Variety of potatoes "Blue Danube": a detailed description, characteristics and photos

The potato variety "Blue Danube" has become widespread around the world and enjoys a certain popularity.

Due to its extreme resistance to most diseases, these potatoes are grown in organic farming.

In this article we offer you a detailed description of the variety, its characteristics, as well as features of cultivation.

Potatoes "Blue Danube": description of the variety

Root crops of this variety have an oval-oblong shape.

They are covered with a dense blue-violet skin with medium-sized eyes, under which the white flesh hides. Tuber weights range from 100 to 200 grams, and their starch content reaches 13-16%.

The potato "Blue Danube" was bred in Germany at the beginning of the XXI century. The potato variety "Blue Danube", or Blue Danube, belongs to vegetable crops of the middle early ripening period.

Tubers have an oval-oblong shape, large, with dense skin of dark blue color and white pulp.

Main characteristics

The “Blue Danube” potato, characteristic of which differs from similar crops, belongs to medium early potato varieties. It can be grown in any region of the Russian Federation. From one hectare of vegetable garden usually collect from 350 to 400 centners of the crop.

On the yield of other varieties you will find information in this table:

This potato has a table purpose and is characterized by a pleasant taste and aroma. He does not crack and does not boil softtherefore ideal for making salads.

The Blue Danube easily tolerates drought and does not impose any special requirements on the ground, and is also highly adaptable to various adverse factors.

The shoots of the potato variety "Blue Danube" are characterized by an average height and the presence of a hard stem. These are strong erect bushes covered with green leaves and yellow flowers with purple corollas. Bushes are very powerful, sredneroslye, leafy prevent weeds from sprouting through them.

When creating this variety was involved well-known highly resistant to most diseases of the potato called "Sarpo Mira". It is characterized by extreme resistance to damage. and diseases such as scab, blackleg, fusarium, Y-virus, some types of nematodes, potato mosaic, anthracnose, oosporosis and late blight.

A photo

To view the appearance of the potato "Blue Danube" you can see the photo below:

Special features

For planting such potatoes should choose a fertile and sunny area, in which there is no stagnant moisture.Planting rows should be placed from north to south, as this will help all the plants to be evenly lit.

For planting, you should choose only selected varietal tubers, which are not damaged.

The soil for planting tubers should be heated to at least 8 degrees Celsius. The main activities for the care of potatoes after planting are regular watering, hilling and fertilization.

In order to slow down the growth and development of the foliage after flowering, thus ensuring a uniform supply of nutrients to the roots, it is necessary to break the stems of plants at a distance of 15-20 centimeters from the ground.

With the keeping quality of other varieties of potatoes, you can find in the table below:

Diseases and pests

Blue Danube practically free of diseasetherefore, it can be grown without the use of chemicals.

As for pests, no one is immune from attack, for example, the Colorado potato beetle. The fight against it is a certain system of measures.

Read all about folk methods and chemicals that can destroy this enemy.

Potatoes of this type is one of the leaders in taste.

The potato variety "Blue Danube", the characteristics of which we studied, can grow in poor soils, does not deteriorate and does not germinate during prolonged storage, and its unusual appearance will delight your eye.

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