after harvesting. At the beginning of the season, the plot is plowed and another batch of manure is added.

This technique allows you to do without mineral dressings. Wood (preferably birch) ash will help improve the nutritional value of the soil.

The variety suffers a short-term drought, but to increase the yield it is necessary to maintain normal soil moisture. The ideal option is a drip irrigation system.

It is necessary to carry out hilling 2-3 times with the formation of high ridges. At the same time weeding is carried out. Mulching between the rows will help to avoid this procedure.

A week before harvesting, it is recommended to cut the tops, this procedure will help to increase the mass of tubers. Root vegetables are dried on the border or under a canopy. After drying, the potatoes are sorted, small change is selected for subsequent plantings.

Diseases and pests

The potato variety Milena is distinguished by good immunity.

It is a little subject to a potato cancer, viruses, a golden cyst-forming nematode. Shrubs are rarely affected by late blight.

For preventive purposes single treatment of plantings with copper-containing preparations is shown.

For the prevention of black leg, seed is disinfected before planting, and the rows between rows are mulched with mowed grass or straw.

Early fresh greens are often affected by aphids, thrips, Colorado beetle. 2-3 times treatment with insecticides will help to destroy pests. Use toxic drugs preferably before flowering.

You can get rid of the wireworm (clicker beetle larvae) by spilling the soil with a disinfectant solution. Helps and periodic change of site for landing. Meadow grasses, phacelia, oil radish, cabbage will be ideal precursors for potatoes.

Milena is a tasty, healthy and beautiful potato that is very easy to grow. The variety is not subject to degeneration, seed for the next year can be collected independently.

Novice gardeners should try a seedling and seedless growing method, and then choose the one that fits perfectly.