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If you ask which vegetable is the most favorite and popular, then potatoes will rightfully take first place. It’s rare that a dish is complete without tasty and crumbly potatoes, which is why the list of varieties is impressive. Breeders are constantly creating new useful species, among which the Golubizna potato should be noted.
The name is unusual, but this does not stop potato growers. They always choose varieties whose main characteristic is productivity, and the second is unpretentiousness. How are these criteria implemented in the variety? A detailed description of the Golubizna potato variety will answer this question.
Description of unusual potatoes
You need to start with what potato variety Blueberry is classified as mid-season. 85-100 days after planting, you can harvest the crop. More popular among summer residents than among farmers. Main parameters:
- Bush. Gardeners like it for its medium height and weak spreading habit. In the beds, Golubizna potatoes look very neat and beautiful.
- Leaves. Voluminous, juicy green in color, hold a rich color for a long time.
- Flowers.
Unusual, bright cornflower blue, decorating the area with their blooms. Thanks to their color, the variety received an extraordinary name. - Tubers. Medium size, weight of one potato is about 150 g. The shape of the tubers allows you to distinguish Golubizna potatoes from other varieties. They have a blunt tip, although the tuber itself is round.The peel is mesh, the flesh is white. Does not darken during processing, crumbly, with a high starch content.
The variety is loved by many summer residents precisely for these qualities. Useful characteristics include its resistance to the usual potato diseases:
- cancer;
- wet and ring rot;
- scab;
- rhizoctoniasis;
- Alternaria blight;
- mosaic viruses.
Potatoes of the Golubizna variety sometimes suffer from late blight, but to a lesser extent than other varieties. But its drought resistance and ability to tolerate heat are very high. Therefore, these potatoes are loved by those summer residents who have difficulty with watering. Attention! Resistance to prolonged cold spells and the ability to grow in close proximity to groundwater are the advantages of this unusual variety.
High yields especially when grown on loamy and sandy soils. From one hundred square meters you can collect up to 1500 kg of high-quality tubers.
How to plant the Golubizna variety correctly
According to the recommendations of breeders, the variety is planted in the first ten days of May. It is necessary to monitor the soil temperature and do not rush if it stays below 7°C. The tubers have good adaptation qualities and tolerate insufficiently heated soil. You should not be late with planting, because in this case the keeping quality of the potatoes will significantly decrease or they will not have time to ripen. If planting is late, the starch content will be lower, which will affect the nutritional value of the tubers.
An unusual variety of potatoes is planted on ridges and in beds. It depends on the region. If you grow it in an arid climate, it is better to use ridges; if there is high humidity, it is better to use ridges. Most often, planting is used with a distance between rows of 70 cm; with high humidity it is increased to 90 cm.
But the depth is calculated depending on the climate, the chosen planting method and the quality of preparation of the tubers.
When planting on ridges, the tubers are buried 7-8 cm. The same parameter is maintained on loam. Sandy loam and sandy soil make it possible to plant Golubizna potatoes in even rows with a depth of 6 cm.
Add to the designated holes:
- compost or rotted manure (1 cup);
- wood ash (0.5 cup);
- bird droppings powder (1 tbsp).
The mixture is mixed with soil and covered with a 2-centimeter layer of soil on top. Then the tubers are planted with sprouts and tops up, covered with soil and waiting for shoots.
Proper potato care
A special feature of the Golubizna variety is the need for fertilizers and fertilizing. This affects its growth, so it will be more difficult to obtain a large harvest without nutrition. Fertilizers are applied for the first time during planting. This is described above. Then during the growing season it is fed with organic and mineral components. Among organics, Golubizna potatoes prefer:
- bird droppings;
- mullein;
- infusion of herbs or nettles.
Organic fertilizers are applied in the form of root dressings.
And mineral components are added with complex fertilizers. If you are well aware of the plant’s needs for mineral components, then you can use nitrogen, phosphate and potassium components separately at a certain phase of potato development.
The second point of care is watering. The variety is undemanding to regular watering. Its advantage lies in its good development even with moisture deficiency.
To guarantee a good harvest, it is necessary to protect the Golubizna potato plantings from diseases and pests.
For this purpose, at least three treatments are carried out against the Colorado potato beetle and late blight.
If the disease cannot be avoided, immediately treat the potatoes with Bordeaux mixture (1%). You can replace the composition with the drug "Hom". The last application should not be later than three weeks before harvest. The Golubizna variety shows good resistance to other potato diseases.
The main pests are the Colorado potato beetle, mole cricket, and wireworm. The Colorado potato beetle cannot tolerate the drugs “Commander”, “Dilor”, “Iskra DE”. Use according to instructions. “Medvetox” works on the mole cricket, and the wireworm is destroyed when digging along with wheatgrass (its favorite habitat).
Harvesting begins in the second half of August.
Two weeks before the appointed time, the tops are cut off. This technique allows you to increase the yield of the variety. Tubers are stored at temperatures of 2-4 °C. Their shelf life is excellent, they do not deteriorate during storage and retain their taste until the next harvest.
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We hope that the description of the variety, photos, and reviews from summer residents will help you decide on Golubizna potatoes.
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