Molly's German Potatoes - Excellent Tastes and High Yields

Molly potato varieties are the brainchild of German agronomists, which are successfully cultivated in the territory of the post-Soviet countries.

Beautiful presentation, excellent taste and high yields make the grade Molly popular and increasingly popular.

Read in our article a complete description of the variety, its characteristics and characteristics of cultivation, susceptibility to diseases and susceptibility to attack by pests.

Variety description

The bush can be both high and medium in height (from 55 to 75 cm). The type of plant is also ambiguous - both half-upright stem and spreading intermediate type. The leaves are medium to large in size, light green and green. The edge of the sheet has a weak waviness.

At the very beginning of the growing season there is an abundant growth of tops, but the flowers are formed in small quantities. The corolla of flowers has a white tint.

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Specifications

Molly potato varieties are one of the very first suppliers of young tubers to the market. Potatoes, bred by breeders from Germany, rightfully takes the place of one of the most delicious and productive varieties. Cultivation is common in the Central and Northwest regions.

This potato variety belongs to the early ripe. The period from germination to full maturity is 70-75 days. The first digging can be carried out at 45-55 days from the beginning of the vegetative period.

Molly is a high-yielding variety. Potatoes are characterized by early tuber formation, which turns into an early accumulation of the crop already in the middle of the growing season.

The average yield on the 45th day after the shoot is 15-17 tons per 1 hectare of land, on the 55th day - 18-22 tons. When fully ripe, the maximum yield reaches 30-36 tons per 1 hectare of arable land.

On the yield of other varieties you will find information in this table:

As for the storage of potatoes, the variety shows good keeping quality. Read more about how to store potatoes in the winter, in boxes, in the refrigerator, and also what to do with already cleaned tubers and what are the general storage periods, see the articles on our website.

Potato varieties Molly calmly endures drought, but with long-term aridity needs watering.

How to organize the irrigation of potatoes, read in a separate article on our site.

The type of soil undemanding. It is excellently cultivated on medium and light soils with a particle size distribution. Molly - a variety of table potatoes. Suitable for growing under film, germination and storage. The bediness of these tubers is quite high. In general, there are many ways to grow potatoes. On our site you will find everything about Dutch technology, about growing in bags, in a barrel, under straw.

Molly's potatoes have an excellent taste, which corresponds to a mark of 4.1 on a five-point scale. After cooking, the flesh remains dense, it does not boil soft (sometimes there is an average degree of friability).

Damage resistant enough. After harvest, marketability is 89-92%. With the keeping quality of other varieties of potatoes, you can find in the table below:

Molly has high durability Before diseases: potato cancer, viral infections: Alternaria, Fusarium, Verticillus, Cyst-forming nematode. Relative resistance is observed to late blight tops and tubers, scab.

As for pests, no one is immune from attack, for example, the Colorado potato beetle. Fighting it is a certain system of measures.

Read all about folk methods and chemicals that can destroy this enemy.

It is worth noting that planting this potato is recommended after perennial grasses, annual grasses and flax, leguminous plants, winter crops. Placing seed on sandy soils is better to produce after lupine. Mulching will help fight weeds.

Plant care, pest and disease control produced as usual. As for fertilizers, you can familiarize yourself with separate information on when and how to apply them, and whether you need to do this when planting.

We also offer to familiarize yourself with other varieties of potatoes that have different ripening terms: