Purple Miracle - Variety of Potato Potatoes: Photos, Features and Description of the Root Vegetable

“Chugunka” is an original variety of national breeding, common in private farms.

Tubers with a bluish-violet peel look very elegant, the taste of the finished potato is pleasant and rich. The bushes are unpretentious, the yield depends on the nutritional value of the soil and climatic conditions.

In this article you will find a detailed description of the variety, characteristics of potatoes and some features of the agrotechnics of its cultivation.

Description of the variety

Characteristics of potatoes

Potatoes “Chugunka”, variety description: refers to early-ripening tablespoons. Some directories consider the grade table-feed. The vegetation period is 70-75 days. It is recommended to dig up the tubers at the end of ripening, they acquire a rich taste and become more useful..

The yield depends on the climatic zone and the nutritional value of the soil, ranging from 100 to 200 centners per hectare. Collected tubers are well kept, suitable for transportation and sale.

How to store potatoes in the winter, what are the terms and what are the subtleties of storing potatoes in boxes, read the special materials of our website. We will also tell you all about the storage of peeled potatoes and can you store raw, boiled and fried potatoes in the refrigerator?

Potatoes are rarely affected by cancer, rot, viruses. He practically does not suffer from black legs, is resistant to twisting of leaves or mosaics. Infection with late blight is possible; during an epidemic, plants need particularly attentive care.

Bushes of medium size or high, intermediate type, erect, with not too sprawling branches. The formation of green mass is abundant, the leaves are small, dark green, with weakly wavy edges and clearly traced veins.

The corolla is compact, assembled from large pink-purple flowers. Berry formation is low. The root system is powerful, at least 10 large potatoes are tied under each bush. With proper care, the ugly tubers are rarely formed, a little inaccurate little things.

Planting care standard. Tubers are planted in a well-warmed land, it is necessary to monitor the level of humidity. The variety prefers light soils, but also grows on loams without any problems.

Tubers of a grade of "Chugunka" differ in pleasant saturated taste. From them the air puree of beautiful white color turns out. Tubers can be fried, stewed, baked or stuffed, they do not darken during cutting..

One of the most important indicators that matter when choosing a variety for cultivation is its yield. In the table below you will find this characteristic in different varieties presented on our website:

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Variety of potatoes "Chugunka" - the photo below:

Origin

Variety "The pot" refers to the vivid examples of national selection. Not submitted to the State Register of the Russian Federation, but widespread among amateur gardeners and is grown in different regions. Among the ancestors of potatoes, the famous Sineglazka is listed, the tubers are actively used for breeding.

With the long use of the same seed potato degenerates.To increase the mass of tubers and increase yields, periodic updating of tubers for planting is recommended.

Advantages and disadvantages

Among the main advantages of the variety:

• good taste of root crops;
• early amicable ripening;
• lack of care;
• drought tolerance;
• harvested tubers are well kept;
• resistance to diseases and pests.

Among the minor flaws:

• sensitivity to soil nutrition;
• every few years, seed material is recommended to be updated.

In the table below you will find the keeping figures for comparing Potato potatoes with other varieties:

Features of growing

Potatoes are planted closer to mid-May, the soil should warm up well. Before planting, the tubers are pickled, dried, processed by growth stimulants..

After that, the potatoes are germinated in the light or in wet sawdust. Healthy, intact tubers with strong, powerful sprouts are selected for planting. The soil for planting can be any.

The variety quietly tolerates heavy soil, but on a light fertile substrate, the yield increases significantly. Nutritiousness of the soil increases humus or wood ash, it is possible to feed it once with a solution of superphosphate or diluted mullein. Useful and foliar feeding, it is held for 10 days before harvest.

Read more about how and when to apply fertilizers, as well as how to do it properly when planting, read the articles of our site.

Every 2-3 years plots for planting potatoes need to be changed. The vacated areas are sown with lupine, oilseed radish or phacelia.

Legumes, cabbage or carrots will be good precursors for the crop. Good results are also obtained by planting on sites that were previously occupied by meadow grasses.

Shrubs are placed at a distance of 30 cm from each other, the distance between the rows is 60 cm. Tubers are deepened by 10-12 cm. Watering planting is necessary only in dry summer conditions. In wet weather, plantings are pollinated with wood ash, which prevents root rot or blackleg.

In the process of growing planting 1-2 times spud with the formation of high ridges.All weeds are removed simultaneously. To facilitate the process will mulching between the rows of straw or mowed grass.

A very important place in the cultivation of potatoes are spraying different drugs.

Read all about the use of herbicides, fungicides and insecticides.

We also offer to familiarize yourself with other methods of growing potatoes: under straw, in bags, in barrels, according to Dutch technologies.

Diseases and pests

Gardeners who grow a variety of "cast iron", noted good resistance to potato cancer and a variety of viruses. Potatoes are rarely affected by a banded mosaic or twisting of leaves, do not suffer from a black leg.

Possible infection with late blight leaves or tubers. During the period of the epidemic, spraying with copper preparations is recommended. For sowing only potatoes from non-infected bushes are selected.

On our website you can also find detailed information about diseases such as Alternaria, fusarium wilt, verticillis and scab of potatoes.

Varieties with blue and purple fruits usually attract pests. Potato variety is the happy exception. Shrubs are rarely affected Colorado potato beetle or wireworm. For prevention, it is necessary to pickle the tubers and carefully choose from the soil the remains of plants before sowing.

In the fight against the Colorado potato beetle will help chemicals: Aktara, Corado, Regent, Commander, Prestige, Lightning, Tanrek, Apache, Taboo.

"Chugunka" - an interesting and tasty variety that deserves close attention. With proper care, a stable harvest is guaranteed, the tubers are smooth, large, beautiful.

The purple color of the rind hints at high percentage of beneficial antioxidants, vitamins and other valuable substances.

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