Early potatoes Karatop: a description of the variety, photo, reviews

Relatively recently, a variety of early potatoes, Karatop, was bred in Germany. Breeders wanted to breed a unique variety, and they practically succeeded. This sort of potato gives a stable and rich harvest in the early days. He from the positive side has proved himself in many summer residents.

Variety description

Many gardeners and truck farmers, hearing about this plant, want to know a detailed description of the variety, photos, reviews about the potato Karatop.

Fruits are not large, have a round-oval, oval shape. The average mass of the tuber is 65-100 g. The pulp is medium-grained, light yellow in color. The rind is smooth with a yellow tint, has a slight roughness.

Fruit characteristics and other characteristics of the variety

• The period of ripening. This variety belongs to the early ripening. The vegetative period of potatoes is 65 days. Collect the harvest can be already on the 50th day after planting.
• Productivity. The description of the early Karatop potato variety, photos and reviews indicates that the plant is characterized by a high yield indicator. After 1.5 months after planting, more than 30 tons of potatoes can be harvested from 1 hectare. In 2 months after planting (at the end of the ripening period) the yield can be 50 tons.
• The soil. This variety grows well in almost all types of soil. Additional care and nutrition is required for the plant if it grows on heavy soils with a granulometric composition.
• Watering. Comments and description of the Karatop potato variety confirm that the plant does not tolerate drought well. Without artificial or natural irrigation tubers are very slowly formed. At the end of the growing season, the quality of the crop is significantly reduced.

• Resistance to diseases. This plant is characterized by its resistance to various diseases that affect potatoes: potato cancer, glandular spot, viruses Y and A, nematode, late blight of foliage. According to the description of the variety, photos and reviews, the potato Karatop shows little resistance to blight of tubers.
• Appointment and taste. Karatop is widely used both in home cooking and in industrial cooking. The quality of the variety is 97%.
• On a 5-point scale, the potato taste is rated at 4.7 points. When heat treated, the potatoes are well digested. It can be used both for making purees, chips, and for freezing.

Characteristics of shoots

A potato of medium height potato is characterized by a high rate of development. Vegetation has a spreading or semi-spreading form. The variety is of intermediate type, semi-straight. The plant is characterized by the absence or weak anthocyanin staining of the stem. Leaves are medium in size, intermediate. The green color of the plant, the edge of the leaf with a barely noticeable wave. During flowering, a small amount of white-colored flowers is formed. In one bush, about 25 medium-sized tubers are formed.

How to grow seed?

Description of the variety, reviews and photos of the Karatop potatoes are already known, but how to prepare the plant for planting? The main thing is to observe the technology of germinating tubers. Remember that potatoes should be "awakened" in time after wintering. Only in this case will it yield a good harvest.

Low yield can occur as a result of damage to the shoots Colorado beetle. This pest begins to attack the potatoes at the end of May. Unbreakable, tender young shoots can be damaged. Therefore, it is necessary to grow roots correctly and in time. Then by the time of the appearance of these beetles the potato will have time to grow and grow stronger.

The germination of the plant occurs in the following sequence:

• Potatoes are taken from the storage. Inspect the tubers for damage.
• Choose only healthy potatoes of medium size. Small and large tubers should not be used for planting. They are disinfected. It is necessary to use such components: 10 g of copper sulfate, boric acid, magnesium sulfate, zinc sulphate, 0.5 kg of ash, 2 g of potassium permanganate. All components should be thoroughly mixed and diluted with 10 liters of water. In this solution, the selected tubers should be placed for approximately 30 minutes.
• We dry the disinfected potatoes in boxes. But remember, you can not place more than 3 rows in each box. The boxes should be placed in a well-lit place. The air temperature in the room should be in the limit of 15 ^° C.
• A week before planting the tubers should be placed in a bucket of water with diluted sawdust. Wet potatoes should again be placed in boxes and wrap them with a leaky film.
• The next day, boxes with sowing potatoes are covered with sawdust before landing in the open ground.
• During this time the tubers will give good shoots, sufficient for sowing.

Correct planting of potatoes

Description of the variety of Karatop potatoes, photos and reviews indicate that the culture needs timely watering in arid days and proper hilling.

Care of the plant is very important, but special attention should be paid to planting it.

First of all, we must prepare the soil. It is better that the earth was dug up in the fall. When digging into the soil add compost, superphosphate and wood ash. These components should be added separately, after which the soil should be well loosened by rakes.

Many people think that manure is more effective as a fertilizer. But this is not so. It promotes active release of nitrogen. The grown potatoes in such soil will blacken when cooking.

One month before planting, you should prepare the tubers in the manner described above.

Plant potatoes should be only when the upper layer of the soil warmed to a depth of 12 cm. Planted potatoes in the cold ground will not give enough tubers.

The tubers should be placed at a depth of 20 cm. You can put a mixture of humus and ash in the hole, filling it with 5 cm. Between the holes should be a distance of more than 30 cm. Otherwise, the tubers will have little space and they will not give the desired growth. Between the rows should be a distance of about 80 cm.

After planting, the land is leveled with rakes and watered abundantly. The first shoots can be seen in 10 days.

Reviews

It's amazing why this sort of potato is not very well known in our country. Most likely, there is not enough marketing promotion. Great variety. Potatoes Karatop has proved itself well. With proper care, you can get a good early harvest.

But some summer residents do not recommend planting this potato variety in arid regions. Otherwise it will be necessary to thoroughly water the plantings daily. The lack of moisture affects not only the quantity, but also the quality of the crop.

Conclusion

Many truck farmers will be interested in the Karatop potatoes. The description of the variety, photos of the early harvest will not leave indifferent the gardeners. After all, this is a great way to get an early good harvest of potatoes.