Delicious and fruitful Belmondo potatoes: variety description, characteristics and photos

The potato variety "Belmondo" ("Belmond") was developed by German breeders, the potato has incorporated all the positive qualitative characteristics, is a variety of the new generation and is being tested in the territory of the Russian Federation.

He proved himself as a variety, able to adapt to any conditions without losing taste and yield.

In this article you will find a complete description of the variety, you will get acquainted with its characteristics, learn what diseases can be susceptible.

Description of the variety

Potato "Belmondo" is considered a medium early variety, the period from the emergence of most shoots to technical maturity is from 70 to 80 days. Like most varieties of potato "Belmondo" has a conditional ripeness, coming a little earlier than the technical.

"Belmondo" according to the inspection commission has a round-oval shape, the average size is about 9 cm in diameter, the weight is about 120 grams. The peel is yellow, strong, smooth, small eyes, shallow (surface).

You can compare the mass of tubers and the starch content of Belmondo potato with other varieties using the table below:

The presence of shallow eyes in potatoes greatly facilitates packing, washing, cleaning and other processing.Belmondo is distinguished by a bright yellow color of the flesh. Starch content in this variety is about 16%, which is an average. Potatoes are not boiled soft because they have a low starch level.

The shoots of the Belmondo potato variety have the following distinctive characteristics:

• Bush stem tall, spreading.
• The leaves are intermediate, typical for potatoes in shape, dark green in color, wrinkled in structure, no pubescence, waviness of the edge is weak.
• Flowers usually come with a dark red or light purple halo.

Climatic zones of cultivation

Test landing on the territory of the Tula, Vladimir regions were the most favorable. According to the manufacturer, landing throughout the Russian Federation, in European and other countries is permissible.

Yield

"Belmondo" brings excellent yield, about 80 tons per 1 ha, deviations in a smaller or larger direction depending on the regions. The variety has almost equal in size tubers, a small proportion of small and large root crops. Many plants develop from one plant.

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

Application

Belmondo is a table variety. Designed for consumption.

Potatoes contain a lot of nutrients (vitamin C, B, potassium, phosphorus, protein, etc.), which are used for cosmetic, medical purposes - against edema, tumors, some prevention of pressure increase.

Potato yellow color contains a large amount of carotene - an antioxidant substance that performs a cleaning function in the body.

It is not recommended to eat green or sprouted, soft roots, they contain many times more poisonous substance - saloonin than healthy strong tubers, discard such tubers or cut as thick as the skin.

Taste qualities

"Belmondo", judging by the reviews, has excellent taste. Yellow potato varieties are considered the most delicious. Marked good taste of new potatoes, cooking recipes - mass. Potatoes do not boil soft, great for making salads, soups, for making mashed potatoes not very suitable. Suitable for frying and cooking entirely. Well done fries.

The most useful way to eat is roasting in the oven or in the coals in the peel, cooking "in uniform" also saves a lot of vitamins.

Advantages and disadvantages

disadvantages:

• Low resistance to Y virus.
• Medium leaf curl resistance.
• Sensitive to precipitation and drought.
• A specific soil type is required.

Merits:

• high yield;
• the rapid development of tubers;
• alignment in size;
• high taste qualities;
• does not fall apart;
• does not darken when cooking;
• high percentage of resistance to most diseases.

Country of breeding, year of registration

The variety is bred by German breeders; the originator is the German Seed Alliance. The State Register of the Russian Federation is not yet included, but test landings are being conducted, conducted jointly by German and Russian scientists, the result is good in almost all regions.

A photo

Below we offer you a mini photo bank with Belmondo potatoes:

Features of growing and storage

It is necessary to prepare the right soil for potatoes. From autumn, it is necessary to dig up, remove excess weed roots, apply fertilizers containing potassium and phosphorus, and nitrogenous supplements are carried out already in the presence of plants in the soil, pestecides are also needed.

Spring plot should only dig up. Belmondo loves to go deep, so the soil needs to be loosened as deep as possible. Landing begin in April, end at the end of May. Do not plant potatoes at very low or high temperatures.

It is good to use calcium nitrate to form strong tubers capable of long storage, it should be applied at the root. "Belmondo" forms many root crops, therefore the distance between plants should be more than 20 cm.

There is no need to retain the early and middle-early varieties in the ground, so Belmondo should be removed on time. Further cultivation of a variety is no different from other main varieties - weeding, hilling, loosening, feeding.

Belmondo does not germinate with a single sprout removal. It is necessary to store at a constant temperature - from 1 to 4 degrees above zero.. The room should be dark and dry.

Diseases and pests

It has high resistance to late blight, black mold, black spot, rhizoctonia, scab, foliage and tuber rot.

This subspecies of potato needs preventive measures against the pest, for example, against the Colorado potato beetle.

Read in the articles of our site which folk remedies and chemicals exist to fight adults and larvae.

You should not plant potatoes next to tomatoes and apples - they have common pests, and in general, Belmondo on tests showed decent results.

We also suggest that you familiarize yourself with potato varieties that have different ripening terms: