Any housewife will appreciate the delicious potatoes that do not darken after cooking. And if it is still resistant to diseases and has a short growing season, then there is no price at all. Such is the potato "Timo Hankian". This article will discuss this variety.
Description
Description of the variety is known to many summer residents and gardeners. Consider how shoots and fruits of potatoes "Timo Khankian" look.
Check out the characteristics of potato varieties "Lorch", "Bellaroza", "Sante", "Zhuravinka", "Red Scarlett", "Veneta", "Nevsky", "Ilinsky", "Rocco", "Zhukovsky Early", "Adretta" , "Blue", "Slav", "Queen Anna", "Irbitsky", "Kiwi".
Did you know? The Indians of Peru grew potatoes another 4 thousand years ago. They introduced the plant into cultivation and bred more than 100 varieties.
Shoots
Bushes sprawling, low, compact. The leaves on them are large, have a green or light green tint. The upper side of the sheet is slightly glossy. Corollas of flowers of small size, have bluish-purple color.
Fruit
The fruits are oval-shaped, have a thin smooth skin of beige or yellow color. The eyes are small, planted medium. The flesh is light yellow, ripened, has high taste qualities. It contains about 14% starch. The average weight of a tuber is 70-120 g. 
Characteristic variety
Consider the characteristics of the potato variety "Timo Hankian". Productivity is quite high - from 200 to 500 centners per hectare can be collected, depending on the region. Tastes are high. This variety is early ripening: in the south, the crop can be harvested already 40-50 days after planting.
Considered potatoes are canteen. It can be cooked, stewed, fried. It can be stored for a long time. Marketability is 70-90%. "Timo" is considered resistant to heat and excess moisture. Also resistant to potato cancer, scab, blackleg. It can grow in any soil, but sandy soil will increase the yield and taste of fruits.
Advantages and disadvantages
This variety has many advantages:
- high yield;
- has good taste;
- resistant to drought and excess moisture;
- well kept;
- resistant to potato cancer;
- short period of ripening - 50-70 days;
- tubers are resistant to mechanical damage;
- suitable for growing in conditions of extreme farming.
The advantages of "Timo" more than disadvantages, but they are still there:
- tubers during storage early germinate;
- low resistance to late blight and golden nematode;
- afraid of a cold snap.
Correct fit
Before planting potatoes, it is necessary to conduct training:
- Disinfection. Potato tubers should be disinfected using boric acid, infusion of garlic or manganese.
- Soil preparation. They cultivate the land 2 times: in the autumn they dig up and bring rotten manure, and in the spring they bring peat and sand.
- Cuts of planting material. It is necessary that the sprouts and roots grow more actively. Incision is allowed transversely or in diameter.
Important! "Timo" is recommended to be grown in the ground, which throughout the growing season keeps friability, but does not melt after the rains.
Consider the ways of planting culture:
- smooth - is an easy way. Holes must be made at a distance of approximately 70 cm, to a depth of half a spade. In them planting material keeps within sprouts up and covered with earth;
- trench - This method is good for light sandy soils. Under the potatoes, trenches are dug out at a distance of 70 cm from each other, about 15 cm deep. It is recommended that large tubers should be laid out every 40 cm, and shallow ones - after 30 cm;
- ridge - suitable for heavy and waterlogged soil. It is necessary to make ridges about 15 cm high and plant the tubers, keeping a distance of 30 cm.
Did you know? Potatoes contain about 80% water. It also contains large amounts of vitamin A, which is good for vision.
General landing rules:
- the soil must be freshly plowed and not dry;
- seed potatoes should be laid sprouts down;
- for the appearance of sprouts on potatoes, it is laid out in the sun;
- To prevent the appearance of worms and pests, it is recommended to add wood ash to the well;
- for planting should take healthy tubers;
- about 10 days before planting, potatoes should be moved to a warm place;
- It is recommended to plant tubers in heated land, at least +8 ° ะก.
Care features
To get a good harvest, It is necessary to care for the culture:
- Watering. If there is no drought, then it is enough to carry out the procedure 3 times. This must be done on time. Immediately after planting it is not necessary to water, because there is still spring moisture in the ground. During the active growth of tops, potatoes need to be watered. During the flowering period, watering is carried out a second time. The third time is watered depending on the drying of the soil: if it is hard and dry at a depth of 6 cm or more, then it is necessary to moisten it. A month before harvesting, watering should stop.
- Hilling. This method will protect the culture from return frost, help to accumulate moisture and provide air flow to the roots. For the first time loosening between the rows is carried out after germination. Further, the procedure is carried out after soil moistening and precipitation, as well as before flowering.
- Top dressing. Fertilize potatoes three times per season. The first time feeding is carried out when the tops are still young - use 1 tbsp. l urea per 10 liters of water. Or you can make a semi-liquid mullein. This is done after watering or precipitation, adding 0.5 liters of solution to each bush. To speed up the flowering process, it is necessary to conduct a second feeding during the budding period. Ash (3 tbsp. L.) And potassium sulphate (1 tbsp. L.) Is diluted in a bucket of water and fertilized by plants. In the period of the appearance of flowers, in order for the roots to develop well and the formation of tubers accelerated, a semi-liquid mullein (1 tbsp.) And granulated superphosphate (2 tbsp.) Should be diluted in 10 liters of water.
- Protection. From the Colorado potato beetle will help the treatment of the tops with a solution of ash. Also, this solution can be watered bushes - this will protect them from rotting in wet weather. If you plant beans around a potato, mustard or calendula, it can protect the fruit from the wireworm. An infusion of garlic will help from late blight - 200 g of garlic should be crushed, add water, leave for 2 days, mix with 10 liters of water and process the bushes. The procedure is carried out at least 3 times every 10 days. You can fight with the Colorado potato beetle with chemicals.
Important! Water the potatoes should be in the evening, so that by morning the moisture on the leaves has time to dry.Potatoes "Timo" has many advantages. So feel free to grow this crop and collect a rich harvest!
