Beautiful without flaws - potato "Agata": description of the variety, characteristics, photos

Agatha - very good potato variety, allowing to get decent harvest even on poor loamy soils under short summer conditions.

Shrubs develop rapidly, potatoes ripen within a month and a half, managing to accumulate useful substances and gain the necessary mass.

A detailed description of the variety and its characteristics can be found in this article.

Potato Agata variety description

Characteristics of potatoes

Potatoes Agata refers to table early ripe varieties. Tubers ripen in 50-55 days after planting. Good yield, from 1 hectare it is possible to collect more than 250 centners of selected potatoes.

The yield strongly depends on the fertility of the soil, with timely feeding, it can double. The first tubers can be broken in the middle of summer, the main harvest accounted for mid August.

The bush is low, moderately sprawling, upright. The shape is average. The leaves are simple, small, with slightly wavy edges. Corollas collected from large white flowers.

The root system is well developed, 10-15 large flat tubers are formed under each bush. The number of non-competitive stuff is minimal.

Variety enough resistant to diseases of the nightshade: potato cancer, common scab, cyst nematode. Resistance to late blight and fusarium wilt is average.

Seed material can be harvested on their own, with a high immunity grade is not subject to degeneration.

During the planting season, 2-3 times feed up complex fertilizers based on potassium and magnesium, alternating them with organic matter. You can feed the potatoes and when planting.It is necessary to hilling several times with the formation of high ridges, timely remove weeds manually or using herbicides.

Potato has a pleasant rich flavor. When cooking does not darken, maintaining a pleasant creamy tint. Tubers are universal, they can be boiled, fried, baked or stewed. How to keep potatoes peeled and refrigerated, read the articles on our site.

You can compare the starch content in different varieties of potatoes using the table below:

A photo

The photo shows Agate potatoes

Origin

Potato variety Agata bred by Dutch breeders. Registered in the State Register of the Russian Federation, zoned for the Central, Volga-Vyatka, Ural, West Siberian regions.

Recommended industrial cultivation and planting on personal plots. Potatoes well kepttransportation is possible. In additional articles you can read about storing potatoes in boxes, in the winter and about the timing.

Large, even tubers are suitable for the sale or manufacture of semi-finished products: slices of fries, freeze-dried mashed potatoes, chips, frozen vegetable mixes.

Advantages and disadvantages

Among the main merits of a grade:

• excellent taste of potatoes;
• good yield;
• possibility of long-term storage and transportation;
• universality of use;
• undemanding of soil composition;
• drought tolerance;
• tolerance for the vagaries of weather;
• resistance to major diseases.

And in the table below you will see what are the yields of other varieties:

Agata potatoes: characteristics and characteristics of the cultivation

Agrotechnics of this variety is simple. For planting is selected medium-sized potatoes without damage,untouched by diseases or pests. To improve germination and prevention of diseases, a single treatment with Fitosporin is recommended.

Potato Agata prefers light nutritious soil, but can grow on heavy loams. To increase the yield, it is recommended to conduct several dressings, alternating mineral complexes with organic fertilizers.

The variety is calm with a short-term drought, but a prolonged lack of moisture affects the yield. The ideal option is to organize drip irrigation that supports the necessary balance of water in the soil.

Tubers are planted at a distance of 25-3 cm from the druse, between the rows there is a space of 70-75 cm wide. During the planting season 2-3 times spud, while removing weeds. To increase the yield of the aisle can be mulched straw or mowed grass.

A month before harvesting, it is recommended to feed bushes with superphosphate.Fertilizing will help the plants redirect nutrients from the tops to the tubers, potatoes will be larger and more saturated to taste.

To abuse fertilizers containing nitrogen (urea, ammonium nitrate), it is undesirable, they cause the accumulation of harmful nitrates.

Harvesting is recommended in August. Early digging will help protect planting from late blight. A few days before harvesting, the entire tops are cut off, the dug potatoes are thoroughly dried at the edge or under a canopy, and then removed for storage.

There are many different ways to grow potatoes. We have prepared for you a lot of interesting materials about Dutch technology, about growing in barrels, in bags, under straw.

Diseases and pests

The variety is sufficiently resistant to the main diseases of Solanaceae: potato cancer, cyst nematode, common scab, various viruses, Alternaria, verticillosis. Differs in medium resistance to fusarium wilt and black leg.

To protect the planting from insect pests will help modern insecticides. They are introduced into the soil after loosening, and also sprayed grooves. The drugs are effective against aphids, wireworm and others. Wood ash will help protect the planting, which is laid out in the wells before planting potatoes.

Fighting the Colorado potato beetle is often a measure necessary for growing potatoes, especially if you want a good harvest.

Read and on our site all about popular methods and chemicals that can help.

Agatha is a very convenient variety that farmers and gardeners like to amateurs. Yields are good even on poor soils, with high-quality dressings, they increase significantly.