Red Lady potatoes: variety description, planting rules, reviews

3.02.2018 Potatoes Varieties

Potatoes Red Lady is considered a unique variety. Tubers have an amazing taste, are resistant to diseases, and can be stored for a long time. Many summer residents distinguish this variety, and gladly grow it on the site.Thanks to the work of breeders, new varieties of crops are emerging. Potato Red Lady is the leader, the feedback from experienced gardeners only confirms this. High yield, amazing taste and good keeping quality are characteristics that make the variety so popular.

Content

1 Description of Potatoes Red Lady
2 Potato Red Lady: Productivity
3 Advantages and disadvantages of the variety
4 Growing rules
5 Care Rules
6 Diseases and Pests
7 Reviews

Description of Potatoes Red Lady

The variety belongs to early ripening, harvesting is allowed after 60 days. The bush is medium sized, erect. With proper cultivation of the crop, up to 15 tubers can be collected from the bush.

The variety is often used in cooking, it is suitable for cooking various dishes. Taste quality of fruits is excellent. The potato tolerates transportation, is stored for a long time.

Note! The potato has a thin but dense skin. It protects the tubers from damage during harvesting and transport.

Potato Red Lady: Productivity

The variety was bred by German breeders. In 2008, he was included in the State Register of Russia. The variety is high-yielding, productivity can reach up to 300 c / ha.

The tubers are large, have an oval shape and a red tint. The yield of small and non-commercial potatoes is minimal.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

Red Lady has many positive characteristics. The main ones are:

early ripening period;
the vegetative period is extended;
the variety is grown both for industrial production and for own consumption;
great taste;
the fruits are rich in nutrients;
resistance to disease;
the crop is able to be stored for a long time;
tubers are transportable.

Despite the fact that Red Lady’s potatoes have a lot of positive characteristics, experts highlight shortcomings. The main ones are:

crops are unstable to late blight;
crops make high demands on soil composition;
plants need a long daylight for normal development.

Growing rules

It is necessary to start planting during the period when the threat of frost passes. For starters, it’s worth conducting preparatory activities.

Germination of tubers. To germinate them, you need to do the following:

sort potatoes;
put the tubers in a ventilated room, the temperature should be in the range of 8-12 degrees;
so that the sprouts appear evenly, the tubers should periodically be turned over.

Please note that germination of potatoes is required within 45 days.

The choice of beds. The variety is unpretentious, but you should carefully choose a site for planting. First of all, you need to correctly alternate the cultures on the site. The best predecessors for potatoes are cabbage, cucumbers. Potatoes should not be placed after pepper, tomato, eggplant.

According to the description, Red Lady's potato prefers to grow on loose and nutritious soil. Therefore, you need to prepare the site in the autumn period. To do this, it is necessary to introduce manure or humus into the ground.

Planting potatoes. Experienced gardeners plant a crop according to the scheme of 25x50 cm.Since the bushes are compact, the distance between them should not be large. The depth of incorporation of tubers into the soil is not more than 6 cm.

In addition, tubers can be planted in holes. In this case, ash and manure should be poured into each hole.

Care Rules

Potato care consists in removing weeds from the plot, feeding and hilling. As for watering, the variety is able to tolerate drought. However, in order to increase productivity, watering the plants is necessary once a week.

Important! Especially crops need watering during flowering and during the formation of fruits.

Diseases and Pests

The variety is resistant to various diseases. Plants are not threatened by potato cancer, nematode, scab, rust, black leg. In rare cases, late blight can affect potato tops. To protect crops, it is necessary to carry out the processing of crops with preparations containing copper.

Dangerous pests for potato plantings are the Colorado potato beetle, wireworm. Fertilizing, timely harvesting, processing crops with insecticides will help get rid of pests.

Reviews

Eugene, 48 years old:

“I studied the characteristics and reviews of the variety of potatoes of Red Lady, and planted it in a summer cottage. Delicious fruits, thin peel, the crop is stored for a long time. I would like to note that the fruits ripen quickly. In the summer, young potatoes are always present on the table. ”