“Tuscany” is a tasty and fruitful multi-purpose potato. It can be grown on different soils, the variety is suitable for personal subsidiary farms, farms and large industrial fields.
Shrubs are resistant to diseases and pests, tolerate the vagaries of the weather, and the seed does not degenerate for a long time.
A detailed description of the variety, its main characteristics and cultivation features can be found in our article.
Origin
Potato varieties "Tuscany" bred by German breeders. The originator is Solana, a company specializing in the production of promising hybrids of vegetables.
The grade is recommended for industrial or amateur cultivation, tubers can be planted on any soilin regions with a temperate continental sharply continental climate. Potatoes are suitable for sale, production of semi-finished products (frozen fries, soup mixes, chips).
Tuscany Potatoes: variety description and photo
| Grade name | Tuscany |
| general characteristics | high yield table variety |
| Gestation period | 70-90 days |
| Starch content | 12-14% |
| Mass of commercial tubers | 90-125gr |
| The number of tubers in the bush | 7-11 |
| Yield | 210-400 centners / ha |
| Consumer quality | good taste, the flesh does not darken when sliced, weakly boiled soft |
| Recumbency | 93% |
| Skin color | yellow |
| Pulp color | yellow |
| Preferred growing regions | any |
| Disease resistance | the variety is resistant to nematode, cancer, scab, blackleg, rhizoctoniosis, moderately resistant to late blight and tuber flora |
| Features of growing | sprouting tubers before planting is not required, watering is desirable in the dry season |
| Originator | Solana (Germany) |
Tuscany - a high-yielding mid-season table variety. Vegetation period - 70-90 days.
Productivity depends on climatic conditions and nutritional value of the soil, ranging from 210 to 400 centners per hectare. Maximum recorded yield - 460 centners per hectare. Potatoes ripen amicably, the first tubers can be undermined already in the middle of summer, but the main harvest should be postponed to the end of the growing season.
The table below shows for comparison the yields of other varieties of potatoes with different ripening terms:
| Grade name | Yield |
| Tuscany | 210-400 centners / ha |
| Rocco | 350-600 c / ha |
| Nikulinsky | 170-410 c / ha |
| Red lady | 160-340 c / ha |
| Uladar | 350-700 c / ha |
| Queen Anne | 100-500 c / ha |
| Elmundo | 245-510 c / ha |
| Asterix | 130-270 c / ha |
| Slav | 180-330 c / ha |
| Picasso | 200-500 c / ha |
Harvested roots are well kept, according to official data, the keeping quality reaches 93%. During storage, the tubers do not lose their commercial quality; frequent sorting is not required. Long distance transportation possible.
Read more about what are the terms and temperature of storage of potatoes, what problems may arise. And also, how to store root crops in the winter, on the balcony, in drawers, in the refrigerator and peeled.
In the table below, for comparison, we provided information on such characteristics of other potato varieties as the mass of commercial tuber and keeping quality:
| Grade name | Mass of commodity tubers (grams) | Recumbency |
| Tuscany | 90-125 | 93% |
| Innovator | 100-150 | 95% |
| Labella | 180-350 | 98% |
| Bellarosa | 120-200 | 95% |
| Riviera | 100-180 | 94% |
| Gala | 100-140 | 85-90% |
| Lorch | 90-120 | 96% |
| Lemongrass | 75-150 | 90% |
Bushes of medium size, with moderately sprawling branches and abundant formation of green mass. Leaves are medium-sized, dark green, with weakly wavy edges and clearly traced veins. Corollas compact, collected from large, rapidly falling white flowers. Berries are low.
The root system is well developed, it forms under each bush 7-11 large potatoes. The amount of non-competitive stuff is minimal.
Planting care is easy. Potatoes are recommended to be etched and treated with a growth stimulator, the soil is thoroughly loosened, cleaned of impurities, fertilized with humus or wood ash. Twice during the planting season, spud, while removing weeds. To prevent their appearance in the future will help mulching.
In the dry season, watering is recommended, this significantly increases the yield. It is possible to feed once with a full mineral complex of fertilizers or organic matter.
Timely feeding of potato plantings in the correct proportions can significantly affect the yield.Read more about how to feed potatoes, when and how to apply fertilizer, how to do it when planting.
The variety is resistant to potato cancer, golden cystocephalous nematode, common scab, rhizoctoniosis, tuber rot, black leg. Late blight resistance of tubers and leaves is average.
Advantages and disadvantages
Among the main advantages of the variety:
- excellent taste of ripe tubers;
- resistance to mechanical damage;
- unpretentiousness;
- tolerance to weather extremes;
- drought tolerance;
- short rest period;
- good yield;
- resistance to typical solanaceous diseases.
Characteristics of the root
- tubers are large, weighing from 90 to 125 g;
- round-oval shape;
- root vegetables are beautiful, neat, aligned in shape and size;
- the peel is light yellow, evenly colored, moderately thin, smooth;
- eyes superficial, shallow, few, unpainted;
- the pulp on the cut is yellow or light yellow;
- starch content is low, ranging from 12 to 14%;
- dry matter content 19%;
- high content of protein, vitamins, beta carotene.
Potato has a pleasant taste, it is not too dry and not watery. Tubers when cutting do not darken, during cooking do not boil soft, keeping a beautiful light yellow color. Potatoes can be boiled, fried, stewed, baked, it is suitable for making mashed potatoes. It can be used for industrial purposes, root vegetables make good chips, frozen slices or sublimated mashed potatoes.
A photo
We offer you to get acquainted with the potato "Tuscany" in the photo:
Features of growing
Potatoes are undemanding for care and do not require special agricultural techniques. Light fertile soils are preferred, but planting in heavy loam is also possible. In this case, the soil should be fertilized with humus, and in the process of growing to feed the plantings with complex mineral fertilizer.
Landing is carried out in fully warmed soil, the exact time depends on the region. The soil should be carefully loosened, the bushes are located at a distance of 30 cm from each other, with 60 cm row spacing. The depth is small, not more than 10 cm.
Potato moisture-lovingIt is advisable to consider a drip irrigation system. If this is not possible, planting at least 2 times per season with soil wetting by 50 cm. To maintain a normal humidity level, it is recommended to mulch the rows between straws or mowed grass.
An important point of care - hilling with the formation of high ridges.Read about how to produce it, how to do it manually and with a walk-behind tractor, is it necessary to build up plants at all and is it possible to get a good crop without weeding and build-up?
Planting is recommended to feed once with organic matter or complex mineral fertilizer. Nitrogen-containing complexes can not be abused, the tubers will be small and small. Use and foliar top dressing with an aqueous solution of superphosphate. Shrubs are sprayed 10 days before harvest.
There are many ways to grow potatoes. We have prepared for you a lot of interesting information on this topic. Read about Dutch technology and getting a crop without weeding and hilling, about growing early varieties and how to turn this business into a profitable business. And also about how to grow potatoes from seed, under straw, in barrels, in bags, in boxes.
Diseases and pests
Late blight
For the prevention of planting it is recommended to spray copper-containing drugs. The introduction of wood ash into the soil during planting will help prevent the appearance of root rot or blackleg.
Read also about Alternaria, fusarium and verticillous wilting of potatoes.
As for pests, the main threat to planting is represented by the Colorado potato beetle and its larvae, wireworms, bears, potato moths. On our site you will find a lot of useful information on this topic:
- How to deal with the Colorado potato beetle: folk remedies and chemicals.
- How to get rid of the wireworm in the garden.
- Preparations for potato moth: part 1 and part 2.
- How to deal with Medvedka with the help of chemistry and folk remedies.
Industrial insecticides help from flying insects. Protect planting from the wireworm can also be treated with tubers, disinfecting the soil before planting. When harvesting, it is important to select all tubers from the ground that can become a breeding ground for the larvae.
Sort "Tuscany" - A great choice for lovers of high-quality potatoes of foreign breeding. The reputation of the company guarantees high yield, excellent taste and elegant appearance of tubers. Bushes are resistant to diseases, do not require painstaking care, perfectly take root on any soil.
We also offer you other varieties of potatoes with different ripening terms:
| Late-ripening | Medium early | Middle late |
| Picasso | Black Prince | Blue |
| Ivan da Marya | Nevsky | Lorch |
| Rocco | Darling | Ryabinushka |
| Slav | Lord of the expanses | Nevsky |
| Kiwi | Ramos | Courage |
| Cardinal | Taisiya | Beauty |
| Asterix | Lapot | Milady | Nikulinsky | Caprice | Vector | Dolphin | Svitanok Kiev | The hostess | Sifra | Jelly | Ramona |
