One of the most popular varieties of potatoes in our time is the Rosara variety. Before you plant this vegetable in your area, you should familiarize yourself with the characteristics of the variety, its pros and cons. We will talk about what the Rosar variety is, and how to grow it, later in the article.

Description and characteristics of the variety

Rosara is a popular potato variety among farmers. He was bred in Germany. In Russia and Europe, this table variety appeared in 1996. In appearance, Rosara is slightly different from other varieties: on the peel of pink or red are white or light pink eyes, the flesh is yellow. The bush grows medium in size, not sprawling, the tubers are the same, oval. The leaves of the bush are dark green, also oval. Rosara blooms with purple flowers with small yellow stamens.

Did you know? The largest potato tuber was raised by a farmer from Lebanon in 2008. The weight of the potato was 11 kg.

Consider in more detail the main characteristics of this vegetable:

• treats early grades;
• yields occur in late summer;
• 15-18 tubers weighing 150 g are collected from 1 bush;
• the amount of starch in tubers is 16%;
• the vegetable is resistant to various diseases.

Taste qualities

Rosar potato has a pleasant and delicate, not sugary taste. The pulp has a dense structure, due to which the tubers retain their shape during cooking. Since the variety contains a little starch, this potato is very suitable for preparing a variety of salads, and the yellow color of the pulp will make ordinary mashed potatoes more palatable. Due to its resistance to various diseases, a vegetable can be stored for a long time. In addition, it tolerates transportation well.

Important! Potatoes of the Rosar variety that are too young are undesirable to eat, because during heat treatment they release a lot of moisture and become very watery.

Ripening dates and productivity

Rosara is an early potato variety. The time from sprout formation to harvest is 70 days. If you carefully take care of the plantings, you can ensure that the yield increases from 15 to 24 tubers from 1 bush.

Advantages and disadvantages

• Consider in more detail the advantages of a vegetable:
• it is unpretentious to weather conditions grade;
• has resistance to disease;
• well transported;
• vegetable can be stored for a long time;
• during cooking does not boil.

• The disadvantages include the following:
• the taste of this potato is revealed only in ripened vegetables.

Planting and growing varieties

To get a good crop, it is necessary to observe the planting dates, plant potatoes in soil suitable for this variety, and also properly prepare for planting and plant a crop.

Landing time

Rosar's variety is thermophilic, so you can not plant it in early spring - the end of May is considered the optimal period for planting. If you plant a vegetable at this time, you can harvest in August. And when planting in April, the yield is likely to decrease significantly.

Crop rotation rules

For proper crop rotation, you need to consider which crops grew in the site selected for planting. It is best to grow a vegetable on the soil where beets, cabbage, cucumbers, legumes, zucchini and pumpkins, as well as onions, previously grew. But the soil where solanaceous crops grew is not suitable for potatoes.

Did you know? If you plant cabbage or cucumbers after potatoes infected with the Colorado potato beetle, after a year the beetles will disappear in this area.

Soil requirements

As for other vegetable crops, it is necessary to carefully select the soil for planting for Rosara potatoes. Clay soil, as well as black soil, is suitable. Potatoes should not be planted in the same part of the garden several times - the place needs to be changed every year.

In autumn, you need to weed a plot of land where potatoes will be planted in spring, feed the soil with special fertilizers or humus, then plow or dig. With the onset of spring, as soon as the earth dries and warms up to + 10 ° C, it must again be plowed. The deeper the soil is plowed, the better.

Preparing planting material

Seeds and tubers of the Rosara variety are purchased at farmers' stores, or tubers that have been postponed from last year's crop are used. Before planting a vegetable in open ground, planting material must be processed.

See potato ripening time from planting to harvesting.

This requires:

1. Sort tubers (rotten and defective to throw away). Suitable tubers for planting should weigh 50-100 g.
2. With the advent of spring, take out the planting potatoes in a warm, well-lit place. This is necessary so that it sprouts. The temperature should be + 15 ° C.
3. 7 days before planting, potatoes must be hardened. To do this, lower it into the cellar, where the temperature is +4 ... + 6 ° C.
4. Large tubers that have threadlike roots are best discarded because they are not suitable for planting.
5. Large potatoes need to be cut. Thus, from 1 tuber 2 potato bushes can be obtained.

Landing technology

Landing technology consists of the following steps:

1. 1-2 hours before planting, cut the tubers in half so that there is a sprout on each part, and place in fresh air so that they dry slightly.
2. Fertilize the earth with a mixture of grated eggshell and ash, as well as onion husks.
3. If the soil has an admixture of sand, then make holes for potatoes with a depth of 10 cm, and if there is an admixture of clay - 6-8 cm. The distance between the pits between should be 0.5 m, and between the rows - 15 cm more.
4. Fill the hole with fertilizer, then put the potatoes and bury.
5. After planting potatoes, the plot needs to be watered.

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Features of potato care after planting

To obtain a large and high-quality crop of Rosar potatoes, it is necessary to properly care for the plantings. Before the potato sprouts, you need to bury the soil to fill it with oxygen. This must be done 7 days after planting, and the second time - another 7 days. When the seedlings grow by 10 cm, the plantings need to be weeded - this will not only remove weeds, but also fill the soil with air again. Within 1.5 months, you need to weed 3 times, with an interval of 1 week.

In addition, during this period, hilling should be carried out. This procedure is to additionally cover the stems of potato bushes with soil and protect them from pests, as well as possible frosts. In addition, hilling contributes to the emergence of additional roots and the formation of tubers. Potato bushes need to be covered with soil to the base of the leaves. This procedure should be carried out twice with an interval of 14 days. It is necessary to water Rosar in moderation. On ordinary days, bushes are watered every 10 days.

Important! Before using copper sulfate, note that it does not combine with organophosphorus pesticides and substances that decompose in an alkaline environment.

In hot weather, 1 liter of water needs to spend 5 liters of water. On rainy days, do not dampen the soil. When the potato begins to bloom, you need to fertilize the plants with a solution of water and mullein. 10 l of solution is required per 1 m² - for this you need to mix 1 bucket of manure with 4 buckets of water. And in order to avoid the appearance of parasites and microorganisms on the plant, seedlings must be treated with copper sulfate. For processing, 1.5 tablespoons of copper sulfate should be diluted in 10 liters of water.

Possible growing difficulties

Since the Rosar variety is resistant to various diseases and even late blight, the only pest that poses a danger to the vegetable is the Colorado potato beetle. If you do not start to fight this insect in a timely manner, all tubers can die. To get rid of the striped parasite, you need to purchase insecticides in specialized stores and spray bushes with bugs.

Harvesting and storage of crops

Harvest should be in late August. Given the resistance of this variety to diseases, during the digging of potatoes almost no spoiled tubers come across. For the crop to be well stored, the potatoes must be fully ripe. Dried tops indicate complete ripening of the vegetable.

The dug potatoes should be dried in the fresh air so that sunlight does not fall on it. It is best to store potatoes in a dry cellar, where the temperature will be +3 ... + 4 ° C.

Read also about how to properly store potatoes in the cellar.

Potatoes of the Rosara variety have a beautiful skin color and pulp, as well as a pleasant taste and low starch content. It will take its rightful place on your table, and knowledge of all the subtleties of growing this variety will help to get a rich harvest.

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