Felox potatoes are valued for their excellent productivity and versatile use of tubers. Gives an excellent harvest even under adverse weather conditions and sudden temperature changes. The taste is very good. At the same time, the variety is not devoid of minor flaws, which are a hundredfold compensated by the mass of advantages.

general information

Potatoes are perhaps the most important crop, which in our country is called "the second bread". Each owner of a summer cottage seeks to plant at least a small bed of this tuber. It is also grown by professional farmers on an industrial scale. Nowadays, many varieties have been bred with various characteristics, which differ in fruit color, ripening time, exactingness to growing conditions, taste, methods of use, etc. Everyone has the opportunity to choose what he needs, based on personal needs and requests.

The Felox potato was developed in Germany, but gained popularity all over the world

Felox is the result of the labor of German breeders, which since 1999 began to be grown in the vastness of our country. It was distributed by the Oktyabrskoe Enterprise, as well as by FH Sedek. Today this varietal potato is cultivated all over the world. In Russia, Felox is suitable for growing in all regions and climatic zones, and Moscow, with its sharp temperature drops, was no exception.

Characteristics of the variety

Early ripe Felox is a potato, the characteristic of which immediately attracts the attention of gardeners. From the moment of germination to the first harvest, only 65 days pass. Each bush forms up to 25 tubers, the weight of one of them is up to 120 grams. Starch is 16-17%. The yield per hectare is 550 centners. The use of Felox potatoes is universal, the taste is excellent. The keeping quality of the harvested crop is 90%.

An early variety of potatoes Felox has excellent taste characteristics and high yields.

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The peel of Felox tubers is colored yellow, the flesh is pale yellow. The potato has an oval-oblong shape and small eyes. The commercial quality is high, the tubers are resistant to mechanical damage. When cutting, the pulp does not darken, which makes it possible to use raw materials for the preparation of chips.

The potato bush has large leaves of a rich emerald color, edges with barely noticeable jags. Flowers of a burgundy-lilac shade.

Features of agricultural technology

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The description of the variety suggests that these are early potatoes. Therefore, in order to obtain a harvest as early as possible, planting work is carried out in early May, and in the southern regions - at the end of April. The best precursors for Felox potatoes are legumes, corn, perennial grasses. The planting scheme is used 30x65 cm.Pelox seed potatoes are not buried in the ground more than 8 cm.Otherwise, the tubers begin to rot in the ground, and there is no longer any time for seedlings to emerge.

Felox is unpretentious to growing conditions, but needs care and prevention of diseases

The peculiarity of this variety is that before planting on the beds, the land must be thoroughly watered. For cultivation, soil with low acidity is selected. Black soil is ideal, but sod, loamy or sandy soil is also suitable.A very important parameter - the ground must be loose and soft, otherwise during the growing season the growth of Felox potato bushes slows down, and the tubers are deformed.

Before planting, the seed must be checked for infections or obvious defects. For planting, tubers weighing from 60 to 80 grams are selected. Felox, despite its resistance to some diseases and pests, is capable of being affected by wireworm and late blight. Before planting on the beds, special granular preparations are introduced to help remove the wireworm larvae. It is not bad to carry out the treatment with the available means - "Prestige".

Felox tolerates drought and temperature extremes

Watering Felox potatoes is carried out systematically, focusing on the drying of the upper soil layer. Irrigation frequency should not exceed twice a week. The property of this variety is the ability to tolerate drought and at the same time give a good harvest. But excessive moisture or stagnant water leads not only to a deterioration in keeping quality, but also to rotting tubers right in the ground. Felox gratefully responds to the timely application of fertilizers, but do not be zealous with nitrogen-containing dressings. In this case, the plants will actively increase the green mass, and the fruits will not develop.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

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Felox has great advantages over other varieties:

  • the possibility of getting an early harvest;
  • unpretentiousness to the ground;
  • undemanding care;
  • optimal starch content;
  • high productivity;
  • excellent taste and universal application;
  • resistance to most major diseases and pests;
  • tolerates drought and heat;
  • excellent marketability and suitability for long-distance transportation;
  • good keeping quality.

Felox potatoes are resistant to mechanical damage and tolerate transportation well

At the same time, Felox is not without certain disadvantages. Potatoes need additional protection against wireworm, late blight and silver scab. With timely preventive treatments and compliance with the conditions of agricultural technology, the crop is not damaged by the indicated diseases and pests.

Felox potatoes have gained popularity not only abroad, but also in our country. It is no longer difficult to buy seed material, and the unpretentiousness of the variety bribes summer residents and farmers to grow it on their plots. High commodity indicators, along with excellent taste, make us close our eyes to the need for preventive protective measures.

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