Landing dates

The weather in the Leningrad region can change very much per day, there are sharp fluctuations in air temperature. Snow melts from mid-April. The average temperature in July is + 16-18 degrees. Besides, very poor soils in the Leningrad region, podzol and peat bog, therefore, when digging, a large amount of fertilizer should be applied. In this review, we will talk about the features of planting potatoes in this region.

Potatoes are planted in early May, at this time, buds burst on birches and leaves appear from them. It is required that the earth at a depth of 10 cm has a temperature of at least + 8-12 degrees.

Landing distance

The distance between the bushes depends on the variety. For earlier varieties, dig holes indented from each other in 25 cm, for later ones - 30-35 cm.

Features of growing potatoes in the Leningrad region

Choosing a landing site

The place needs to be chosen sunny, but protected from the northerly winds. It is necessary to observe the crop rotation. Potatoes are planted in the place where beans, beans, peas, cabbage, cucumbers grew last year... It is even better if rye or mustard grew on the site before. Rye makes the soil loose and breathable. She will enrich the land with nitrogen and potassium. It is not advised to plant potatoes in the place where tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, that is, nightshades and strawberries, grew before. The best soil acidity ph = 5-5.5.

Digging the soil

Then dig up the ground and make high ridges, then in the spring the earth will warm up faster. In addition, in the spring, after the snow melts and before planting, you can cover the ground with foil.

Landing rules in the Leningrad region

Pick the healthiest tubers one month before planting 60—80 G, spread them on a flat surface in a warm place, illuminated by the rays of the sun, sometimes turn the tubers. You can put the tubers in boxes filled with wet peat or sawdust, sprinkle them, sometimes sprinkle them with warm water. It is impossible for the sprouts to break, otherwise the potatoes will not sprout.

The rows are dug so that they are located from north to south.

Potatoes are planted in 3 ways:

• Digging on the site holes deep 8—9 cm.
• Forms high ridges and put potatoes in them to a depth of 10-12 cm.
• Plant tubers in trenches.

Summer in the region ends quickly, because of this, early and mid-season varieties are planted on the site. And potatoes of late varieties are planted in hotbeds and greenhouses.

Depending on the composition of the earth, holes are dug, less deepened holes are dug on denser and heavier soil. So, in clay soil make the depth of the hole 4-5 cm, and in sandy loam and sandy soil - 10-12 cm.

Also, if the ground is light, then make holes or furrows. A handful of ash is poured into each hole, a tuber is placed, and buried. The holes are dug, making an indent between them of 35 cm, and between the rows - 70 cm.

BUT if the ground is heavy, then plant potatoes in ridges about 12 cm and a width of about 0,65 m... Tuber crops on sandy loam soils are planted to a depth of 8-10 cm, and on loamy soils - 6-8 cm from the top of the ridge. Before planting, the ground is watered.

Care on the site

Watering

Before the buds appear, the soil is not watered, but when buds form and begin to bloom, the soil needs to be constantly moistened. Make sure the ground is dry to a depth before watering 6-8 cm. Water in the evening, pouring 2-3 liters of water under one bush. In drought, water the potatoes 3-5 times per season. Be sure to loosen the soil after watering.

Hilling

First, spud bushes that are high 14-16 cm, then spud them after 2-3 weeks when buds begin to form. Huddle after rain or watering.

Growing in a greenhouse

In the greenhouse, you can keep the ideal temperature and humidity for potatoes, it ripens a little earlier than on the site, and there are no diseases and harmful insects.

You can plant potatoes in the greenhouse as early as April... Planting and grooming are the same as for a regular site. Fertilizers are poured onto the ground, dug up, dig holes, sprouted tubers are placed in each, covered with soil. The culture is loosened after watering, weeds are pulled out, spud and watered.

Landing in greenhouses

Arcs are placed on the garden bed and covered with film, securing the edges. This will save the culture from recurrent frosts and sudden temperature fluctuations. Sometimes in warm weather, when the sun is shining, remove the film so that the moisture evaporates, water the crop, fertilize it, loosen the soil and close the greenhouse again. In greenhouses, tubers can be harvested earlier at 14 days than on the site.

Potato varieties for cultivation in the Leningrad region

It is best to plant elite varieties. They hardly get sick, they are not damaged by insects, in addition, their taste is better than that of other varieties.

Adretta

The variety is drought-resistant. Has a high yield - 45 t / ha. The peel is yellowish, rough. Adretta's potatoes are unpretentious to the composition of the land, which is very important for the poor soils of the Leningrad region. He was awarded a tasting taste assessment - 5 points. Tuber weight - 140 g.

Spring white

Tuber weight 80-140 G. The variety is moderately resistant to scab, Alternaria and viruses. But not resistant to late blight.

Aurora

Productivity - 250-300 kg / ha. Tuber weight of the Aurora variety90-150 G.

Naiad

Productivity - 193-373 kg / ha. Tuber weight 72-126 G. The peel of the potato is yellow and the flesh is white. Resistant to nematodes and immune to cancer.

Pushkinets

Productivity - 32 t / ha. Tuber weight - 103-106 g. The peel is beige, the flesh is snow-white. The cultivar is immune to cancer and resistant to nematodes. Moderately susceptible to scab and late blight. Tasting taste assessment - 4.0-4.7 points.

Latona

The peel is yellow, the flesh is yellowish. Tuber weight 90-140 G. Productivity is one of the highest - 50 t / ha. The variety easily tolerates heat and dry weather, as well as constant rains. Taste score - 4.9-5 points. It is immune to scab, ring and dry rot of tubers, viral infections. Not susceptible to nematodes. Unfortunately, it is susceptible to late blight of leaves.

Impala

Tuber weight - 88-150 g. The highest yield - 367 c / ha. The peel is yellow, the flesh is creamy. Taste rating - 4 points. Impala variety Resistant to nematodes and immune to cancer, weakly susceptible to common scab and viruses. But it is susceptible to rhizoctonia, powdery scab and late blight. Has a high resistance to stress. Resistant to dry summer and mechanical damage.

Zhukovsky early

The variety is not susceptible to cancer, nematodes, Alternaria, and black scab. Drought-resistant. The rind is pink and the flesh is white. Tuber weight - 100-120 G. Productivity - 400-450 kg / ha. Tasting taste assessment - 5 points out of 5 possible.

Bullfinch

Tuber weight - 60-90 g. Average yields 350-450 c / ha. It is immune to cancer, scab and viruses, late blight and macrospore of tubers. But it can be attacked by a nematode.

Luck

Tuber weight - 120 g. Productivity 42 t / ha. Variety Luck is resistant to rhizoctonia, scab, cancer, wrinkled mosaic, viral diseases. The variety is susceptible to late blight.

Which ones are early varieties

Early varieties include Adretta, Zhukovsky early, Pushkinets, Latona, Impala.

When growing potatoes in the Leningrad region, do not forget that the soil there is usually depleted, therefore add fertilizer when digging. For growing late varieties of potatoes, use greenhouses, hotbeds, plant seedlings.