There is, perhaps, not a single summer resident who would not grow potatoes on his plot. There are many varieties with different ripening times, sizes and colors. The ultra-early variety Juvel (Jewel, Javela) is just a godsend for professional farmers and amateur gardeners. Delicious, smooth, nutritious tubers are in great demand.
Description of the characteristics of the variety
The variety was created in Germany as a universal variety for a temperate climate. Differs in fast growth, short growing season. The bush is undersized, of medium density. The tops are dense, the leaves are medium, slightly wavy along the edge. The flowers are purple with red and lilac tints. The average yield is 700-800 c / ha. One bush contains 10-20 tubers.
Javelle potatoes tubers characteristic:
- round-oval shape;
- the peel is smooth, yellow, the eyes are small;
- average weight - 80-150 g;
- the pulp is yellow, the color does not change during cleaning and cooking;
- starch content - 10-15%;
- good taste.
The tubers are not watery, the variability is average. Suitable for all types of cooking, including deep-frying and making chips. The variety has resistance to many diseases, due to early ripening, it is almost not affected by late blight.
Juvel Potatoes
Growing and care
The soil of potatoes is required fertile, moisture-consuming. Juvel potatoes require a sunny location, as small tubers will form in the shade. Seed Juvel potatoes are germinated for 3-4 weeks, at which time you need to turn the tubers several times for uniform gardening. Seed tubers are pickled to prevent putrefactive diseases.
They can be planted when the soil is moderately warm. In the central zone of Russia - these are the last days of April, the first ten days of May. The distance in the row spacing is 60-70 cm, between the bushes - 25-30 cm.
The variety is relatively unpretentious, can withstand a short drop in temperature or heat. The main thing is that the Javel potatoes receive all the necessary nutrients and enough liquid. Hilling is carried out twice a season: after mass shoots and during flowering.
To obtain the best yield, it is recommended to feed Jewel potatoes with a complex mineral fertilizer based on potassium or organic fertilizer. As organic matter, bird droppings or mullein solution are suitable. The soil is fertilized before planting and during the second hilling. The variety does not accumulate nitrates.
Juvel potatoes in bloom
Watering is required in a timely manner; at low moisture parameters, tubers grow small. But an excess of water is also undesirable - the product will be watery. An excellent way of irrigation is drip - it does not erode the fertile layer and soaks the soil well. After watering, it is advisable to loosen the soil to saturate it with oxygen. Weeds are removed with weeding or herbicides. The first sample can be taken 50 days after germination. Mass harvesting begins 70 days after germination. You can get two crops in one season.
The tops are usually cut off before harvesting. The bushes with the best yields can be used as seeds. Tubers selected for planting must be well dried, sorted out and sent for storage. It is enough to buy the seeds of the variety once, and then use your own seed material. According to the creators of the variety, it does not lose its properties in subsequent generations.
When harvesting, you need to carefully dig in the bushes with a pitchfork so as not to damage the tubers.The variety has a delicate skin and is easily cut with a shovel. You can use a potato digger.
Diseases
Jewel potatoes characteristic of the variety in terms of disease resistance:
- cyst nematode - not affected;
- common scab - resistant;
- potato crayfish - protected;
- Alternaria - not affected by early maturation;
- late blight - dangerous with thickened plantings, with re-planting in the second half of summer, with early planting is not terrible.
First harvest
To prevent potatoes from being affected by fungal diseases, tubers need to be treated with a disinfectant solution before planting. During growth, spraying with Fitosporin is carried out. The development of diseases is facilitated by a strong thickening of the plantings, therefore, the recommended spacing between the bushes must be observed. Before storing the crop, it is necessary to carefully check the tubers for the presence of fungal damage.
Pests
The main pest of not only varietal, but also ordinary potatoes is the Colorado potato beetle. The most common but time consuming way to deal with it is to collect beetles and larvae by hand. Each bush must be carefully inspected, the removed parasites are placed in a container with kerosene. You need to repeat the procedure periodically. You can treat a potato field with Tanrek or Corado fungicides. Before planting, to protect against beetle larvae, the tubers are treated with Prestige.
Colorado beetle
To prevent the accumulation of pest larvae and diseases characteristic of potatoes, crop rotation should be used. Also, after harvesting, you can sow the area with legumes, raspberry radish or phacelia.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
Description of the advantages of the Juvel potato variety:
- High productivity. The tubers are generally medium to large in size, weighing from 80 to 150 grams.
- Ultra-early ripening of the crop. You can start digging young potatoes 50 days after the first shoots.
- A distinctive varietal feature is resistance to most diseases inherent in other varieties of potatoes.
- High resistance to adverse weather conditions: short-term frost, high air and soil temperatures, short-term drought.
- Tubers are even, smooth, of the same shape, presentation.
- The taste is excellent. Suitable for boiling, frying, mashed potatoes and other types of processing.
- It is stored well, taste is not lost during storage.
The disadvantages of the variety include increased sensitivity to long-term lack or excess of moisture. If Juvel suffers a small drought with small losses in yield, then a prolonged lack of water will lead to the formation of small non-marketable tubers. Therefore, the variety requires watering in the absence of rain. But a strong excess of moisture, for example, during prolonged spring-summer rains will lead to a loss of the taste of the crop. The tubers will be watery and tasteless.
In general, a variety of German-bred potatoes, the full name of which is Juvel Renata Bettini, is suitable for growing in Russian climatic conditions. In a favorable climate, it allows you to get two harvests of marketable tubers per season with excellent taste and marketability.
