The most popular potato varieties for the Black Earth Region

The Black Earth Region is the most fertile climatic zone for growing potatoes. Potato yields in the Chernozem region compared, for example, with the Moscow region, are one third higher. In addition, the mild climate of the central Chernozem region allows you to grow two crops of vegetables per season.

Despite the absence of special restrictions in the choice of varieties and favorable growing conditions, experts advise purchasing and planting zoned potato varieties. By following this recommendation, vegetable growers will not only get a richer potato harvest, but will also save on pesticides and fertilizers.

When zoning potatoes, both the climatic characteristics of the region and the pests and diseases that are especially common there, from which it is necessary to protect the vegetable, are taken into account.

Potato varieties recommended for planting for the Black Earth Region:

Nevsky is one of the most versatile and famous potato varieties, bred by Russian breeders. High-yielding variety, with white pulp and good taste. It has good keeping quality, but requires good feeding with fertilizers.

Red Scarlet is an early ripening, red-skinned variety with light yellow flesh, average taste. A distinctive feature of the Red Scarlet variety is its resistance to potato cancer pathogens.

Ramos is a mid-season variety. The flesh and peel of the vegetable are yellowish. Ramos has good taste, good keeping quality, and is resistant to viruses and golden nematode.