Growing potatoes Magician

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Growing Potatoes - it’s a simple matter. Every gardener with even a little knowledge considers it his duty to grow it in his own garden. And this is an absolutely correct decision, because potatoes contain a lot of potassium, starch and vitamins.

Of course, before you start sowing potatoes, you should decide on the variety. To do this, you should take into account climatic conditions and, of course, soil characteristics.

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Today I would like to tell you about a wonderful variety that belongs to the super-elite category and is a new product of Russian selection - this is the Magician potato.

Main characteristics of root crops and potato bushes Magician

This variety has an oval shape, a fairly smooth light brown skin with small eyes.

The leaves are small, oblong and smooth at the edges. The size ranges from 14 to 21 cm. Potato inflorescences are large in size and have a pleasant smell.

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The tubers themselves are quite large (about 115 grams), starchy (13-15% is slightly above normal), with dense white pulp. Flowering bushes have an attractive appearance: lush, straight, light green in color with numerous white flowers.

Growing conditions and watering of Charodey potatoes

If the weather does not spoil your area with rain, then this variety will be the best choice because it has a very powerful root system. Potatoes of this variety considered early, and therefore rapid ripening does not require large expenses in terms of watering. About three to four waterings are sufficient for the entire ripening period.

Thanks to the spreading shape of the tops, moisture is retained in the soil for a longer period, and evaporation under the scorching rays of the sun is not as intense.

In the event of prolonged daily rains, when many potato varieties begin to turn black and, ultimately, may even die, the Charodey variety exhibits increased vitality.

Consumer properties of the Charodey potato

This variety has excellent taste characteristics. The Magician potato has a light creamy flesh and a sweetish taste. After cutting, the tubers do not darken in water and do not produce a dark broth.

By the way, the fruits of this potato do not have internal voids, which is very convenient when peeling and cutting.

It cooks quickly enough; when cooked, it becomes moderately crumbly. This variety is considered the best for making mashed potatoes or fried potatoes. The sorcerer potatoes can be stored for winter preparations for a long time and without problems. It is also not susceptible to long-term transportation.

How to care for Sorcerer potatoes

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This variety of potatoes does not require special care - you just need to periodically loosen the soil and clear it of weeds. It is also resistant to all kinds of diseases and pests. Including the causative agent of potato cancer and late blight, as well as viral diseases and common scab. In the event of an attack by the Colorado potato beetle, it has minor damage.It is susceptible only to golden potato cyst nematode. However, you should not experiment too much with this and it is still better to treat the plant with special means.

To prevent and control viral diseases (speckled, ring, aucuba mosaic and others), you can use insecticide sprays (no more than 3 applications per growing season), effective against the main vectors - aphids, cicadas and grass bugs. For benefit, it is good to feed with organic matter (mullein, etc.) and use growth regulators.

But since the Magician potato has high characteristics, it may be sufficient to follow simple rules: early planting and early harvesting, planting bushes close to each other (to avoid infection by contact viruses), timely removal of tops and carrying out basic agrotechnical measures (hilling up, watering, weeding).

How to plant the Charodey potato variety

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Cultivation is carried out in open ground: “former” places will do growth of perennial and annual grasses, flax, winter and grain crops. It is customary to plant seed potatoes from late April to early June (depending on the region and its climatic conditions), to a depth of about 10 cm, according to a pattern of 60*35 cm (the distance between rows is about 60 cm, between bushes in the same row is 35 cm).

The period of potato ripening from the moment of germination above the ground is on average 60-80 calendar days (but not more than three months), the tops die from the moment of planting after 100-115 days. From one hectare you can easily harvest about 200-300 centners of potatoes (in a good year it can reach up to 400 centners/ha).

According to experienced breeders, potatoes have high yields, so they can be planted twice a season. And what’s remarkable is that the second time the potatoes are in no way inferior in either taste or quantitative characteristics to the first.

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