"Taisiya" is a promising Dutch variety, recently officially recognized in Russia, but popular all over the world.
This early potato has an unprecedented yield, while the taste qualities of tubers are consistently high. Potatoes can be grown not on farms and private farms, it is also suitable for industrial production.
A detailed description of the variety, its main characteristics and peculiarities of cultivation, as well as a propensity for diseases and methods of pest control are discussed further in the article.
Description of the root
Grade name | Taisiya |
general characteristics | medium yield table variety of high yield |
Gestation period | 70-80 days |
Starch content | 12-16% |
Mass of commercial tubers | 100-130 gr |
The number of tubers in the bush | 9-15 |
Yield | up to 430 c / ha |
Consumer quality | great taste, average stewiness |
Recumbency | 96% |
Skin color | yellow |
Pulp color | yellow |
Preferred growing regions | Central, Central Black Earth, Volga-Vyatka, North-West, Ural |
Disease resistance | highly resistant to rhizoctoniosis, rust, Y-virus and Yntn-virus, moderately resistant to scab, late blight |
Features of growing | germination of planting material is recommended, the variety tolerates drought and elevated temperatures |
Originator | Solana (Germany) |
- tubers of medium size, weighing from 100 to 130 g;
- oval or round-oval shape;
- neat tubers aligned in weight and size;
- the peel is light yellow, uniform, thin, smooth;
- eyes are superficial, small, hardly noticeable, unpainted;
- the pulp on the cut is white;
- average starch content ranges from 12 to 16%;
- high content of protein and valuable amino acids.
In the table below you can see the data on how much the average weight of commercial tubers of different varieties of potatoes:
Grade name | Tuber weight |
Taisiya | 100-130 gr |
Juvel | 80-150 gr |
Minerva | 120-245 gr |
Kiranda | 90-175 gr |
Dolphin | 60-100 gr |
Rogneda | 80-120 gr |
Granada | 80-100 gr |
Magician | 75-150 g |
Lasock | 150-200 g |
Zhuravinka | 90-160 gr |
Ryabinushka | 90-130 gr |
Characteristic
The potato variety "Taisiya" refers to the mid-early table and has the following characteristics. Vegetation period from 70 to 90 days. Tubers are tied together, under favorable climatic conditions, the yield is very high, up to 460 centners per hectare.
Compare the yield of Taisia with other varieties using the data in the table:
Grade name | Yield |
Taisiya | up to 430 c / ha |
Red lady | 170-300 c / ha |
Rosara | 350-400 c / ha |
Molly | 390-450 c / ha |
Luck | 420-430 c / ha |
Lyubava | 300-520 c / ha |
Latona | up to 460 c / ha |
Kamensky | 500-550 c / ha |
Zorachka | 250-320 c / ha |
Vineta | up to 400 kg / ha |
Meteor | 200-400 centners / ha |
Harvested potatoes are stored well, for a long time without losing commercial properties. Variety suitable for sale, transportation is possible.
The shrub is medium-sized, upright, with moderately spreading branches. The formation of green mass is medium, the leaves are small, simple, dark green. The corolla is compact, assembled from large white, rapidly falling flowers.
Berries a little, often they do not ripen. The root system is well developed, 15-20 selected potatoes are tied under each bush.. There are a few small items, ugly tubers are formed very rarely.
Planting care and farming are easy. You can grow potatoes from seed or tubers. When seed reproduction is recommended seedling method, it will shorten the growing season. Potatoes are planted in narrow rows, preferably fertile light soil. Drip irrigation is desirable, as well as 1-2-fold fertilizing with mineral complexes or organic matter. Read more about how to fertilize, how and when to fertilize, how to do it when planting, read the additional articles of the site.
Sowing material for subsequent planting is collected independently, it is almost not subject to degeneration.
When growing from seed, the appearance of a black leg is possible. Under conditions of excessive humidity, root or top rot can develop. The resistance to late blight is average.
Users note the excellent taste of potatoes. Many early varieties are not very tasty, "Taisia" is a happy exception. Tubers are not watery and not dry, saturated, suitable for the preparation of various dishes. The starch content is moderate, which makes the potato versatile. Tubers do not boil soft, keeping a neat shape. When cutting and cooking potatoes do not darken. Root vegetables can be deep-fried, boiled, baked, stuffed, used to make mashed potatoes.
Origin
Potatoes variety "Taisiya" bred Dutch breeders. The patent holder is the well-known company Solana, specializing in promising modern hybrids.
Registered in the State Register of the Russian Federation in 2015, recommended cultivation in Central, Central Black Earth, Volga-Vyatka, North-West, Ural regions. Potato "Taisiya", due to its characteristics suitable for farms and amateur farms, it is possible to grow on industrial fields.
Potatoes are good for sale, large, even tubers have excellent marketable qualities. According to official data, the yield of commodity tubers does not fall below 91%.
Advantages and disadvantages
The main advantages of the variety include:
- pleasant taste;
- high nutrient content;
- early amicable ripening;
- excellent yield;
- harvested potatoes are well kept;
- seed material does not degenerate;
- drought tolerance;
- tolerance for temperature changes;
- immunity to major diseases.
The variety is kept well, and what should be the time and temperature, what problems can there be in the articles of our site. Also read about how to store potatoes in the winter, on the balcony, in the refrigerator, in drawers, peeled.
Deficiencies in the variety is not seen. To increase the yield, it is recommended to carefully select the seed with preliminary treatment, organize irrigation and top dressing.
Features of growing
Like other early varieties, Taisia is often grown from seed. A good harvest with this method can be obtained only in a year; in the first season, the tubers will be small, but quite suitable as planting material.
At reproduction by tubers, seed material is pickled, dried, treated with growth stimulants. Potatoes must be germinated before planting.. For the cultivation of selected specimens with the strongest I bright shoots.
Planted tubers need when the soil warms up to 10 degrees. Delay with planting is not recommended, in spring the soil is saturated with natural moisture, guaranteeing a friendly growth of potatoes. Humus and wood ash are introduced into the soil. Potatoes are planted at a distance of 20 cm from each other, the row spacing is 60 cm.
Potato is moisture sensitive. In the rainy season, the appearance of rot is possible, a long drought reduces the number of tubers, they turn out to be small. The ideal option is the organization of a drip irrigation system that regulates the level of moisture.
Wood ash saves from stagnation of water. During the planting season 1-2 times spud, while destroying weeds. Read also about how to grow potatoes without hilling and weeding.
The first tubers can be broken in 45 days after planting. But the main crop should be harvested at the end of the growing season, at this time the potato becomes especially tasty and useful.
Read on our site all about fungicides and herbicides, their use and harm for planted plants.
There are many ways to grow potatoes. On our site you can get acquainted with the Dutch technology, learn a lot of useful information about growing under straw, in bags, in barrels, in boxes.
Diseases and pests
The variety is sufficiently resistant to the main diseases of Solanaceae: potato cancer, rhizoctoniosis, leaf spot, various viruses, golden cyst nematode. Under unfavorable conditions, it is possible that a common scab, root or apical rot, and a black stalk may be affected. From late blight plants saves early maturation. For preventive purposes, the bushes can be sprayed with an aqueous solution of copper-containing drugs.
In early summer, potatoes can be affected by aphids, spider mites, Colorado beetles. Preserve weeding will help timely weeding or mulching the soil. In case of severe injuries, insecticides are used in aerosols. To prevent the appearance of the wireworm, seed is pickled, and the soil is watered with fungicides.
A photo
The potato "Taisiya", the description of the variety of which we studied above is illustrated in the following photos:
"Taisia" - a real champion in yield in the group of medium early potatoes. The variety is young, but very promising, every year it gains more and more fans.
We also suggest you to get acquainted with other varieties that have a variety of ripening terms:
Superstore | Early maturing | Medium early |
Farmer | Bellarosa | Innovator |
Minerva | Timo | Pretty boy |
Kiranda | Spring | American |
Karatop | Arosa | Crown |
Juvel | Impala | Manifesto |
Meteor | Zorachka | Elizabeth |
Zhukovsky early | Colette | Vega | Riviera | Kamensky | Tiras |