Adretta potatoes - variety description

Adretta's potatoes - this is how we say it, this is our second bread. For many lovers of summer cottages, gardens and self-grown vegetables, planting this crop is very important.

Adretta potatoes: video about the variety

More than in more than two hundred years in the history of growing potatoes in the Russian Federation, quite a few varieties of varieties have been bred that have made it possible to acclimatize this new culture for our society. A little more of them appeared when the selection and regionalization of this plant became a state matter.

Any kind of potato is a compromise of advantages and disadvantages. What is better to plant in a country house or in a personal plot? First of all, we want a large harvest to the maximum. But other characteristics are also important. After all, summer residents and gardeners are very important taste. Would you like to taste potatoes that have been famous for their taste for almost four decades? So this material is intended for your reading.

Potato variety Adretta: a history of origin

Adretta potatoes: photo of the variety

The seed potato variety Adrett originated in the German Democratic Republic, back in the eighties of the last century. Initially, it was considered as food for farm animals, like all potatoes are yellow in color. But the excellent taste properties of its tubers attracted the attention of gourmets and radically changed the target audience of consumers. This helped him become the first table yellow variety.
colors.

In the early eighties, last century, this hybrid variety was finally recognized and registered in our latitudes. Since that time, his fame has only been gaining momentum.

Adretta potatoes: characteristic of the variety

Seed potatoes Adretta: photo of the variety

One of the important characteristics of potatoes is the ripening period. According to this indicator, Adretta potatoes are classified as medium early varieties. It takes seventy five to eighty days from planting to harvest. This is one of the best options for central Russia. Let us explain this.

Delighting us with potatoes in mid-July, early varieties have a small harvest. Late potatoes, which have a ripening period of one hundred or more days. Therefore, in the clinical conditions of the middle lane, they do not always have time to go through the entire growing season set by them. There is also a great risk of falling under phytophthora from which all potatoes will disappear. During the autumn weather.

Adretta potatoes: variety description

Adretta potatoes: photo of the variety

It has straight bushes up to sixty centimeters with white flowers and light green leaves. The tubers are oval in shape, their number is ten to fifteen pieces. On every plant. They have a mass of one hundred to one hundred and fifty grams and are close in size. Of the total harvest, eighty-five to ninety-five percent is equal to accuracy.

Keeping quality ninety-five to ninety-eight percent. The core is light yellow, the peel is yellow in color. Thirteen to eighteen percent starch content. Taste qualities are a special advantage of the variety. On a four and a half on a five-point scale, tasters rate the taste of this potato.

Planting Adretta potatoes

Adretta potatoes: video about the variety

We must not forget that potatoes exposed to cold soil will run into a state of a kind of sleep.In the middle lane, the planting date for Adretta potatoes is the beginning of May, when the soil warms up enough. The organization for the preparation and selection of seed potatoes takes place thirty days before planting the tubers.
They should be free from various defects, that is, rot, mold, mechanical damage, the size should be medium. If necessary, you can cut large tubers into four equal parts before planting.

Pre-germination of tubers will speed up the ripening process by about two weeks, and
vernalization will strengthen their immunity.
Seed potatoes of Adretta need to be laid in one layer, in a lighted room with a temperature of at least eight degrees Celsius at night and fifteen degrees Celsius during the day. You need to turn it over regularly throughout the month.

In the last seven days, it is necessary to spray with liquid and cover with polyethylene if you want, so that roots also form. It is necessary to warm up the tubers for a week if it is not possible to carry out vernalization and germination.

The seed potato variety Adretta has no special requirements for soil. Clay soil with a lot of moisture is not desirable. Light sandy loam or loamy substrates are preferred. The planting scheme is simple: seventy centimeters distance between rows, thirty to forty centimeters distance in a row between bushes in a row. The depth of planting seeds is eight to ten, depending on the soil.

Thickening the planting can adversely affect the crop. There may be a problem with hilling, lack of light will lead to the fact that the tubers will not be large. And also poor ventilation will lead to dampness, which can lead to illness.

Care of Adretta seed potatoes

Seed potatoes Adrettta: photo of the variety

Watering, weeding, hilling and feeding includes taking care of the potatoes. Mineral and organic fertilizers are top dressing. Organic fats improve soil structure well, which is of paramount importance for root crops.

Organic manure contains a lot of nutrients, there is a lot of nitrogen. There are fewer necessary elements in humus, compost, and in peat there are none at all. Organic components are introduced under the potatoes during the loosening of the earth or into the hole when planting. Next time, compost or peat can be used as mulch.

The most essential mineral elements for plants in fertilizers: potassium, nitrogen, phosphorus. In order not to deal with calculations and mixing of components, it is better to buy a ready-made complex. Containing: N-nitrogen, P-phosphorus, K-potassium. The percentage of these elements is usually indicated on the packaging. For example: NPK 10:20:10. The remaining sixty centimeters are other components.

During the first two potato dressings, you need to use complex fertilizers that are being carried out!

• When will the sprouts appear
• At the stage of budding

During flowering, a third feeding is carried out. In this situation, the complex includes phosphorus and potassium without nitrogen, due to which there is an increased growth of the green part of the bush to the detriment of growth.

Hilling is a characteristic feature of working with potatoes. It sprouts new roots from stems covered with earth.

Diseases and pests

Adretta potatoes: photo of the variety

One way to fight disease is through prevention. It starts with selection and preparation. Adretta's potatoes are not very resistant to viral diseases, and because of this, it is imperative to be prepared to process your plantings with specialized substances for preventive as well as medicinal purposes.

The greatest danger to potatoes is the late blight and the Colorado potato beetle. The tops of the Adretta potato variety are affected by fungal diseases. Tubers and root system are resistant to late blight... This makes it easier to fight the disease.
Colorado potato beetle larvae eat the leaves of the plant. Effective insecticides help fight them.

Adretta potatoes: the pros and cons of the variety

If taste is important to you, then the Adretta potato variety is ideal for planting it in your summer cottage. In addition to its excellent taste, this variety has a good yield (ten to fifteen tubers
from the bush)

Among the disadvantages of Adrett's potatoes, one should notice poor resistance to the position of the leaves by the Colorado potato beetle and late blight. But this problem can be easily solved with the timely application of fungicides and insecticides. This does not give a bad result!

In cooking, the tubers of Adretta potatoes are ideal for preparing dishes such as mashed potatoes, croquettes,
boiled and stewed potatoes.

Seed potatoes Adretta: video about the variety