A gift from Germany - “Krona” potatoes: characteristic of the variety and useful tips

The potato variety “Krona” or “Krone” is a very good offer from breeders from Germany. A large potato with juicy yellow flesh is ideal for making slices of french fries with a golden crust, it is also suitable for sale.

This is a tasty and elegant yellow fruit potatoes, suitable for industrial or amateur cultivation. The variety is undemanding to agricultural technology, suitable for any region and always pleased with the yield.

What is a potato "Krona", a description of the variety and photos - all you need will find in our publication.

Krona potatoes: variety characteristics

The main distinguishing features of this variety:

• tubers of medium size, weighing from 100 to 130 g;
• oval shape with a blunt tip;
• neat tubers aligned in weight and size;
• the peel is yellow, monophonic, thin, smooth;
• eyes are superficial, small, hardly noticeable;
• the pulp on the cut is yellow;
• starch content is moderate, does not exceed 12%;
• high content of proteins, fiber, vitamins, carotene.

To compare the yield of this variety with others, you can refer to the table below:

Description and photo

The potato variety “Krona” is table, medium early. It takes about 100 days from planting to harvest.. The yield is very high, depending on the climatic zones and growing conditions, ranging from 430 to 650 centners per hectare.

Collected tubers are well kept, transportation is possible. Seed material does not degeneratewhile retaining all the properties characteristic of mother plants.

Potatoes are very convenient for growing. Prefers light soils based on black soil or sand. Frequent feeding is not needed, when growing, you can do with moderate portions of organic matter introduced before planting.

For maximum yield, good soil moisture, hilling, and timely weed removal are required.

Bush of medium height, erect, moderately sprawling. Green mass formation is average. The leaves are dark green, dull, medium-sized, with weakly wavy edges and clearly marked veins. The corolla is compact, assembled from large white, rapidly falling flowers. Berries are practically not tied.

The variety is resistant to many diseases of Solanaceae: potato cancer, scab, root and top rot. Rarely affected by late blight. Potatoes insensitive to mechanical damage.

Taste the quality of potatoes "Krone" at the height. Tubers boil softly, keeping a neat shape. Taste is saturated, balanced, not watery. because of low starch content when cutting the tubers do not darken, maintaining a beautiful yellow color.

In the table below you will find data on the content of starch in different varieties of potatoes:

Potatoes are suitable for deep-frying, stuffing, roasting. Tubers are not used for making mashed potatoes.. Industrial processing is possible for preparing frozen fries, soup dressings or vegetable mixes.

The Krona potato looks like on these photos:

Origin

Grade "Krona" bred by German breeders. Potatoes became popular in many European countries. Entered the State Register in 2015Recommended industrial cultivation, breeding in farms and private farms.

Advantages and disadvantages

The main advantages of the variety include:

• high taste of root vegetables;
• good yield;
• excellent keeping quality;
• earlier friendly ripening of tubers;
• disease resistance;
• not subject to mechanical damage;
• drought tolerance;
• the ability to tolerate heat and short-term lowering of temperature;
• excellent presentation of root crops;
• undemanding to care.

Deficiencies in the variety is not noticed.

Features of growing

Potatoes have good immunity, but for better germination tubers it is recommended to process growth stimulant. Potatoes dried and germinated in the light.

Planted roots need to warm up the soil. At a temperature below 10 degrees tubers can rot. Humus, peat and wood ash are introduced into the wells. This feeding will increase the yield, but will not contribute to the accumulation of nitrates.

Planting potatoes should be at a distance of 25-30 cm, between rows 60-70 cm wide will facilitate the care of plantings. During the season, plants spud up 2-3 times, simultaneously removing weeds. Preferably form high ridges above the bushes.

Fertilizer is not necessary, if desired, you can feed once a divorced mullein. Much more important is watering. For a bountiful harvest, it is desirable to organize a drip moisture system. When the drought bushes do not die, but the potatoes are smaller.

The plant has a green variety even at the end of the growing season. You should not grow into the soil tubers, it threatens late blight or wireworm invasion. Before digging, it is recommended to cut the greens, this will allow the tubers to accumulate a maximum of nutrients.

The excavated potatoes are thoroughly dried at the border or under a canopy. Immediately, the harvest is sorted, seed material is collected and stored separately. Potatoes intended for sale can be packaged immediately after digging.

In addition to fertilizers in the cultivation of potatoes use a variety of tools and drugs. There are many disputes about their benefits.

We bring to your attention detailed articles on how and why herbicides, fungicides and insecticides are used.

Diseases and pests

The variety is resistant to many diseases: a variety of viruses, potato cancer, scab.

Early ripening saves tubers and leaves from late blight. For the prevention of root crops pickled before planting, the soil is shed with disinfectant compounds. At the peak of the epidemic phytophthora landing once treated with copper preparations.

Fields for planting potatoes change every 3-4 years, alternating them with areas planted with oilseed radish, legumes, or cabbage.

Luscious young greens are often attacked by aphids, spider mites, cicadas or Colorado beetles. It is possible to protect against insects by timely weeding, mulching the soil. For heavy lesions, industrial insecticides are used. They are used carefully and only before flowering.

"Krona" - promising variety, ideal for sale. Large, even tubers attract attention, they can be sorted and packaged right at the place of collection.The harvest is well stored, without losing its commercial quality for several months.