Many plant growers and summer residents would like to deal with unpretentious crops that tolerate the absence of moisture, heat, insect attacks, and are also able to quickly get rid of various diseases. At the moment, about 280 species of this vegetable are registered. They are specially acclimatized, and also included in the list of vegetable crops that are recommended for industrial cultivation and storage.
Potato "Gala" breeders bred for those who want to put as little effort as possible, while not sacrificing quality and volume of the crop.
Is it necessary to choose varieties or is it possible to buy blind seed, without considering its compliance with climatic conditions? This is a rhetorical question, because correctly selected potatoes will be able to get about 900 kg of harvest from a hundred square meters of land, as well as grow an earthen apple, whose weight will be about 3 kg! In this article we will take a closer look at the Gala potato variety. We will learn how to plant it, what diseases it is susceptible to, and also find out its advantages.
Potato "Gala": variety description, photo
This variety is one of the early ripening. About 2.5 months pass from the moment of its planting, after which you can already serve fragrant young potatoes to the table . And such successes can be achieved in the middle lane - there in recent years the weather has often been arid.
Description
Potato “Gala” differs in the following characteristics:
- the description of the variety, the photo of which is presented in this article, you can start with the fact that this plant has slightly wavy, large, juicy green leaves;
- potato flowers are small, white;
- the tubers grow medium in size and oval, on average 120 g, covered with a pale yellow skin with a small number of eyes - these smooth potatoes are quick and nice to peel;
- during cooking, it does not change the structure, does not darken;
- the vegetable has a low starch content - this is important for people who prefer a healthy diet;
- Gala potatoes are perfectly stored provided that the tops are harvested a couple of weeks before harvesting the tubers.
Characteristics of potatoes will be incomplete, if not to say that this variety is very productive. To get 25 potatoes from the bush is the dream of every summer resident.
Diseases
Potato variety "Gala", easily experiencing various troubles, is often affected by rhizoctonia. This disease manifests itself in the form of a fungus that destroys the lower region of the stem. Therefore, the fight against it should be one of the main tasks of the grower. Prevention is simple, especially since at the moment the choice of harmless drugs is very large.
It is also necessary to pay attention to the diseases caused by the leaf curling virus, but the Gala potato is resistant to it. Sometimes he also suffers from late blight of the tops, even less often - late blight of tubers. Very well tolerates the attack scab, nematodes, cancer, virus Y.
Therefore, the resistance to various types of diseases, usually affecting many varieties, this variety is simply excellent, it makes it a competitive product, as well as the most beloved variety of many summer residents.
Grade Advantages
Potato “Gala” is suitable for people who value their strength and time, in addition, for those for whom the following factors matter:
- Do not waste your time caring for plants;
- not depend on landing time;
- receive rich harvest on any soil;
- keep it safe, without worrying about safety;
- eat young tasty potatoes already at the moment when it just bloomed among the neighbors.
How to plant?
"Gala" - potatoes (reviews about it can be read in the article below) when planting should not be larger than a chicken egg. Three days before planting, it must be warmed up in the sun. It is more effective to plant tubers at a distance of eighty centimeters, as well as to a depth of not more than half a palm. Moreover, if sprouts appear sprinkled several times with earth, you can contribute to the active growth of the root system. In order for the land to "rest", it is possible to plant rye during the winter for the period of planting potatoes .
Foreign and domestic practice has clearly established that the use of healed seed material of potatoes helps to increase productivity several times in comparison with degenerated ordinary material. It should be noted that the Gala potato accumulates a fungal, viral, bacterial infection, and at the same time loses its yield, in other words, degenerates. Therefore, whenever possible, it is necessary to change the variety to seed elite material as often as possible.
Gala (potato): reviews
Reading reviews of this potato, we can conclude that this is a very popular variety recently. Many say that it is resistant to various diseases and gives a rich harvest. Although there are those people who show discontent with them. This is mainly due to the fact that it degenerates over time.