Immaculate early Artemis potatoes: variety description, photo, characteristics

Early ripening potato varieties make it possible to harvest in the middle of summer.

One of the interesting early varieties - Artemis. This potato is suitable for industrial cultivation and private farms, bushes are compact, unpretentious, rarely get sick.

In this article you will find detailed information about the Artemis variety, its description and cultivation features, characteristics and photos. You will also find out whether this potato is susceptible to diseases and insect pests.

Potato Artemis variety description

Characteristics of potatoes

Potato Artemis - early ripe table variety.

Undermining the first tubers can be 45 days after planting. Potatoes reach their maximum yield by the end of the growing season (60 days after germination).

From 1 hectare can be collected from 230 to 350 centners of selected potatoes. Productivity depends on climatic conditions and nutritional value of the soil. Officially registered maximum - 580 centners per hectare.

You can compare the yield of the Artemis variety with those of other varieties, you can use the table below:

Bushes of medium size, semi-upright, intermediate type. The amount of green mass is moderate. Leaves are medium-sized, light green, with slightly wavy edges.

The compact halo is made up of large, white, rapidly falling flowers. Berry formation is low. The root system is powerful, 15-25 selected tubers are formed under each bush. The number of non-compliant stuff and ugly root vegetables is minimal.

For a season, plants spud 2-3 times, organic or mineral is recommended. top dressing and moderate watering. Harvesting of root vegetables can be started in the middle of summer, in warm regions at least 2 harvests per year are harvested.

Variety enough resistant to major diseases of solanaceous: common scab, potato crayfish, golden cyst nematode. Medium resistant to various viruses - Alternaria, Verticillium, Fusarium and Late blight of tubers. In the period of epidemics may be affected by late blight of the leaves.

Tubers have a pleasant taste.: saturated, not watery, balanced. Low starch content helps root crops not to fall apart, keeping a neat shape.

When cutting and boiling potatoes do not darken. Suitable for deep-frying, roasting, stuffing. For cooking puree is not used.

Starch content directly affects the taste of potatoes. In the table you can see what this indicator is in other varieties:

We bring to your attention articles on how to store peeled potatoes and whether it is possible to keep the use of this product in the refrigerator.

Origin

Potato cultivar Artemis bred by Dutch breeders. Included in the State Register of the Russian Federation in 2008. Zoned for the Central and Volga-Vyatka regions.

Recommended cultivation in industrial fields, in farms and private farms. Tubers are little damaged when digging, collected the harvest is well kept, transportation is possible.

We have prepared for you a lot of useful information about the storage of potatoes. Read all about storage in boxes and in the winter, about terms and other details.

A photo

The photo shows a potato variety Artemis:

Advantages and disadvantages

TO main advantages varieties include:

• excellent taste of root vegetables;
• high yield;
• early and amicable ripening;
• good keeping quality of tubers;
• no tendency to degeneration;
• resistance to mechanical damage;
• resistance to major diseases of the nightshade.

There are practically no flaws in the variety.

Features of growing

Like other early ripe varieties, Artemis potatoes planted in fully warmed soil. Before planting, it is recommended to pickle and soak in a growth stimulator. After drying, the potatoes are germinated in wet sawdust.

The soil for planting should be light, preferably sandy. Humus and wood ash are put through the holes. Plants are placed at a distance of 30-35 cm from each other. On how to fertilize potatoes when planting, how and when to make feeding, read the individual articles of the site.

Potatoes tolerate a short-term drought well, but with normal watering, the tubers are larger. Under dry summer conditions, drip irrigation is recommended.

If this is not possible, 2-3 times per season, the bushes are watered by hand, soaking the soil for at least 50 cm.

Potatoes sensitive to fertilizing. It is useful to apply full mineral or organic fertilizer 1-2 times per season. Useful and foliar feeding with an aqueous solution of superphosphate.

They are sprayed with bushes a week before harvest. In order for the tubers to gain the desired weight, it is recommended to cut off the entire tops before digging.

Necessary part of care - hilling with simultaneous weed removal. Plants are treated 2-3 times, forming high ridges in the bushes. For the selection of seed potatoes, the strongest bushes are pre-marked with laces or ribbons.

To get the maximum yield, the tubers are dug at the very end of the growing season. Potatoes are dried on the border or under a canopy, sorted and removed for storage.

Selected seed potatoes are stored separately. If sale is supposed, tubers can be packed up directly on the field.

At all, the use of special chemicals in the cultivation of potatoes is not an ordinary place, which causes a lot of controversy and controversy.

We offer you detailed materials about the benefits and harms of using fungicides and herbicides.

There are many ways to grow potatoes. On our site you will find information about Dutch technology, as well as about growing under straw, in barrels and bags.

Diseases and pests

Variety Artemis resistant to major diseases of the nightshade. Plants are rarely affected by potato cancer, common scab or golden cyst nematode.

On heavy, clayey soils, vertex, sulfur or root rot can occur.

For prevention, the introduction of wood ash is recommended, as well as the selection of drier sandy areas for planting.

Potatoes can be affected by late blight of the leaves, tubers are rarely affected. A single spraying with copper-containing preparations is recommended. It is useful to periodically change areas for planting potatoes.

Fresh green bushes attracts a variety of pests: Colorado beetles, aphids, spider mites, wireworms.Industrial insecticides with which the affected plants are treated are rescued from flying insects and larvae of beetles.

You can also use chemicals: Aktara, Corado, Regent, Commander, Prestige, Lightning, Tanrek, Apache, Taboo.

For the prevention of wireworm, the soil is shed with disinfectant solutions, and the tubers themselves are etched before planting. Affected roots are discarded after harvest.