Impala potatoes

Impala potatoes are an early ripening high-yielding variety that is able to form good yields in various climatic regions, and the rapid ripening of root crops makes it possible to harvest 2 crops per season in regions with a long summer period. Due to their high taste and large-fruited properties, potatoes have a universal purpose and are used not only for preparing homemade dishes, but also for making snacks, chips and other dry snacks on an industrial scale.

Impala potatoes are the result of painstaking work of Dutch agricultural breeders of the largest guild "Agrico". Breeding work was started at the beginning of the twentieth century, and already in 1995 the culture became widespread, and also went on retail sale in Russia. An early ripe variety feels great throughout the country, but the most favorable growing regions are Volgo-Vyatsky, Central, Nizhnevolzhsky and North-West.

The high-yielding Impala potato has been at the forefront of similar root crops for 20 years thanks to its fast ripening. The growing season ranges from 40 to 60 days. A ripe crop, without losing its marketable qualities, can be in the ground until mid-August.

Advantages:

• the formation of a large number of fruits;

• large size of root crops;

• high taste indicators;

• universal purpose;

• fast harvesting;

• high commodity performance;

• high percentage of keeping quality and transportability;

• resistance to temperature fluctuations;

• high immune response to most diseases and pests;

• undemanding to watering;

• the possibility of obtaining two harvests per season;

• high content of nutrients;

• good tolerance to high humidity.

Disadvantages:

- poor resistance to rhizoctonia and powdery scab.

The height of the bushes of an early maturing variety under favorable climatic conditions can reach 80 cm. An adult plant consists of 5-6 tall erect trunks, which makes the bush thick and powerful. Leaves are green with hard pubescence. An intensive set of green mass occurs at the beginning of the growing season. The plant forms a large number of white-colored inflorescences. One healthy adult plant is capable of forming 16 to 20 tubers.

Large roots have an ovoid shape of a pale yellow hue. The maximum potato weight is 150 grams. The increase in the mass of potatoes continues until the first days of August. Small eyes are located on the surface of the tuber. The upper smooth leathery layer has a thin but strong structure. The dense fleshy part is colored yellow. The amount of starch can reach 15%, and the volume of dry matter is 17%.

Impala potatoes are high-yielding table crops.Its taste indicators always receive the maximum points from all tasters and gourmets.

The first harvest is distinguished by its watery structure, but after a couple of weeks, the tubers are gaining starch, which has a positive effect on the taste and their variability. The universal purpose of the fruits makes it possible to use them for cooking, frying, stewing and baking. The volume of prepared dishes is distinguished not only by its variety, but also by its focus.

Impala potatoes are early maturing crops, in which the period from the appearance of the first shoots to harvest is only 60 days, regardless of the region of growth.

The high-yielding variety produces a stable and high-quality crop every year. Depending on the region of growth and climatic conditions, an average of 180 to 360 centners of fruit can be harvested from a hectare plot. All tubers have high marketability.

Impala potatoes are an unpretentious crop, the cultivation of which will not cause difficulties even for novice gardeners. However, in order to obtain a high-quality harvest in the maximum amount, farmers recommend following some recommendations. In early April, all planting material must be brought into a warm, well-lit room. The increased temperature and light will provoke the active appearance of sprouts. Before sowing, the finished planting material must be treated with special disinfecting preparations, natural analogues of which can be wood ash, a solution of potassium permanganate and boric acid.

The method of growing an unpretentious crop depends only on the personal preferences of farmers and can be both on the ridge, in the open field, and in bags and under mulch. A prerequisite for planting is the maximum heating of the soil and the location of the planting material in the upper earthen layers. The most common planting pattern is 60 cm x 60 cm. To improve the soil composition, a little wood ash should be added to each hole. To reduce the amount of weeds and enrich the site with oxygen, 2 weeks after planting, the soil must be buried. To improve the growth of bushes, experts recommend regularly enriching the soil with a complex of fertilizers that are applied only to well-moistened soil.

You can increase the volume of the crop by watering several times during the season of the planted area. The interval between irrigations is 10 days. For an area of ​​10 m2, the volume of water should be 500 liters. To prevent the development of diseases and destroy pests, the area with potatoes must be regularly treated with special biological preparations.

Harvesting is best done in mid-August. During this period, the tubers will maximize in size and collect a sufficient amount of starch and dry matter. You can improve the keeping quality of root crops by harvesting green tops 14 days before harvesting.

Soil requirement

Despite its unpretentiousness and undemandingness to the soil, the plant feels most comfortable in areas with light and medium soil, which have moderate moisture and a normal level of acidity. To obtain a large amount of yield on soils with a low content of nutrients, breeders-practitioners recommend regularly enriching them with mineral and organic fertilizers. Observance of crop rotation will improve the quality of the soil, as well as planting tubers after legumes and winter crops.

Before deciding to plant Impala potatoes, experts recommend carefully studying the degree of resistance of the variety to the following most common diseases:

• viruses - weak defeat;

• Y viruses - moderate resistance;

• L viruses - moderate susceptibility;

• cancer - high resistance;

• golden nematode - high resistance;

• late blight of leaves - moderate susceptibility;

• late blight of tubers - moderate susceptibility;

• common scab - weak damage;

• black scab - high susceptibility;

• black leg - high stability.

A distinctive feature of the variety is a low level of defeat by the Colorado potato beetle.

Despite the presence of a high immune response to most diseases, preventive treatments of green spaces should not be neglected. Ignoring this recommendation can lead to a decrease in the commercial quality of the fruit or the death of the entire crop.