Molly Potatoes. How does the choice of variety affect yield?

potato molly

Features of choosing a potato variety for planting are related to the specific soil and climatic characteristics of the site and taste preferences. Well established as very early varieties potato molly, Lily and other varieties.

They belong to the early ones, but quite productive varieties, which have a high proportion of marketable tubers, and are therefore intended for early production of fresh potatoes.

Molly potatoes have excellent taste, combining them with an attractive appearance. Potatoes have a round-oval and oval shape, the color of both the peel and the pulp is yellow. Its productivity can be characterized as very high. The bush can be medium or tall, spreading, intermediate or semi-erect. In the initial period, powerful growth of tops occurs, but few flowers are formed. Early tuberization goes into rapid accumulation of harvest already in the first half of the growing season.

Potatoes of the Liley variety are mid-early and are intended for table use. Bush of medium height, semi-erect. The tuber has an oval-round shape, the eyes are small. The peel is medium smooth, yellow in color. The pulp is light yellow. It contains quite a lot of starch, the taste is good. The variety is resistant to potato cancer pathogens, relatively resistant to late blight, and is very rarely affected by the golden potato nematode.The peculiarity of the variety is its preference for light to medium soil. Like Molly potatoes, Liley potatoes form tubers early, quickly accumulating yield. The variety responds to mineral nutrition by increasing the number of marketable tubers.