Potatoes are present almost every day in our diet. Without it, it is impossible to cook borsch, pickle and many other dishes. Every year, breeders offer new varieties and hybrids that differ from each other in productivity, resistance to disease, maturity. Today we will tell you why the Lugovskoy potato is so attractive to gardeners, a description of the variety and photos are presented in this article.If from year to year the same variety of potatoes is planted, then the crop gradually falls, and the plant undergoes various diseases. Now is the time to think about a new variety, Lugovskaya potatoes are mid-late varieties, undemanding in care, suitable for cultivation in many regions of our country. Obtaining a solid crop of Lugovsky potato is even possible for beginner growers.
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Description and characteristics of the variety
The plant is erect, of medium height, branched stems, leaves are small, saturated - green in color, with sparse pile, dull with well visible venation. White flowers of medium size. Potato varieties "Lugovskoy" has an oval shape, the skin is smooth, pink. The average weight of the root crop can vary from 85 to 125 g. The flesh is white in color with a starch content of 12-19%; during cooking, the potatoes do not change color. Lugovskoy refers to mid-season varieties, from germination to harvesting takes 90-110 days.
Thanks to the work of breeders, the Lugovskoy variety is resistant to golden potato nematodes, cancer, late blight, and common scab. Another value of the variety is the high uniqueness of 52 kg with 10 m². Tubers of Lugovsky potatoes are well stored until the new crop and have a presentation.
Landing
Preparation of tubers. A month before planting potatoes, it is necessary to sprout tubers. This will allow you to get earlier seedlings, and then the crop. Seed material is brought into a warm room, laid out in a lit place at a temperature of about 20-25 aboutC. After 7 days, the temperature indicators are reduced to + 10 degrees, it is necessary that the sprouts do not overgrow. Immediately before planting, the tubers are treated with the seedling (for 100 kg of potato seeds, 1 liter of working solution is enough).
Site preparation. The potato planting bed should be located in a well-lit place, away from groundwater. It is good if the precursors of potatoes are beans, peas, cucumbers, cabbage, beets, peppers, marigolds or marigolds. In the fall, manure is brought into the plot (for one hundred parts 7-8 buckets) or complex mineral fertilizer.
Dig the soil and level it with a rake. Winter rye can serve as a natural fertilizer. The plant is sown before winter, in the spring two weeks before the tubers are planted, the green part is cut off and embedded in the soil. This fertilizer contains all the necessary trace elements. Rye roots inhibit weed growth and loosen heavy soils.
In spring, you can improve the soil structure by planting such green manure as mustard. This plant helps to get rid of wireworm and inhibits the development of pathogenic microflora. The green part is used as fertilizer.
Landing. Lugovskoy potatoes are planted in holes or grooves to a depth of 10-12 cm, while the soil must be warmed up to + 8 + 10 aboutC. Between tubers maintain a distance of 35 cm, and between rows leave 60-70 cm.
Care. The Lugovskoy variety is unpretentious in leaving and even in an adverse climate gives stable crops. As soon as young bushes grow up, they are spudded, they do this by digging the ground to the trunk of the plant. The second time they spud before flowering. This procedure promotes the formation of additional tubers. Hilling is carried out on moist soil.
If it rains from time to time, then watering the potatoes is unnecessary. However, during prolonged droughts, plants are watered two to three times per season. The first watering is needed when sprouts have just appeared, then planting is watered during the appearance of buds and the last time after flowering.
If the soil is poor, potatoes need to be fed. At the beginning of the growing season, nitrogen fertilizers are applied; before laying buds, potato bushes need potassium and phosphorus. When using fertilizers, follow the instructions from the manufacturer. Additional food is added after watering or rain.
Diseases and Pests
Lugovskoy variety is resistant to a number of diseases, including scab, potato cancer, late blight and other bacterial infections. For preventive purposes, from the Colorado potato beetle, plantings are treated with the following drugs: Actelik, Tanrek, and Komandor. If caterpillars appeared on the bush, then this is most likely a brood of potato moth. To defeat the gnawing insects will help "Zolon" or "Confidor maxi." Pheromone traps are placed from the butterflies themselves.
Harvest
Lugovoi potato tubers are dug up in early September, they choose a sunny day to dry the crop well in the open air. Dig a potato crop with shovels or forks. The tubers are dried for 2-3 hours, then transferred to a cool dry place. Before laying for storage, tubers are sorted out, removing damaged specimens.
Reviews
Marina, 37 years old:
“Lugovskoy’s boiled potato is deliciously crumbly. On their site, we grow these tubers for the third season. During this time, they were always with the harvest. Our soil is clayey; therefore, since autumn we have been introducing manure. In the spring, before planting potatoes, I plant mustard, thanks to it tubers do not damage the wireworm. ”
Alexey, 41 years old:
“In our horticultural partnership, the Lugovskoy variety is popular. The plant is not demanding in care, for the season I spend two hills, weed a couple of times and process the plantings from the Colorado potato beetle. I keep the harvest in the cellar at a temperature of +1 degree, we eat our potatoes until June, then the early varieties ripen. ”
Valentine, 53 years old:
“I grow this variety for the third season, there is always a crop, because the plants are not demanding on external conditions, and in our Urals there are lingering rains and cold snap in August. The potato tastes delicious especially in boiled and fried form. In the next season we plan to replace part of the seeds so that Lugovskaya does not degenerate. ”
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