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This variety has many advantages. At the same time, one can look not only at the speed of ripening, but also at high taste, which are combined with good product characteristics.
Spring potatoes belong to the very early varieties. To date, two varieties of this variety are common. One of them is called "Spring Pink". Another variety is also a table variety. It bears the official name "White Spring". Both varieties are canteens. They were bred and entered in the Variety Register in 1994.
Characteristics and features
When the Spring potato variety is considered, the variety description includes both varieties. Spring Pink is characterized by the following features. This is a table variety, forty-day potatoes. It is after such a time that you can dig up the tubers of a new crop for the first time. It is recommended to use it mainly for cooking, salads and frying. A varietal root crop usually weighs up to 135 g. Its shape is elongated and oval.
Potatoes Spring
The peel is pink, the eyes of the potato are small. The flowers of this plant are pink. The shelf life can be assessed as satisfactory or good. Such a potato reacts well if it is abundantly fertilized - in response to such care, the yield of this variety sharply increases.
The plant is resistant to late blight diseases. You can also state such properties as the presence of an average resistance to infection with scab or viruses.
Another variety ("Spring White") is also a table variety that ripens very early.
The height of the potato bush is average, the stems are straight. During the ripening period, you can observe the lodging of the bush. The leaves of the potato are large, they are light green in color, and you can see a strong dissection on them. The flowers of this variety have a pale lilac color.
The flesh of the potato is white, the eyes are small, reddish. The root crop is oval. The average mass of one potato can be up to 150 g.
Disease resistance is the same as that of "Spring Rose". The plant is characterized by high resistance to late blight and moderate to scab and viral diseases.
It can also be noted that the variety is not very vulnerable to potato crayfish and macrosporiosis. The yield is 550 centners per hectare. When harvesting, usually from one bush, you can get from nine to fifteen tubers. This potato has a relatively high starch content. It can range from 12% to 16%. The keeping quality of the variety ranges from 90% to 94%.
Features of agricultural technology
It will be useful to use a plot of land for planting potatoes where legumes, perennial grasses or winter crops previously grew.
Growing potatoes
When selecting tubers for spring planting, it is recommended to use those whose mass is in the range from 50 g to 100 g. Only pure-bred tubers are suitable.
It is recommended to warm up the tubers before planting. It is necessary to spray with copper sulfate. In order to prepare a solution of the desired concentration, you need to take one teaspoon of vitriol per three liters of water.
It is recommended to choose an area that is well lit. First, you need to dig up the ground to the depth of the bayonet of the shovel, and then loosen it.
It is not recommended to use fresh manure for fertilizing tubers; it is better to take humus for this.When planting, you need to feed with superphosphate. To prepare the solution, dilute three tablespoons of fertilizer in ten liters of water.
Do not use the same plot for cultivation twice in a row. It is recommended to use for this an area where no potatoes have been grown for three years.
Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
Variety Vesna has the following advantages:
- Its important feature is its excellent taste;
- The pulp of root vegetables is very slightly boiled;
- If you cut a varietal potato or boil it, then the pulp does not darken;
- Resistance to a number of diseases allows saving the use of special chemicals in the process of growing potatoes;
- This variety is characterized by early maturity (73 days pass from planting to full ripening, the first, earliest, harvest is in some cases possible after 43 days) and high marketability;
- High productivity.
It is profitable to grow it in Russia, but the variety requires relatively stable temperature conditions. It stands out for its quick ripening and high yield, which are combined with excellent taste.
