Amazing potato "Ivan da Marya": description of the variety, characteristics, photos

It is very difficult to imagine our table without potatoes. In all forms, it is good - fried, stewed, mashed potatoes, french fries, just boiled potatoes, and all dishes can not be counted.

Potatoes appeared in Russia in the 17th century, Peter 1 from Holland brought it to us, but the Russian people did not accept the new culture and even called it “The Devil's Apple”, and only in the 19th century did the potato become one of the staple foods, the second bread.

The key to a high potato harvest is its variety. The main task of the gardener and gardener is not to make a mistake in choosing from a variety of varieties, and old, proven, and new products, to choose one that will meet all the requirements, both climatic and culinary.

Potatoes "Ivan da Marya": description of the variety

In Russia, Ivana da Maria is grown for a long time. This is a late ripe potato, it takes 115-120 days from germination to full maturity, but the process of vegetation may vary depending on the vagaries of the weather. Ivana da Marju was bred in Holland, his progenitor was the Picasso variety. In 1995, this variety was entered into the selection State Register and allowed to grow throughout Russia.

The bush of this variety is straight and tall, with a large number of large leaves, the shoots can bend straight to the ground. Blooms profuse, flowers are white and slightly creamy, but the inflorescences almost do not form, the flowers fall off very quickly.

Root crops of the correct, rounded oval form, a peel yellowish, specks and impregnations on it - pink, small eyes. The flesh is cut on a creamy color. The average weight of a tuber is 100-120 grams, it can reach 180 grams, there are almost no small tubers. The starch content is high - from 8 to 14 percent. This variety is rich in vitamin C, especially during the harvest period.

Compare this characteristic of potato, as the content of starch in it can be compared using the table below:

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A photo

Below in the photo you can see the potatoes "Ivan da Marya":

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Features of growing

Ivana da Maryu can be grown in almost any climate zone. The variety has become very popular among gardeners due to its unpretentiousness and drought resistance, it tolerates high temperatures of soil and air, does not require special farming techniques. Planting should begin early, given the local climate, but most importantly - during the blooming of the leaves on the birch.

This variety prefers light fertile soils, slightly acidified.. Potatoes grow poorly on heavily limed soils and are exposed to scab. Ivan da Marya is a very high-yielding variety, with one bush you can collect 15-20 tubers. The yield of commodity tubers is also high, reaching 94 percent. Potatoes are well stored, keeping quality - 90 percent, that is, after wintering, the potato loses only 10 percent of the crop.

The table below shows the keeping quality of other varieties of potatoes:

Read more about the storage of potatoes: time, temperature, places and problems. And also how to store roots in the winter, in a vegetable store, cellar or apartment, as well as on the balcony, in drawers, in the refrigerator and peeled.

Diseases and pests

The variety is resistant to many potato diseases:

• to phytophthora;
• to potato cancer;
• to leaf curl virus;
• to viruses A and Yn.

The main disadvantage of this variety is a high defeat of potato scab. With scab disease on the tubers cracks, growths, warts appear, taste deteriorates, the starch content in potatoes decreases. Sick potatoes can not be used for planting. In addition, Ivan da Marya may degeneratetherefore it is important to change the planting material in time. To get a high yield, only healthy, non-diseased tubers should be selected for planting.

In order to protect the potatoes from scab disease, do not immediately apply lime or uncured manure to the soil just before planting.

Liming of the soil reduces its acidity, and as mentioned above, potatoes Ivan-da-Marya loves acidified soils.

Read also about such common potato diseases as Alternaria, Fusarium, Verticillis, Late Blight.

Before planting tubers with sprouts, it is desirable to treat them with the drug "Agat -25-K", this increases the yield and develops resistance to various diseases.

All gardeners, gardeners known such a potato attack, as the Colorado potato beetle! In small household plots of the Colorado potato beetle and its larvae are usually harvested by hand and must be burned. To combat this pest using both folk methods and industrial insecticides. There are many chemical preparations and means for spraying potatoes, including Inta-Vir, Bowerin, Mospilan, Aktara, Bankol, Bitoxibacillin, Regent, Corado, Prestige.

A warning measure is planting next to the potato beds of plants with a frightening, strong odor, such as garlic, marigold, calendula. Among the folk remedies - spraying infusions of garlic, tomato tops, a mixture of wormwood and ash.

You can see a way to fight the Colorado potato beetle without chemistry in this video:

Caring for already planted potatoes consists in loosening, harrowing the soil, hilling bushes, mulching, watering and fertilizing. To speed up growth and protect potatoes from disease during budding, the bushes need to be sprayed with Epin-Extra. Despite the fact that this variety is drought resistantIf possible, use a drip irrigation or watering system at all stages of potato development.

Read more on our website about whether hilling is necessary for potatoes, how to carry it out, how to do it correctly by hand or walker and whether it is possible to grow a good crop without weeding and hilling. And also, what to feed the potatoes, when and how to apply fertilizers, how to do it properly when planting, which of the dressings are the best and what is the strength of mineral fertilizers.

We hope that Ivan da Maria will not let gardeners, gardeners, and all our recommendations will help you grow a high yield.

We also offer to familiarize yourself with other varieties of potatoes that have different ripening terms:

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