Potato Adretta: description and characteristics of the variety, reviews of summer residents with photos

Potato occupies a very important place in human nutrition and therefore its main characteristics are its good taste, high yield and resistance to pests and diseases. Adretta potatoes are in great demand among gardeners because they fully meet these requirements, although this variety was bred by a German breeder over 20 years ago.

Distinctive features and benefits of the variety

Characteristics of the Adretta potato plant:

• powerful stems;
• leaves are large, their color is light green;
• active flowering of the bush with white sprawling inflorescences;
• high yield - up to 40 tons per 1 ha or up to 12 fruits from one bush;
• mid-season variety - tubers ripen for 75-80 days;
• increased resistance to drought growing conditions;
• tolerates temperature fluctuations well.

In addition to all the above features, she also has a high resistance to late blight, nematode and cancer. Pests also bother her infrequently.

Consider the description of the potato variety Adretta, in relation to tubers:

• fruits have a thin, slightly rough skin and a yellowish center;
• small and few eyes;
• the shape of the potato is oval;
• weight up to 150 grams;
• starch content from 16 to 23%.

The characteristic of this variety is estimated by experts for the quality of taste by 5 points out of five. The presence of light friability and the most delicate structure of the vegetable is due to the high content of starch in its composition.

Favorably different from other varieties and the keeping quality of the product - it is perfectly stored in cellars, tolerates cold. In case of freezing, Adretta does not acquire a characteristic sweetish taste, but remains the same.

Features of agricultural technology

Judging by the fact that the characteristic of the culture is excellent, it is surprising - the Adretta potato variety is unpretentious when grown.

Site selection and crop planting

It is preferable to sow or plant in loamy, sandy loam or sod-podzolic soil. The culture reacts very well when ash and compost (humus) are introduced into the soil. If the top layer of the bed is acidified, liming should be carried out.

It is desirable that the site for the potato plantation be on a slope and face south or southwest. In this case, the sun will illuminate the plants well, and excess moisture will easily leave.

Seeds are prepared like this:

• soak;
• placed in the refrigerator overnight (t=2°C);
• keep warm during the day (t=22°C).

In the south of the country, the vegetable is planted in the middle of spring, when the soil is warm enough. At the beginning of summer, gardeners can already enjoy young root crops.

If the climate is more severe, then experienced gardeners close up the seed material in boxes, and after germination and picking, they plant it in open ground. Of course, it is possible to postpone the landing and carry it out when there is enough heat: during the day the temperature will reach 15 ° C during the day, and 7 ° C at night.

In case of shortage of seed material, potatoes are also propagated with the help of tubers. To do this, they are cut into pieces so that each has 1-2 eyes.

Planting and caring for potatoes

Plant the crop in prepared soil. To do this, they dig up the earth and bring in organic matter (up to 7 kg per 1 m2 ^{2). The landing pattern is standard - 60x35 cm, but 90x40 cm is also possible.}

Plants sprout on the 10th day, and flowering begins 14 days after the emergence of sprouts. During the active growing season, the bushes require abundant irrigation of the beds. Of course, this crop is relatively drought tolerant, but it reacts to watering by increasing the yield.

When caring for a potato crop, it needs to be weeded, spudded and fed in time. If all these activities are carried out with high quality, then Adretta will thank the gardener with good fruiting.

Diseases and pests

This variety, although it has an increased resistance to a number of diseases, still has a few to which it is predisposed. These are the diseases:

Black leg

The disease is characterized by wilting stems. The leaves of the plants curl up and turn yellow. The bottom of the shoots becomes black, and then rots. The development of the black leg occurs in summer, with increased dampness and low temperatures.

The fight against this disease consists in burning the affected specimens, and the area where they grew is treated with a mixture of ash (1 l) and copper sulfate (1 tbsp.).

Common scab

Signs of disease are ulcers, cracks and bumps.As the concentration of starch in the tubers decreases, a change in taste occurs. Scab development requires warm and dry weather. Minimize plant infestation with fungicides. The treatment of tubers before planting with Prestige or a similar preparation also gives high efficiency. Prevention is liming the soil.

Rhizoctoniosis

Visually affected root crops look like this: they have black spots on them, as if the remnants of the soil have dried up. Plants, under the influence of the disease, when shoots appear, have blackened stems, which leads to the death of the bushes. When the potato blooms, the disease contributes to the death of the tuber tissue. The development of the disease occurs when it is dry and hot, as well as during the appearance of buds.

Control measures are:

• selecting he althy potatoes for planting;
• treatment with fungicides before incorporation into the soil;
• crop rotation;
• planting a vegetable in warm ground;
• harvesting the green mass of the crop before digging up the tubers.

In addition to diseases, there are also pests - these are Colorado beetles. Although they do not eat the vegetative part of the potato as massively as other varieties, insect control should still be.

Reviews about the variety Adretta

The Adretta variety has been on the market for a very long time, and one would assume that it could easily be replaced by other, more advanced varieties. But that doesn't happen. This potato won the hearts of many people, and continues to win new ones. Here are reviews of this, of course, a successful variety:

Anna, Saratov

My husband and I bred different varieties of potatoes, but we concluded that we did not grow tastier and more successful Adretta. Therefore, we carefully store it and do not allow mixing with other varieties. In the spring we plant them in different parts of the cottage. Adretta has a beautiful smooth skin and a yellow center. We plant it without organic matter - only mineral supplements. And to be more precise, we introduce more potash fertilizers. Maybe that's why we have great potatoes.

Oleg, Sverdlovsk

The most delicious potato is Adretta. It tastes great even without oil.

I grow a lot of varieties, so I know a lot about them. Believe me, I have already tried about 20 varieties. And Adretta gives an excellent harvest with good care. The only thing is that without a cellar it is not stored well enough - it sprouts on New Year's Eve. But by this time, my family is already almost eating it.

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