Potatoes are a tuberous herb that can grow up to 1 meter in height. The underground part of the stem gives underground shoots, at the ends of which tubers grow, which are eaten. Belongs to the genus Solanaceae.

Potatoes are grown in many household plots. Bellarosa potatoes are very popular. This is one of the modern varieties belonging to the early maturing group. The variety is distinguished by high yield, good taste and disease resistance.

Homeland of Bellarose potatoes

The variety originates in the 2000s. It was bred by German breeders and recommended for cultivation in Eastern Europe. But, due to its taste, Belarossa potatoes quickly gained popularity in other countries. In Russia it is included in the State Register in 2006. We grow it mainly in the Urals. It gives a good harvest in the northwestern, central and southern regions of the Russian Federation.

Important! In the southern regions, the White Rose potato manages to give two harvests per season.

Main characteristics

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Like all types of potatoes, Bellarosa has its own distinctive properties, which characterize the variety according to various parameters:

  • The tubers are oval or round;
  • The peel is pinkish, thick, rough;
  • The pulp is creamy, crumbly when cooked, sweetish, good taste;
  • The eyes are sparse, small in size;
  • Tuber, on average, weighing 200 gr., Up to 10 pcs. on a bush;
  • Starch - 12.7-15.8%

Bellarosa Potatoes

Description

The variety has a very beautiful appearance. Its height reaches 75 cm. The foliage is dark green, the stem is strong. The flowers have a beautiful lilac color.

Due to its resistance to diseases, it has an unchanged appearance for a long time. The stems wilt by the time they ripen. Freshly dug tubers at maturity have a pink peel, slightly rough. Tuber weight - on average 180-210 g. Cases of obtaining tubers weighing 800 g were recorded. The pulp is yellow and creamy yellow, after cooking it is crumbly. In terms of consumer qualities, it gains 6 points out of 9, can be used in the preparation of almost any dish, but soups are especially tasty, and also well suited for frying.

Yield

The variety has a good yield. On average, it gives up to 350 centners per hectare, regardless of weather conditions and soil fertility. Potatoes in the nest are even, usually 8-10 pcs. In the best years, the yield can reach up to 40 tons per hectare.

Harvest

Ripening terms

The variety belongs to ultra-early ripening. It takes 2 months from planting to harvesting. In the southern regions, bellarosu is planted twice. The first harvest is made in July, and the second time is dug up in September.

Important! The ultra-early potato variety White Rose can be dug out after 55 days. You can dig in even after 40 days from the moment of planting.

Bellarosa potatoes, main characteristics:

  1. High productivity;
  2. Ultra early maturity;
  3. Undemanding to soil fertility;
  4. Good keeping quality;
  5. Disease resistance.

Some gardeners notice the lack of flowering in this variety of potatoes. This is due to the early maturity of the variety. This has no effect on the quality and size of tubers.

Agrotechnics

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Since this is an ultra-early ripening variety, it can be grown in early spring from April. The seeds can be bought.In the event that Bellarose seed potatoes remain from the last harvest, they are first germinated. For this, in the first decade of April, the potatoes are taken out of storage. Now, before planting, he should be in a room where the temperature is about 15 degrees and in the daytime it is light. During this period, eyes will sprout in the potato - small shoots will appear.

Important! When sprouting, potatoes will not rot if they are laid out in one layer.

Potatoes are planted in holes. The distance between the holes is 40 cm, and between adjacent rows - 90 cm, the depth of the hole is up to 10 cm.

Planting potatoes

To obtain a high yield, potassium-phosphorus fertilizer is first placed in the hole and only then potatoes. After that, the hole is filled up.

For productive cultivation, additional feeding is necessary. It is best to apply magnesium containing fertilizers.

Fertilization schedule:

  1. The appearance of the first shoots. Manure infusion is used as fertilizer;
  2. Pre-flowering phase. Urea or ash is suitable for feeding;
  3. Bloom. It is best to use a mixture of manure infusion and superphosphate.

Attention! Fertilizer should not be applied if the soil is dry. This can burn the roots. This means that watering is required before any feeding.

All subsequent care is reduced to loosening, hilling and weeding. Weeds are removed as needed. This will have to be done more than once during the season.

Important! The resistance of this variety to metribuzin is negligible. It is this substance that is part of the weed control products. This means that it is impossible to use these preparations in areas with this variety of potatoes; it is better to weed by other methods.

Bella rossa - potatoes are very responsive to loosening. This procedure provides oxygen to the roots. Loosening is carried out when the potato is not yet large: its stems have not exceeded 15 cm.

As soon as the height of the potatoes has become larger, loosening should be replaced by hilling. The essence of hilling is raking the earth to the potatoes. This gives it greater resilience, helps to fight weeds, and also increases the access of moisture and oxygen to the roots.

Hilling potatoes

In order to get a high yield, it is better to allocate sunny places for planting.

About a week before digging up the potatoes, you need to mow the tops. This procedure promotes ripening, such potatoes are better stored.

For storage, rooms are used where the air temperature does not warm up above 10 degrees. Stored up to 7-8 months.

Advantages and disadvantages

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Bella rossa potatoes have a number of advantages that explain its popularity among the population:

  • Not afraid of drought. This quality is especially appreciated by those who cannot often visit the site and water it, as well as those who have very large potato areas that cannot be watered by hand. It produces a good harvest even in dry seasons;
  • Undemanding to the soil. This varietal potato can be planted in any soil and will grow well, except for loamy soil. However, do not despair if it is she who is on your site. Everything can be fixed; for this, the site is dug up, bringing in sand and humus. Or, before planting potatoes, you can first sow the site with siderates;
  • Tuber resistance. Potatoes have a rather thick peel, so when digging out, the tubers are rarely damaged;
  • Disease resistance. Bellarose's potato has a distinctive characteristic that makes it very popular - it's resistance to diseases. Bellarosa is highly resistant to cancer, leaf curl, viruses and potato nematodes. It is resistant to black leg, has an average resistance to late blight of tubers and tops and scab;

Attention! Although potatoes are disease resistant, they must be protected from the Colorado potato beetle, which can cause significant damage.

  • Storage duration. Usually early potato varieties are stored little, but not this one.If it is stored correctly, then the losses during storage will be only 6%.

All this taken together ensures the high popularity of the variety.

It is impossible not to mention the disadvantages. There are few of them:

  • Demanding for light. In case of poor lighting, the tubers become smaller;
  • Instability to late blight.

As it became clear, the cultivation technique for potatoes of the Bellorosa variety is simple. The advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Even a novice gardener, subject to all conditions, can get a high yield.

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