Among farmers, Adretta potatoes are very popular. It is easy to plant, hill, fertilize and store. Resistant to various types of diseases. The only thing that does not tolerate - severe drought.
General characteristics of the variety
Adretta bred about twenty years ago and belongs to the table varieties of potatoes. It is very popular because it has good taste, which is widely used for cooking various dishes. Adretta has a friable structure after boiling due to the starch content - 16%.
The bush itself is an upright plant with deep green leaves. The flowers have white corollas. The tuber is oval, the flesh is yellow, the peel is the same color with a small number of small shoots. On average, a potato of this variety weighs about 130 grams.
Adretta gives high productivity (40-45 tons per 1 ha). About 25 tubers can form on one bush. The ripening period lasts from 70 to 105 days, depending on the care and weather conditions.
Popularity among gardening enthusiasts also lies in the simple maintenance of the above variety, since it is resistant to most viruses, pests and tolerates various weather conditions.
Features of planting, growing and care
To get a good harvest, you should pay attention to some features in the cultivation of the variety Adretta.
Landing
Experts recommend buying potatoes for planting in specialized stores for complete confidence in its quality.
Before planting, potatoes should be soaked in plain water for 48 hours. Gardeners advise hardening for 10 days. To do this, soaked potatoes are placed in the refrigerator for the whole night, and in the daytime they maintain the water temperature from 22 to 24 degrees.
Additionally, potatoes are placed in boxes. They need to be filled with land and peat in a ratio of 1: 4 and fertilized. The most suitable time for this is the first week of April.
After the appearance of the first shoots, the tubers are stacked in rows with a distance of about 10 cm between each strip and at least 5 cm between the potatoes themselves. Sprinkle with a thin layer of sand. Each box is covered with foil and placed in a warm place.
Often, within 7-14 days you can see the first shoots. After the appearance of the first 2-3 leaves, plants should be transplanted into small plastic containers.
Before planting, tubers can be treated with wood ash. This procedure will increase the yield and level of starch in potatoes.
Also, for the disinfection of planting stock, tubers are placed in a special solution. For its preparation, boric acid (10 g), copper sulfate (6 g), potassium permanganate (1 g) are used. All components are dissolved in 5 l of water.
Pre-treatment of tubers before planting reduces the risk of developing various diseases during plant growth, and also helps to increase yields and improve the taste of Adretta potatoes.
In early May, you can begin to plant Adretta in the ground. This variety is unpretentious to the composition of the soil, but it is advisable to choose a place in which there will be a good flow of moisture to the roots. Potato growing areas should be well lit.
The holes should be dug with a depth of about 10 cm, the distance to the next hole is up to 40 cm, and between the rows - 50 cm. A small amount of cow and urea humus is preliminarily placed in each hole.
To prevent the rapid evaporation of moisture after planting, level the soil with a rake.
Hilling
You need to cultivate the Adretta variety twice a season. This will help not only prevent moisture loss, but also contribute to the formation of new roots and tubers, as well as saturate the earth with oxygen.
They huddle for the first time when the first stems reach a height of about 10 cm. Repeat the procedure when the bush reaches a height of at least 20 cm.
Hilling is carried out on moist soil at the very beginning of the day or in the evening. The sun's rays of the day can cause the death of the plant, so it is extremely undesirable to deal with the procedure during the day.
If planting was carried out in a dry or hot climate, and there is no possibility of regular watering, you should abandon the earthing up and just regularly loosen the soil and remove weeds.
Soil loosening
This procedure will saturate the soil with air. It is advisable to carry it out after watering.
When cultivating the Adretta cultivar, special attention should be paid to the fact that the roots of this plant are not very deep, so you need to loosen them carefully so as not to damage them.
It is advisable to carry out loosening together with weeding, which, in turn, will greatly facilitate the removal of weeds.
Additionally, after weeding, the soil is mulched. This will help prevent the land from drying out and control weed growth.
Watering
Adretta does not tolerate both drought and excessive soil moisture. Therefore, it is necessary to control the normal level of soil moisture and water this variety only as the soil dries.
On average, about 4 liters of water are allocated per bush. Watering is preferably carried out by the method of sprinkling, since this method will moisten not only the soil, but also the air around the potatoes.
24 hours after watering, manual loosening of the earth is carried out.
Fertilizer
Experts advise fertilizing the Adrett variety in the morning or evening hours, preferably on a sunny, calm day. Gardeners give some tips for fertilizing this type of potato:
- In the case of weak and thin shoots, when the leaves are unhealthy, you should begin the first feeding of plants. To do this, in equal proportions take urea and ammonium nitrate in the amount of 1 tbsp. l and diluted in 10 liters of water.
Instead of the above fertilizers, fresh cow and bird droppings are also used in a ratio of 500 ml per 10 l of pure water. Under the bush make about 0.5 kg of the above fertilizers. - During the formation of buds, you need to carry out the following dressing to accelerate the flowering of potatoes. Dissolve 3 tbsp. ash and 1 tbsp. potassium sulfate in 10 liters of water. Usually, no more than 0.5 l of such fertilizer is applied under each plant.
- Adretta should be fed a third time during flowering to accelerate and increase the growth of potatoes. To create a fertilizer mixture in 10 l of water, 250 ml of cow or bird droppings are diluted and 2 tablespoons of phosphorus fertilizer are added. This mixture is applied in 500 ml for each potato bush.
Pest and Disease Control
Adretta refers to varieties that are resistant to pests and diseases. However, in order to prevent crop loss, preventative measures should be taken to protect potatoes.
The following are the types of diseases and pests, as well as methods of control and prevention:
Late blight
This disease is characterized by the appearance of dark brown spots that appear on the leaves and stems of the plant, which causes rotting and drying of the potato.
Gray rot is formed on the tubers. When such a disease appears, it is necessary to treat all affected plants with a solution of copper oxychloride (40 g per 10 l of water) or Kuproksat (no more than 3 l per 1 ha).
Spend processing 3 times with an interval of 10 days. To prevent the occurrence of late blight on the variety Adretta, it is advisable to plant this potato separately from other nightshade or increase the dose of potassium sulfate when feeding plants.
Macrosporiosis
It affects the whole plant. Its characteristic features are dry spots of brown color, as well as superficial ulcers.
To eliminate the plants are treated with Cuproxate (not more than 3 liters per 1 ha), copper chloroxide (40 g per 10 liters of water) or Abiga-Peak (50 g of the drug per 10 liters of water) 3 times with an interval of 10 days.
Such a disease often affects tomatoes, so experts recommend planting potatoes separately from them. For prevention, you can also do a deep digging of the soil during the fall.
Common scab
Such a disease is characterized by the appearance of rot on the tubers due to the strong moisture of the earth.
To combat this disease, it is advisable to use Kalimagnesia with superphosphate (30 g per 1 sq. M) before planting potatoes. This tool will help maintain the acidified condition of the earth. For prevention, you can treat the seeds with a formalin solution (500 ml per 100 l of water) for 3 minutes.
Aphid
These pests often infect a young plant, which contributes to its decay and drying. For destruction, you can use the following means for spraying potatoes:
- Forbecid solution (5 ml diluted in 5 l of water);
- a decoction of wormwood and tansy in a ratio of 1: 1;
- soap solution (35 g of soap in 10 liters of water).
To prevent the appearance of aphids, it is necessary to fertilize plants in a timely manner. You can also optionally plant dill or parsley around Adretta.
Colorado beetle
The danger of such pests lies in the fact that insects eat the leaves of the plant and buds, which often leads to the death of the entire bush.
If bugs are found, they are treated with Bitoxibacillin (100 ml of the drug per 10 liters of water) 3 times every week.
To prevent the appearance of this insect, you should periodically inspect the plant, collect larvae and destroy them in a high concentration of saline.
Greenhouse Whitefly
Such pests infect potato leaves, which can lead to the death of the bush. For destruction, spraying is carried out using Fosbetsida (40 ml of the substance are diluted in 10 liters of water). To prevent the occurrence of such pests, it is also advisable to plant potatoes separately from tomatoes.
Look here for more information on pests and methods of controlling them.
Storage conditions for potatoes
Harvesting is possible in late July or early August. Before sending potatoes for storage, carefully inspect all potatoes for damage and remove all spoiled ones. Also, to increase the shelf life, it is advisable to dry them for several hours in the fresh air.
They keep this variety in the basement at a temperature not exceeding 30 degrees and a humidity of about 85%. The crops are stored in wooden crates, which must be placed on small elevations to evaporate excess moisture. To prevent the appearance of sprouts, several apples should be placed between the potatoes.
If you follow all the above recommendations, the Adretta variety retains all its properties for a long time and does not become sweet with a strong decrease in temperature.
Pros and Cons of Potatoes
TO merits Addresses should include:
- good harvest;
- relatively quick ripening;
- large tubers;
- long shelf life;
- good adaptability to soil composition and weather conditions;
- the variety is resistant to various diseases.
The above varieties of potatoes have practically no drawbacks. These include only a decrease in yield during severe drought and the formation of sprouts during prolonged storage.
Reviews
Potato Adretta for many years has not lost its popularity, despite the fact that there are a large number of different varieties. The following are reviews of people who grow this potato:
Valentina, 56 years old. For several years now we have been planting Adrett potatoes. I like its taste, the speed of maturation and ease of cultivation. We always plant in mid-April, and our neighbors during the May holidays. The whole family is very fond of young jacket potatoes, as it is not only very tasty, but also rich in vitamins.
Peter, 48 years old. Three years ago, after listening to his friend’s advice, he also decided to take a sample of Adretta’s bag. The harvest was excellent, no disease hit the potatoes, and the taste was at its best. Now for the third year now I have been planting this variety and am pleased with both the dishes from it and the speed of ripening.
Elena, 39 years old. Good potatoes, ripen quickly, but should be harvested in a timely manner. It has a sweet taste and yellow flesh. Great for cooking in a double boiler, you can eat fried. It is stored for a long time, without losing its qualities.
Alina, 54 years old. We have been planting for more than 10 years, the harvest is always beautiful. This variety makes excellent mashed potatoes, you can store it in the basement almost all winter - the potatoes are just as tasty. We usually start landing at the end of April. The only negative is the frequent defeat of Adretta by the Colorado potato beetle, however, most varieties of potatoes are affected by this pest.
Vladislav, 45 years old. Very tasty and crumbly potatoes. A big plus is its speed of maturation and unpretentiousness in leaving, it can also be planted more than one year in a row. By cons I can attribute the fact that the soil should be selected lighter and loose, in the rainy season the crop may disappear due to rotting tubers.
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Adretta belongs to the popular varieties of potatoes among both professional and novice gardeners, because it has an excellent taste, ripens quickly, is unpretentious in maintenance, is not susceptible to disease, and also gives a fairly rich harvest.