Potatoes Sonny: Variety description, photo, reviews, care, productivity and features

Imported into the country only three hundred years ago, the potato quickly took the leading position, becoming the "second bread" in traditional Russian cuisine. Amazing this tuber breed is loved by breeders, who are constantly searching for the perfect vegetable.

About one such find, which appeared recently, our publication will tell. This potato is a variety Bogatyr or Sonny, the differences in the name of which are due to the fact that the agrotechnical tests have not yet been tested and, accordingly, are not registered with the State Register of the Russian Federation. However, successfully cultivated by farmers and truck farmers, he managed to find many supporters and loyal fans. Let's find out in more detail what the sonny is like.

Description of grade characteristics

Son - a product of popular selection of medium late maturity. It is characterized by high (60-70 cm) upright voluminous shrubs with moderate spreading. The stems are covered with juicy-green simple leaves with a slightly wavy edge, which remain on the shoots until the harvest itself.

The height of the bush depends on the degree of fertility of the soil: a more nutritious medium stimulates and a greater volume of green mass. Flowering is abundant, begins in the middle of summer: white, fairly large flowers, gathered in compact corollas, fade in 2-4 days. Berries are formed a little.

The root system is developed, each bush is able to form 8-15 first-class potatoes, and in areas with fertile soil - up to 25 pieces, with non-standard trifles and defective tubers almost does not happen.

Characterized potatoes Sonny (description of the variety, photos, reviews confirm this) accurate, one-dimensional tubers, reaching a mass of 75 to 350 g. Oval-flat form, a small number of unobtrusive eyes, usually concentrated on the top of the tuber, mesh, thin creamy pink peel - This is how the potato looks like a new variety.

Tubers are located within a radius of 20 to 40 cm from the center of the bush at a depth of 8 to 30 cm (depending on the structure of the soil). Their flesh is bright white, dense.

Advantages of the variety

Potato The son, the description of the variety, photos and features of which you can see in our article, is famous for its universality - it can be cultivated in different climatic latitudes. It is resistant to abrupt changes in the weather, without damage suffers short-lived cooling, extreme heat, excessive moisture or lack of water.

Ogorodniki, who got acquainted with the variety, note the remarkable taste of tubers, which is promoted later by maturing and the average content of starch (13.5-14%).

Sonny - table medium late. From the appearance of sprouts to the full ripening of tubers (depending on the region) is at least 4 months. The described variety is capable of giving up to 7-8 kg of potatoes from the bush. Again, in different parts of the country the yields vary considerably, but judging by the responses, the fact remains that everywhere it is high enough.

It is impossible not to note the excellent resistance to diseases, which differs potatoes Sonny. The description of the variety, photos, reviews underscore its characteristic confrontation with potato cancer, nematode, crude rot, scab. True, judging by the responses, a little lower the resistance of this plant to such an adversity as late blight.

To the listed advantages we add also profitability, as the seed material, unlike many varieties of potato, is not subject to degeneration and does not require frequent renewal. In addition, for landing, owners often use not a whole tuber, but parts of it, with their eyes on them.

On the issue of transgenicity

Among the opinions in the Internet space today there are opinions that the cultivar Bogatyr or Sonok is genetically modified. However, no one has been able to confirm or deny this yet.

At the moment it is impossible to clarify how true or false this statement is, one can only hope that the official recognition of the grade by the State Register of the Russian Federation will clarify the situation. We just state the fact and take it as a conditional drawback.

Advantages of the variety

And the advantages of Sonny, judging by the numerous responses, include the following factors:

1. Ability to grow in regions with different climatic conditions.
2. High yield.
3. Resistance to traditional potato diseases.
4. Minimal effort during cultivation.
5. One-dimensionality and the absence of substandard tubers.
6. Adaptability to long-term storage.
7. Versatility of the variety and excellent taste.

Peculiarities of growing

Experienced gardener tell how to plant potatoes Sonny. Description of the variety, photos, reviews demonstrate the unpretentiousness and enviable economy of the variety. Prepare the inoculum as follows: pre-etched with manganese and sprouted tubers are cut with a clean sharp knife into parts, each of which has 2-3 eyes. The segments are slightly dried in the sun, powdered with ashes and planted in a square-nest method, deepening by 10-15 cm and maintaining a distance of 70 cm between the bushes. 2-3 of the tubers receive 10-14 full-grown bushes.

The site before planting is dug, lay on the holes a nutrient mixture of humus and wood ash. Potatoes are planted by the Sonny as early as possible: in April or early May, when the soil is moistened to the maximum, but still orientated towards regional weather features. So, in areas with cold spring potatoes are planted later, but the size of the tubers will be somewhat smaller.

Care of plantings

The first appeared weeds should be cut, and the soil under the bushes slightly loosen, trying not to damage the roots. When the bush grows and shadows cast, the weed will not hurt.

In order to increase the yield, it is necessary to supplement the plants with a full complex fertilizer 2-3 times (for example, "Kemira", "Fertika"). In conditions of temperate latitudes, it is not necessary to irrigate, in dry summer one-two-times watering is carried out. A pleasant feature of the variety, judging by the responses, is the optional weeding and hilling. But mulching straw or mown grass is a very effective way to increase productivity by maintaining a normal level of soil moisture. We will repeat that the Son is not inclined to degeneration and has excellent immunity, therefore, the seed can be selected annually.

The potatoes stored for storage do not require subsequent bulkheading and rejection, remaining almost completely. Are not affected by putrefactive processes, even damaged when digging out the tubers, they are perfectly stored.

Application in Cooking

The universality of the variety extends to its use in Russian cuisine.

When cooking and frying, in baked puddings and mashed potatoes - in all dishes, the Sonka is equally delicious. Description of the variety, photos, reviews, guaranteeing not only the simplicity in cultivation, but also the excellent taste of the product, are confirmed in practice.

Where can I buy?

Later ripening gives the tuber to accumulate a significant amount of valuable nutritional compounds and vitamins. A low starchiness does not allow you to boil, keeping the shape and white color, characterizing it, as the representative of the potato represents the description of the variety.

The price (quite democratic), according to which you can buy seed material today, is positioned mainly by farmers or amateur gardeners at Avito. Here you can buy 30 seeds for 100 rubles or reserve seed tubers, costing 400 rubles for 0.5 kg.