Potato Breeze: cultivation, diseases and pests, variety characteristics with photo

Potato Breeze belongs to the mid-early category of nightshade crops. Bred by Belarusian breeders from the scientific center at the Republican Academy of Sciences. It was included in the Belarusian register of varieties, and a little later the sample was included in the Russian register. Choosing the right variety for your garden is not easy. In addition to taste, it is important to know what type of soil it is suitable for, how quickly the root crops ripen, how well they store.

Variety description

Listing the characteristics of the Breeze potato, let's start with the fact that it ripens in 2-2.5 months from the date of planting. Also:

1. Has a solid yield (more than 500 centners per hectare).
2. Reaches medium height.
3. Oval tubers with smooth skin and small eyes.
4. The average fruit weight is approximately 120 grams.
5. The yellow color of the raw pulp is preserved even after heat treatment - the starch content is 13-15%.
6. The Breeze potato variety is especially good for frying.

Variety Benefits:

• high preservation;
• great taste;
• attractive appearance of tubers;
• resistance to most diseases.

The cons of the variety include:

• susceptibility to golden nematode attack;
• weak resistance to late blight and scab;
• when cooking, the tubers boil for a long time.

Cultivation and storage stages

Potato planting starts when the soil warms up to plus 7 degrees Celsius. Holes are dug to a depth of 10-12 centimeters. Usually sowing works are carried out in late April - early May.

Breeze is not too demanding on soil quality, which makes it possible to cultivate the variety in almost all regions of the Russian Federation.

To get a decent harvest, abundant watering of potatoes is necessary. Planting frequency varies from 500 tubers per hectare in sandy soils to 400 tubers per hectare in loamy soils.

In order for potatoes to grow large, you need to apply mineral fertilizers to the soil - superphosphate or ammonium sulfate.

When describing a potato variety called Breeze, we note that in terms of reproduction it is no different from other potato samples. It can be propagated by seeds, as well as vegetatively: cut tubers with eyes, branches and bush division.

The vegetative method allows you to achieve abundant seedlings, however, after five years, the yield decreases, and the taste of potatoes deteriorates. Therefore, the seed stock must be periodically updated.

The first planting of the Breeze can be carried out with the help of small potatoes, from which tubers of normal and even large size will grow later.

The characteristic of the variety is not limited to this: it is not afraid of mechanical damage, it does not require specific storage conditions - a dry basement with a temperature of 2 to 5 degrees Celsius will do for this.

About diseases and pests

Despite the fact that the Breeze turned out to be resistant to various diseases and fungi, it still needs some preventive measures. Individual diseases attack young potatoes due to excessive fertilization of the soil with manure, which can be inhabited by spores and pest larvae. Therefore, with the introduction of organic fertilizers, care must be taken! Disease Description:

1. Phytophthora is recognized as the most insidious disease for potatoes. To safely avoid it, the culture should be treated with fungicides. In addition, tubers with signs of the disease should not be used for planting. As a preventive measure, periodic weeding of plants will not be superfluous.
2. Features of potato scab are that it can damage more than half of the crop.At the same time, there is a loss of seed material, since the surviving tubers remain without eyes. In order for the scab to leave the potatoes alone, it is necessary to pickle the seed fund with fungazil or some other similar chemical preparation. Fertilizers are also welcome, with the help of which the slightly acidic state of the soil is maintained. Well, after harvesting potatoes, it is advisable to sow lupins, beans or rye in this area.
3. In the process of ripening, the roots of the Breeze can be chosen by the golden nematode. Because of this malicious worm, the tubers either do not tie at all, or are reborn into impossibly small ones. The nematode lays so-called cysts in the ground, where the eggs of the larvae remain for about ten years.

As soon as potato disease is noticed, the infected tubers are dug up and the leaves are ruthlessly burned. As radical methods, it is worth taking the risk of using chemistry - heterophos or urea.

Reviews about the variety

The aforementioned high yield, amazing taste, unpretentiousness of cultivation and storage make Breeze a desirable product for any type of gardener. Read the comments on the network, positive reviews about the Breeze variety prevail there. Farmers, potato growers, and gardeners speak in this spirit. All of them unanimously note the excellent taste properties of potatoes, disease resistance and suitable root sizes. It is noted that if the basic rules of storage (temperature, humidity level) are observed, potatoes are stored without tangible losses until spring, or even longer.

Consumers write that they will continue to plant Breeze - the variety is so good! Potatoes ripen quickly, already in late July, early August, you can try to dig up a few bushes.

Many commentators admit that they bought seeds after reading reviews from the Internet, and everything was confirmed - the variety is excellent!

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