Early potatoes Zhukovsky: reviews and photos, description and yield of the variety

The Zhukovsky potato variety is easy to care for, growing it does not cause any trouble, it is a pleasure. With the right approach and regular implementation of all necessary procedures, the yield of the variety increases significantly. Already in the first summer months, gardeners eat delicious new potatoes. The article reveals recommendations for growing and caring for crops.

History of selection and distribution

At the end of the 20th century, by crossing two varieties, breeders managed to develop a disease- and drought-resistant variety - early Zhukovsky. It was intended to be grown in regions with a temperate climate, but excellent results were shown in all climatic conditions.

The variety is adapted to various soil types. It is recommended to grow in the Far Eastern, Northwestern, Western Siberian, Central, Ural, Volga-Vyatka, Lower Volga, Central Black Earth, Middle Volga, North Caucasus regions. The variety was included in the State Register of the Russian Federation in 1993.

Storage

The description of the potato variety Zhukovsky early and the reviews of experienced gardeners agree on one thing - after harvesting, the tubers must dry out. The minimum period is 4 hours. Afterwards, the root crops are carefully sorted and placed in boxes.

It is recommended to choose dark, dry, well-ventilated rooms for long-term storage. Temperature parameters in the first 14 days should be within + 16-17 °C. Afterwards, set constant indicators at + 2-5 ° C and air humidity 80%.

Description and characteristics

Potatoes "Zhukovsky" are considered one of the most popular among vegetable growers. It has average yields, but is preferred due to the fact that it has many advantages.

The variety is characterized by the following criteria:

• Bush. Semi-spreading bush with numerous strongly branched shoots. Large, dark green foliage with grooved veins. Blooms evenly and abundantly, not for long. The inflorescences are small and do not form fruits. The flowers are pinkish-violet with a white tint at the tips of the petals.
• Tubers. Root vegetables are distinguished by a neat, round shape of medium or small size. The peel is thin, pink in color, and the surface is smooth. There are a small number of eyes. Up to 12 potatoes are harvested from one bush. The pulp is dense, white, watery. The mass of tubers varies from 100 to 120 grams. Keeping quality is 90-92%. Root crops do not lose their attractiveness when transported over long distances.
• Nutritional value. A special feature of the variety is the content of many vitamins, organic acids, protein, and bioflavonoids. Potatoes are also rich in minerals: phosphorus, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium. There is little starch in potatoes - up to 12%. Low-calorie variety.
• High resistance to diseases. Zhukovsky potatoes practically do not suffer from potato diseases. Has good health, does not succumb to common scab, golden nematode, and potato cancer. It is moderately resistant to late blight.
• Taste qualities. It is used for boiling, frying, jacket cooking, and deep-frying. Does not lose shape during heat treatment. Root vegetables are tasty and slightly sweet.

Description of the variety Zhukovsky

The Zhukovsky variety has been known to gardeners since the early 90s, when it was included in the register. The bred type of potato absorbed the best qualities of the species. It turned out to be adapted to different soils and climatic conditions. Suitable for cultivation in the central regions, North-West, North Caucasus, Volga regions, the Urals and Siberia, the Far East. The variety belongs to the universal or salad variety.

Late or early

Zhukovsky potatoes are early ripening varieties. Ripens in the summer-autumn period and is not stored for long. You can dig up new potatoes after 40 days. A fully ripened vegetable is obtained in 50-60 days.

The bushes grow medium in size, stem, slightly spreading. It blooms for a long time, the flowers are light lilac.

Characteristics of tubers

Root vegetables have a beautiful presentation, pinkish, translucent, smooth skin, white pulp. The texture is dense and pleasant. Size is medium or large, 100-150 g. Shape – oval. The eyes are small, pink, sharp, but noticeable.

After heat treatment, the pulp becomes soft, sweetish, and does not darken after cooking and peeling. The texture does not fall apart, dense, slightly watery. The tubers do not get soft after cooking and keep their shape.

Taste qualities

Potatoes are valued as universal. It is suitable for mashing, baking and frying, baking, soups, making crispy potatoes. After cooking, the potatoes retain their presentation. The potatoes taste sweetish, slightly watery, not dry or mealy.

Productivity

From each bush you can collect up to 10-15 tubers. Depending on the care and planting material, the variety can be productive or moderately productive. You can harvest up to 500 kg per hectare.

Ripening time

Zhukovsky is an early ripening variety. The first tubers can be dug up already in mid-July, of course, if the potatoes are planted in early May. Fully mature root crops are dug up in late August-early September.

Disease resistance

The variety was bred to be resistant to various diseases. Zhukovsky has high resistance to cancer, nematode, scab, mosaic virus, bacteriosis and rhizoctonia. But susceptible to late blight. To prevent the spread of the disease, it is recommended to cut down the tops at the end of July.

The value and disadvantages of Zhukovsky potatoes

Gardeners value the variety for many positive aspects. It also has disadvantages, but they are quite minor, but it is important to know about them before you start planting:

How to protect a variety from diseases and pests

Scientific breeders have tried to instill resistance to many diseases, both fungal and bacterial, in Zhukovsky early potatoes. But incorrect agricultural practices can lead to the emergence and spread of diseases and pests. If you recognize the problem in time, it will be much easier to deal with it.

Table: diseases and pests of potatoes Zhukovsky early

Preparing for landing

Growing Zhukovsky potatoes is no different from growing other early varieties, but has some points that should be taken into account. The following points come into play here.

Soil preparation

Despite the fact that the variety is unpretentious to the soil, to obtain high yields it is not recommended to grow the crop in damp clay areas, as well as in places where the soil is depleted and acidic. In dense, organic-poor soil, the tubers will grow small and tasteless. In addition, they will often suffer from diseases. It is better to give preference to sandy soils and light loams fertilized with organic matter.

The soil for potatoes is prepared in advance in the fall. Dig up the soil to a depth of 25 cm, add ash and rotted compost (35-40 buckets per 100 square meters). In spring, additional nitrogen fertilizers are required. Then the soil is loosened and leveled. It is advisable to plant Zhukovsky potatoes on land where cucumbers, cabbage, legumes, and green manure previously grew.

Germination of tubers

For germination, potatoes are taken out of storage 15-20 days before planting. Early varieties are planted around the third decade of April, and seed germination begins at the end of March.

Germination procedure:

• Carefully inspect the tubers for planting, reject potatoes with damaged skin, wet or dry rot, or non-standard shape. If the potatoes have already sprouted in the basement and their sprouts exceed 5 cm, they are removed.
• To prevent potatoes from taking up a lot of space, experienced gardeners recommend using low boxes about 10 cm for germination, filling them with planting material, and stacking them on top of each other. If there is enough space in the room, the tubers are scattered on the floor in one layer.
• The room should be light and the air temperature should not exceed +5-10 degrees. Zhukovsky potatoes need this temperature. The room must be periodically ventilated and the air humidified. If the sprouts are strong and have grown to 1 cm, and the skin has turned green, the tubers are ready for planting. Potatoes with thin sprouts are not suitable for planting.

It is possible to reduce the germination time as follows: sprinkle the potatoes in the boxes with wet sawdust or humus, and sometimes sprinkle with warm water. Leave the potatoes in the light, but not in the sun. This method allows you to get strong sprouts with roots within 15 days. They are planted by hand - this prevents damage to the roots.

Landing

Before planting, the tubers are treated with wood ash at the rate of 400 g of ash per 50 kilos of potatoes. The use of special preparations is allowed, such as Bordeaux mixture, Maxim, Prestige. The procedure helps accelerate the development of the root system and protect potatoes from pests and diseases during the formation period.

The Zhukovsky potato variety is planted in rows, leaving a distance of 25-30 cm between tubers and 60-70 cm between rows. With this planting, 5-6 bushes can easily be placed. The depth of planting potatoes in the soil is no more than 6 cm. It is advisable to plant when the soil warms up to a temperature of +5-6 degrees.

Landing of Zhukovsky

Early potatoes of the Zhukovsky variety are recommended to be placed in sunlit areas. It is better if the area has a slight slope so that flooding of the bushes cannot occur. The crop is cultivated with equal success on any type of soil.

The following soils are more preferable:

• fertile light soils,
• sandy loam,
• loamy in mechanical composition.

Only such soil can have a loose structure for a long time that does not prevent the penetration of oxygen to the root system.

Soil preparation

You need to start preparing the area for potatoes in the fall. After harvesting the predecessor, the soil needs to be dug up 20 cm deep, without breaking the clods. To improve fertility, it is recommended to apply rotted manure to the site at the rate of 5 kg per m².

With the onset of spring, the site is dug up again, breaking up clods of earth and leveling the surface with a rake. It is enough to carry out the spring procedure to a depth of 15 cm. To stimulate the rapid starting growth of bushes, it is advisable to apply nitrogen-containing fertilizers.

The best predecessors for potatoes are:

• beet;
• cabbage;
• carrot;
• cucumbers

Important! It is highly not recommended to place potatoes after tomatoes or peppers. These crops, like potatoes, belong to the Solanaceae family and have the same pests and pathogens.

There is an opinion that potatoes can easily withstand monoculture. However, it is better not to grow potatoes for more than 2 years in a row in one area.

Preparation of planting material

Before planting, it is supposed to prepare planting material. Preparation includes several stages:

1. Bulkheading of tubers. Damaged, soft, small tubers are discarded. It is not recommended to cut tubers to increase seed material.
2. Germination. Seed tubers selected for planting begin to germinate. They should be placed in boxes or in bulk in a room with diffused lighting, where the temperature is maintained from +5 to +20 degrees. The germination period depends on the air temperature and can last 2-3 weeks. The procedure is considered complete when shoots 1 cm long appear from the eyes.
3. Disinfection of seed tubers. They use purchased fungicides and insecticides that destroy pathogens and pests. The drug "Maxim" is often used.

Attention! When planting, all actions must be performed manually so as not to break off the sprouts.

Time and landing pattern

Zhukovsky potatoes are placed in open ground areas at the junction of April and May. Dates may vary depending on the region where the crop is grown. The soil should still be fairly moist, but not stick to the shovel.

Since the variety is an early variety, the following planting scheme is ideal:

• the interval between tubers in a row is 30 cm;
• row spacing – 60 cm;
• embedding depth – 10-12 cm.

Advice. To make the rows even, you can use a cord.

Care

Cultivation of this potato variety is not particularly difficult. To get a good result, it is enough to follow the agricultural practices described below.

1. Hilling up bushes. During the growing season, potatoes of this variety are hilled 2 times. The first time the procedure begins when the height of the plants reaches 12-15 cm. After hilling, sprouts 5 cm high should stick out above the surface of the ground. The second time the operation is carried out 3 weeks later, after the first hilling. If the soil is dry at this moment, water it before hilling.

2. Watering. Potatoes of this variety are drought-resistant, which does not mean that they can do without irrigation. It is not necessary to water potatoes before germination and 2-3 weeks after germination if they are planted in moist soil and it rains periodically. The first time watering is carried out 3 weeks after germination. The second watering should be planned for the period of potato budding. Each time, pour 4 liters of water under the bush.
3. Weed control. After precipitation or watering, it is necessary to loosen the soil between the rows each time. Loosening is a good prevention against diseases such as late blight, fusarium, and bacterial rot. In parallel with loosening the soil, weeds are removed, as they shade the potato bushes, interfering with normal growth.
4. Feeding. Fertilizing of early varieties begins earlier than other varieties. Fertilizers are applied during the growing season in several stages:
   during spring preparation of the site, nitrogen fertilizers are introduced;
5. during the flowering phase, pour 1.5 liters of potassium fertilizers (30 g of potassium sulfate per 10 liters of water) under each bush;
6. 2 weeks after the second procedure, you can fertilize with chicken droppings (dilute the droppings with water in a ratio of 1:15 and pour 1 liter of liquid under the bush).

Important! When the potato bushes begin to dry out, fertilizing will not have a positive effect.

1. Diseases and pests. Potato bushes can be damaged by mole crickets and Colorado potato beetles. Pests should be combated by laying out poisoned baits and spraying plantings with insecticides against beetles. To prevent late blight, plantations are sprayed with one of the following drugs:
   Bordeaux mixture;
2. Fitosporin-M;
3. Copper sulfate.

Growing methods

Depending on the soil types and natural conditions, the optimal method for growing potatoes is selected. The most common methods of planting Zhukovsky potatoes are:

Reviews

“I have been growing Zhukovsky potatoes for 20 years. I learned a lot from my parents. The main commandment for the owner: do not be lazy. If you want to get a good harvest, bow to the beds. You are the most important person to them. The early ripening potato variety Zhukovsky is one of our family’s favorites. But, despite the apparent unpretentiousness, he loves human hands. You will have to hill it several times over the summer. The first time, and this is very important, is during the flowering period. Then, as needed, you yourself will understand when it is needed. Hilling up will save potato bushes from falling apart. But what a harvest! The whole family loves young potatoes,” Ivan Guskov, Togliatti.

“Zhukovsky potatoes are one of our favorite varieties. We have been growing this variety for a long time, we know all its quirks, we understand what it needs. To get a good harvest, you need to prepare potatoes for planting. Be sure to disinfect with a weak solution of potassium permanganate. Dig up the soil a week before planting and plant. Some summer residents criticize this type of potato for its taste, but we like it. The puree from it is not very tasty, but it’s just right for frying. In the summer, when we go to the dacha, we bake it in the fire,” Maria, Krasnodar.

“Some people criticize Zhukovsky potatoes, but in vain. If you didn't get a good harvest, make claims against yourself. I want to share some advice that will help you grow good tubers. Pour crushed eggshells and wood ash into the potato holes. This will be a good support for future plants,” Irina Novikova, Saratov.

Features of care

For Zhukovsky potatoes, the basis is timely planting of tubers and harvesting. 5-7 days after planting, the soil is loosened, removing weeds and also supplying the soil with oxygen. Loosening is carried out to prevent attacks by pests such as mole crickets and the Colorado potato beetle.

Early varieties are resistant to drought; they only need moisture from the spring soil. There is no need to water the plants additionally, only in exceptional cases, for example, if there is intense heat for a long time. The procedure is carried out early in the morning.

Potato bushes do not need additional feeding. When preparing the site, organic fertilizers are applied in the form of any manure.

Growing and care

Water potatoes only if there is no rain. Watering is especially important during the period of budding and tuber formation. It is necessary to spill the soil to a depth of 50 cm.

Water the bed before applying fertilizer. Nutrient solutions should not be added to dry soil to avoid burns.

Feed the culture 3 times:

• nitrogen fertilizer soon after germination or during planting;
• a solution of potassium sulfate (about 1 teaspoon per bucket of water) at the beginning of flowering - you can add the same amount of superphosphate;
• with a solution of chicken manure (1:15) at the end of flowering (you can add a little superphosphate).

The soil is carefully loosened with each weeding or if a crust has formed from watering and rain. Weed the bed as needed.

The first hilling is carried out when the bush grows to 10–15 cm. The procedure is repeated after 2–3 weeks. It is optimal to carry out hilling when the soil is moist.

How to deal with pests and diseases?

The value of the Zhukovsky variety is that it has increased resistance to the following diseases: potato canker, rhizoctosis, alternaria blight, golden nematode. But potatoes are most susceptible to late blight. Despite the strong immunity, the gardener should know that if the plant gets sick, it may have defining symptoms. Potatoes can also be attacked by Colorado potato beetles.

The table shows symptoms and methods of controlling pests and diseases.

Getting ready to disembark

Seed potatoes are prepared for cultivation. The tubers must be sorted and germinated. When sorting, soft, damaged, very small (less than 80g) root vegetables are removed. You should not cut the tubers to increase the amount of seed material. The characteristics of the Zhukovsky variety can be significantly reduced or even lost.

Then the seed tubers are placed for germination. To do this, use boxes, bags, or simply lay the tubers in bulk under the film. They provide temperatures in the range of +4° - +20° and diffuse lighting. This can be achieved by covering the potatoes with a white cloth, paper, or newspapers. When germinating indoors, you will have to add turning and moistening the Zhukovsky potatoes. Simultaneously with moistening, disinfection is carried out using ordinary potassium permanganate. Tubers are disinfected at least once a week.

Treated against pests and diseases. For this purpose, chemical disinfectants are used that repel parasites and protect Zhukovsky from diseases.

Important! When purchasing medications, you need to ensure that there are detailed instructions for use. If protection measures are provided, the requirements should not be neglected.

The quality of germination can be monitored by the appearance of sprouts. If sprouts of about 1 cm appear on the tubers, then we can assume that everything was done correctly.

When planting manually in a small area, the ripening period of the Zhukovsky variety can be shortened. To do this, just place the tubers in peat, or wet sawdust. In such conditions, the root system develops faster. Another way is to cover the plantings with ordinary agrofibre, which protects young plants from frost.

A week before planting Zhukovsky potatoes, they dig up the soil. It is best if it is a well-lit area. The composition of the soil is not particularly important, but planting the Zhukovsky variety in one place for several seasons in a row is highly not recommended.

Harvesting and storage

Potatoes "Zhukovsky" ripen 60 days after planting. The variety is highly resistant to mechanical damage, making it possible to harvest using automatic devices.

Potatoes are stored in a dark room at a temperature of +2-5 degrees. When the temperature rises, the potatoes will begin to sprout; when the temperature drops, they freeze, spoil, and their taste deteriorates. It is better to place root vegetables in wooden boxes or bags. Read more about proper storage of potatoes here.

Harvest storage

After 2 months from the date of emergence, Zhukovsky is ready for harvesting. At the turn of July and August, it is recommended to remove the tops, since the tubers have already formed. This procedure is aimed against late blight.

Cleaning can be done manually or mechanically. It is recommended to store the collected tubers in a dark room where the temperature is constantly maintained in the range from +2 to +5 degrees. This variety is not intended for long-term storage.

Zhukovsky potatoes are suitable for growing in small household plots and on a large production scale. The tubers can withstand mechanical stress, so they can be harvested mechanically.

Resistance to most common crop diseases is also impressive. A good harvest can be grown in any region, on any soil, you just need to follow the recommendations outlined in this article.

Reviews from gardeners and farmers

It is impossible to hear anything bad about Zhukovsky potatoes. Gardeners and farmers speak positively about the variety.

★★★★★
Tamara, 44 years old, housewife. Our family loves young, sweet and tender potatoes.
For ourselves personally, we plant the “Zhukovsky” variety every year. It pleases with good yield, beautiful-looking tubers - pinkish skin, round shape, large mass. When cooked, potatoes do not become soft and do not lose color. We don’t leave potatoes for storage; they have time to last until the end of the year at most. ★★★★★
Artem, 36 years old, gardener. My parents trust exclusively the early-ripening potato variety – Zhukovsky.
I didn't like this variety. It has good taste, but at a young age, the tubers are still small. Then the potatoes become larger and their quality is lost. The roots spread to the sides, and you have to look for potatoes throughout the garden. I also didn’t like the fact that it is constantly attacked by the Colorado potato beetle, the plant is affected by late blight. It is necessary to carry out treatment regularly. ★★★★★
Gennady, 50 years old, farmer. Zhukovsky potatoes are actually a very early variety.
Already at the end of the first summer month, our family enjoys young potatoes that taste good. The potatoes boil quickly enough, but do not lose their shape, color and aroma. Potato skin is thin and easy to peel. Although the potatoes are early, they tolerate storage well. Our cellar stays at +4 degrees throughout the winter. I did not notice any difficulties during planting and care. We water the plants when we have time, hill up and weed if possible. It’s difficult to deal with Colorado potato beetles, but it’s quite possible to fight them. We get a stable harvest by collecting 8-10 tubers per bush.

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Potatoes Zhukovsky: reviews

Reviews from vegetable growers about the Zhukovsky potato variety are posted on a specially created forum for this vegetable crop. Some of them are given below:

Lidiya, Achinsk: friends recommended this variety for planting. Since my family likes potato tubers with pink skin, we decided to plant this variety for testing. The result exceeded our expectations - the harvest was harvested at the end of July, and its quantity was so large that our fairly large family ate it until the New Year.

What do tubers look like?

About 10 of them are formed under each bush. Zhukovsky tubers are large (100-150 g), smooth, oval, light pink, sometimes beige in color with brighter eyes. With very poor irrigation, the yield may be lower, and under favorable conditions, it may be higher than average.

Although this potato variety is pink, its tubers are not too intense in color. Its flesh is almost perfectly white, usually without inclusions of other shades. Due to the shape and size of the tubers, this variety has excellent consumer qualities, which makes it easy to sell on the market if necessary.

Consumer qualities of tubers

Those who want to get a good harvest of “second bread” without much hassle should definitely pay attention to “Zhukovsky early” potatoes. Reviews from gardeners confirm the possibility of growing 150-200 kg on every acre of even not very fertile land with moderate watering and minimal care.

Large, smooth tubers with few eyes are very easy to clean. This type of potato cooks quite quickly. At the same time, it has excellent taste. It is also suitable for frying and does not fall apart during processing.

When properly stored in conditions of moderate humidity and temperature, it can remain healthy and tasty throughout the winter, until mid-spring.

For those who want to grow a good harvest of excellent early potatoes on their own plot, we can recommend paying attention to the Zhukovsky variety. Its large, smooth tubers can be dug already on the 60th day from planting. It is unpretentious and disease-resistant, while having excellent taste.

Watering

Despite their drought resistance, as a rule, “early Zhukovsky” potatoes also require additional moisture. Reviews indicate that in the event of a rainy summer, watering should be abandoned. A feature of the variety is intolerance to excess moisture. To dry the soil during overwatering or heavy rainfall, it must be loosened. If the soil is sufficiently moistened, you should definitely hill up the bushes. This will allow you to get maximum yield.

If frequent watering is not possible, then in dry summer conditions it is better to refuse hilling. This will preserve maximum moisture in the soil. In case of significant overflow, in order to avoid rotting of the tubers, it is necessary to organize drainage in the beds.

The low yield of potatoes of a given variety may indicate either an exceptionally low or a very high level of moisture in the soil. In both the first and second cases, the tubers may be too small or not form at all. To increase their number, fertilizing will not hurt. But the main attention should still be paid to loosening the soil. It must be started even before germination.

Correct fit

Due to the fact that the variety ripens quickly, it can be planted at the end or even mid-April. Even if there are slight frosts, you should not worry. Zhukovsky tolerates them quite well. Only severe frosts can become a problem.

When landing it, you should not invent a wheel. A standard agricultural scheme will do:

1. For planting, it is best to choose sunny areas without trees.
2. To get a harvest faster, it is recommended to germinate the tubers. You can do this at home. To do this, potatoes are laid out on a tray and left to sprout. After the first shoots appear, you can begin to harden the root vegetables.
3. He likes fertilized, neutral soil. Therefore, to improve the harvest, it is recommended to fertilize the soil in September. But many experienced agronomists do this directly during planting.
4. The root crop should not be planted deep into the ground. The depth of the hole should be small. In normal soils, no more than a spade bayonet. In clayey ones there is even less.

All these simple manipulations will help you get the maximum benefit from the harvest.

Diseases and parasites

When growing their own vegetables in a country plot, gardeners quite often choose “early Zhukovsky” potatoes for planting. The description of its properties suggests that in this case it is possible to obtain a high yield even under unfavorable circumstances. The variety was bred to be resistant to most of the diseases characteristic of nightshade. Therefore, gardeners need to pay special attention to the destruction of weeds and insects that feed both on the leaves of the plant and directly on the tubers.

The first category that can affect potato yields is the Colorado potato beetle. Adult insects and larvae can be controlled both chemically and mechanically. In the first case, the bushes are periodically treated with special solutions. In the second, the beetles are simply collected and destroyed.

Another enemy of most tuberous vegetables is the mole cricket. This exceptionally smart and hardy insect sometimes has a huge appetite. Fighting it can be difficult, since mechanical destruction is unlikely, and the mole cricket is resistant to many chemicals.

Reproduction methods

Zhukovsky potatoes (a description of the variety and photos are given in the article to explain the peculiarities of breeding the crop) can be propagated by cuttings, layering, tubers and sprouts.

Propagation by sprouts is as follows:

1. Separate strong sprouts that have reached 6 cm in length from root vegetables. If there are not enough blanks, divide them into parts with 2 kidneys.
2. Transplant the material into boxes or paper cups, leaving 1/3 of the sprouts above the surface of the substrate.
3. Send the containers to a bright and warm room, covering the top with glass or film.
4. As necessary, irrigate, fertilize and loosen the soil mixture.
5. After 28 days, transplant the seedling to a permanent site.

To start dividing tubers, it is recommended to follow these steps:

1. 30 days before transplanting to an open area, leave the potatoes in a warm and bright room. After 21 days, carefully remove the upper eyes with pulp.
2. Dip the eyes into a container with substrate or wet sawdust to a depth of 1 cm. If the soil mixture dries out, irrigate with warm, settled liquid.
3. Place some of the remaining root crops cut-wise into a dry substrate. Place the other part of the tubers with the cuts facing up to germinate the eyes.
4. After 7 days, remove the tops with roots and transplant them to a permanent site.
5. Root vegetables that have sprouted are divided into parts with eyes and sent into holes to a depth of 8 cm, with an interval of 30 cm. The width between rows should reach 60 cm.

Breeding by layering is carried out in the following way:

1. Within 30 days, germinate high-quality planting material in a bright room.
2. Transplant the tubers into containers with a light substrate or peat at a distance of 3 cm from each other and to a depth of 6 cm. Irrigate the plantings generously with settled liquid.
3. Place the containers in a warm, bright room or greenhouse. Shoots will form in 9 days.
4. After 30 days, separate the 8 cm long sprouts from the old root crop with the substrate.
5. Sprinkle the mother tubers with soil mixture to form new cuttings.

To perform cuttings, you must complete the following steps:

1. When all the flowers on the bush open, carefully remove several side shoots.
2. Cut off the top part of the shoots and divide them into pieces, which will consist of a stem part, a leaf and a bud in the axil.

3. Disinfect the material with a manganese solution and place it in a container with a clean substrate. The stem should be horizontal, the leaf vertical.
4. Sprinkle the workpieces 1 cm with soil mixture, the leaves should be on the surface.
5. Leave the container in a bright and warm room. Moisten the substrate regularly to prevent it from drying out.
6. After 30 days, small tubers will form. Store the preparations until replanting.

Planting care

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Caring for potato bushes

Zhukovsky potatoes do not require special care or careful handling of bushes or young sprouts. Caring for it is not much different from caring for other varieties.

• Hilling is carried out as the bush grows. They begin to do it when the sprouts reach a height of 5 cm. This procedure protects the bush from cold weather, pests, diseases, and also stimulates the development of a powerful root system.
• Watering is necessary in a timely manner, abundantly, but not frequently. Too much moisture can be harmful and lead to the development of late blight. But this plant tolerates drought without problems. So in this case it is better to underfill than to overfill.
• The fight against drivers and diseases usually occurs in the summer. If the Colorado potato beetle, late blight or any other problems appear, you should immediately use insecticides (fungicides) or strong folk remedies.

Important!

During the flowering period, it is not recommended to treat potatoes with chemicals. This not only harms the crop, but also the insects that pollinate the flowers.

• Weeding is carried out not only in the first stages of crop development, but also when the bushes have grown significantly. After all, root crops must develop in a loose, oxygen-rich nutrient medium.
• Any weeds are removed as they appear. Their harm lies in the absorption of nutrients and moisture into the soil, the spread of pests, diseases, and the deformation of potato tubers by their roots.

Care after landing

To get a rich Zhukovsky harvest, you need to carefully care for the plants.

Care includes:

1. Watering. With a lack of watering, the tubers grow small and gain weight later. Therefore, on dry days, water the potatoes at least 2 times a week.
2. Feeding. Since the variety has a short ripening period, it can be fed 1-2 times during the growing season. The first feeding occurs during the flowering period, when plants need potassium-phosphorus compounds. The second application of the complex composition occurs during the period of fruit set.
3. Hilling. Work is carried out almost immediately after the emergence of seedlings. Repeated hilling of Zhukovskaya is carried out very carefully, since overgrown stolons can be damaged. Hilling up is combined with weed removal.

With proper care, plants grow and develop well, increasing the yield.