- Authors: Simakov Evgeniy Alekseevich, Grigoriev Gennady Vasilievich, Mityushkin Aleksey Vladimirovich, Salyukov Sergey Sergeevich, Zhuravlev Aleksey Alekseevich, Ovechkin Sergey Valentinovich, Sitnik Georgy Aleksandrovich, Gaitova Natalia Aleksandrovna
- Appeared when crossing: Luck x Romance
- Year of approval: 2014
- Appointment: table, suitable for making French fries, chips
- Tuber weight, g: 101-136
- Peel color: partially red
- Color of the pulp: cream
- Starch content,%: 12,6-16,4%
- Tuber shape: elongated
- Peel structure: smooth
Favorite potatoes were created by domestic breeders, so they perfectly adapt to different environmental conditions. To obtain a rich harvest, it is enough to provide him with timely watering and feeding.
Breeding history
Favorite - the result of the work of a whole staff of VNIIKH them. Lorkha. It was obtained by crossing two other species:
Romance;
Luck.
The result is a variety with many benefits. The Favorite was entered into the State Register only in 2014, therefore it is considered relatively new.
Description of the variety
The Favorite potato variety should be described with its high marketability. For this plant, the specified indicator is 80-96%.
The starch content in tubers is at the level of 12.6-16.4%. He showed himself well in cooking, where it is used to prepare various dishes.
The favorite has another positive characteristic - high keeping quality of 93%. Once harvested, the tubers of this plant make it to spring perfectly, and yield losses are minimal.
Characteristics of the appearance of the bush and root crops
Favorite bushes do not grow large, rather medium in height. The stems are erect, the foliage is closed and also small, with a dark green tint.
The tubers grow quite large, an average of 101-136 grams. The favorite has an elongated shape, partially red. The flesh under the skin is creamy.
Purpose and taste of tubers
It is worth highlighting the good taste of the Favorite and the culinary type of the sun. When boiling, the roots of this variety are moderately boiled. Can be used to make fries or even chips.
After peeling, most potato varieties darken, but this one does not.
Maturation
The favorite is a mid-season potato variety, the harvest begins 90-110 days after planting. It is allowed to slightly overexpose the tubers in the soil.
Yield
If you want to plant a high-yielding potato variety on the site, then the Favorite will be a good solution. The average yield is 170-300 c / ha, the maximum known 420 c / ha.
Growing regions
You can meet the Favorite in any region of our country, but it is believed that in terms of climatic conditions, Central is ideal for him.
Growing and care
Before planting the Favorite, it is advised to pre-germinate the tubers in order to increase their germination. First, they are treated with a fungicide:
"Acrobat";
"Kuproksat";
Fitosporin.
You can use a solution of potassium permanganate for disinfection.
The seed is placed in a room with a temperature of 20-22 degrees and periodically sprayed with water.
This variety can be cultivated according to the general rules that exist for potatoes. After the first shoots appear on the surface, watering is carried out, but not earlier than 10-12 days later. Before harvesting, it is enough to water the plants two more times, during a period of severe drought or during flowering and after the color has dropped.
Moisten the soil for the last time a month before harvesting, then the tubers do not need to be additionally dried.
Over the entire growing season, the soil will need to be periodically loosened to facilitate the access of oxygen to the roots.Hilling Favorite 2 times: after the shoots reach 20 cm in height, and 20 days after this procedure.
To get a rich harvest of the Favorite, do not forget about fertilizers. Nitrogen-containing dressings are excellent:
urea;
urea;
nitroammofosk.
When flowers begin to appear on Favorite, phosphorus-potassium fertilizers are introduced, as well as mixtures with boron and magnesium. It is advisable to use the latter by the foliar method, that is, to give the plant through irrigation of the foliage.
Versatile remedies with a long disintegration period have also proven themselves quite well. But it is necessary to carefully monitor the level of nitrogen with Favorite, its excess will lead to a loss of yield and an increase in green mass.
Planting potatoes is one of the main spring activities traditional for Russian gardeners. There are many ways to plant this vegetable, allowing you to get a good harvest in different conditions and climates. Before planting, you need to carefully prepare the planting material, correctly determine the timing, competently prepare the soil.
Required climatic conditions
For planting the Favorite, you should choose a sunny place with deep groundwater. Small frosts are not afraid of him, for this, hilling is used.
Disease and pest resistance
The favorite belongs to a group of vegetables that have excellent immunity to potato cancer and golden nematode. As for the rolling of leaves, here the stability is relative.
And it is also desirable to carry out preventive treatment of Favorite from wrinkled mosaic, late blight of tubers and foliage, scab and rhizoctonia, since this variety has relative or average resistance to these diseases.
Potatoes are a popular vegetable crop that many gardeners planted on their site. But growing a bountiful harvest of tasty and large tubers is unlikely to succeed if the beds are not properly protected from the most common diseases and pests. Often, the development of diseases of various etiologies of potatoes goes unnoticed, so it is important to identify the problem in time and eliminate it.
