Potatoes Karatop: peculiarities of cultivation

Potato is a valuable vegetable crop. To date, a large number of his varieties have been bred. One of them is the Karatop potato, characterized by an early maturation period. Read about this vegetable in the article.

General information

Potatoes Karatop comes from America. The local population calls him "daddy". In Russia, the vegetable appeared thanks to the Emperor Peter I. Since then, potatoes are the main crop of the garden. Its nutritional qualities are so great that the tubers of this vegetable are considered indispensable in the human diet.

From the potato master of the cook's business it is easy to cook more than five hundred kinds of dishes, without repeating even once. Potatoes Karatop, reviews About which positive, Grown as a technical crop, alcohol and starch are obtained from it. Used to produce glucose, molasses, rubber, glue, medicines.

Characteristics of the species

Variety of potatoes Karatop refers to the early maturation. Tubers become ripened six weeks after the appearance of the first shoots. He is fond of growing gardening because of the high yields of delicious fruits. Potatoes Karatop refers to the table type, it is used to satisfy one's own needs. It produces chips, dried mashed potatoes. This sort of vegetable is dried, it goes to making french fries. It is easy to clean using a mechanized method.

The bushes are semi-straight or spreading, their height is average. On the stems a small number of white flowers are formed. Young plants develop rapidly, they give a powerful ground mass. The leaves are intermediate and medium in size. Stems do not stand out among the total mass of the plant, because they have a weak color.

Tubers are large, oval in shape. Eyes are small, they are small. The rind has a yellow color and a mesh surface. The pulp is solid, light yellow in color, with a wonderful taste. After cooking does not fall apart. Tubers in the nest are many, up to twenty-five pieces, they are about the same size, which has a positive effect on yield. From one hectare, with good care, you can collect forty-five tons. Potatoes of Karatop variety , the reviews of which as a high-yielding crop are good, are resistant to glandular patches, but have low resistance to such a disease of the foliage as late blight.

Features of vegetable culture

Potatoes Karatop - a representative of the Paslenov family, refers to the species of herbaceous plants. Its reproduction is carried out by tubers and seeds. Grow vegetables as an annual plant, since the presence of a large amount of water in the potato contributes to frost damage.

The main feature of the plant is its ability to form tubers. In order for them to develop well, they need to be planted in loose soil, otherwise they will be shallow and deformed.

Karatop potatoes have a friable root system . The description of the variety is not without special features, one of which is that for the germination of tubers the temperature is considered to be not lower than ten degrees of heat, but it is better if it is higher, about sixteen degrees. Although the vegetable does not tolerate excessively high temperatures.

Potatoes are not cultivated in the area where tomatoes grew before it, it is better if the predecessors of the vegetable were root crops or cabbage. The place of planting in a few years must be changed, like the planting material, otherwise the tubers degenerate.

Requirements for growth

Potatoes like a lot of light. If bushes are planted often or the weeds constantly create a shadow, the plant will develop poorly or completely die. Vegetables grow on soils of any composition. The exception is wetlands, saline, clayey and sandy soils. But weakly acid soils with good aeration and a high content of nutrients are preferable for potatoes.

The nutrient medium

At the beginning of its growth the potatoes are fed by the planted tuber. During the growth of the aboveground green mass and the formation of young tubers, the plant needs a lot of nutrients. Therefore it needs to be fed, but in moderation. So, with an excess of nitrogen intensively growing tops, which prolongs the growing season and slows the formation of tubers. In plants, the resistance to diseases decreases, nitrate accumulation takes place. If nitrogen is low, the productivity of the green mass decreases and the yield decreases.

With a balanced nitrogen content, the plant absorbs elements such as phosphorus and potassium well, thereby accelerating its development. Tubers are typed with starch, last longer, the quality of seeds improves.

Lack of phosphorus leads to a disruption in the development of plants: the bush is slightly branched, the flowering period, the formation of buds and tubers are delayed. With a lack of potassium, the roots and tissues of the plant develop poorly. Tubers grow small in size, elongated shape, in winter they are kept poorly. The excessive content of potassium in the soil contributes to the reduction of starch grain.

The soil should be fertilized with organic fertilizers. Diluted manure is made at the rate of five kilograms per square meter square. The fertilizer rate is increased to twenty kilograms for the previously unreported area. For information: fresh manure and lime is not recommended to make directly into the hole when planting potatoes. Tubers can marvel at the scab.

Humidity requirements

Potatoes like sufficient moisture, especially when there is a tops, buds and the flowering period is coming.

It is at this time tied tubers, the number and quality of which depends on the precipitation. If they are few, the growth of tubers stops, which affects the yield. And if a lot - the growth process also stops, the tubers begin to choke and rot.