Courage Dutch Potatoes: variety description, characteristics and photos

Dutch breeders are among the most active in Europe, they often indulge us with all new high-quality potato varieties.

So this time they did not disappoint, having prepared a universal variety of potato "Courage", which has excellent taste and appearance.

On our site you will find the most relevant information about potato variety "Courage": a characteristic with a photo and a description of the root.

Characteristic

The potato variety "Courage" was created in Holland, and in the State Register of varieties of Russia listed since 2007 Central and Central Chernozem areas. It has a good yield, it will please you with 16 - 27 tons of potatoes per hectare. And with proper care, this figure can increase to 40 tons.

As for yield, then compare this figure with other varieties can be in the table below:

Longevity is also not failed, it is kept at 91%. And the marketability of output fruits ranges between 83 and 99%. Courage refers to medium-late varieties of potatoes, the crop can be harvested after 80 - 90 days after the first shoots. Potatoes have good storage performance.

You can learn more about the terms, temperature and storage problems in the articles of our site.

Read how to store potatoes in the winter, in the apartment and cellar, on the balcony and in the boxes, in the refrigerator and in peeled form. And also about what is this process in the vegetable store.

Potato "Courage": description of the variety, photo

Fruits grow large, the average weight is not less than 100 g, and often grow to 140 g. The tubers have an elongated oval shape, the skin is pink-red and medium-sized eyes with a small depth. Pulp of a yellowish shade and very pleasant taste.

Starch content in fruits - 20%. Potatoes of this variety tolerate transportation and do not have the ability to darken with physical damage, so it is excellent for sale and transportation over long distances.

Compare the starch content and the weight of the Kurazh tubers with other varieties you can in the table below:

Bushes can be upright or semi-upright and grow quite tall. The leaves are dark green and medium size. During flowering appear beautiful large flowers with purple corollas. One bush usually forms on 10 - 12 root crops.

Visually familiarize yourself with the “Courage” potatoes in the photo below:

Features of growing

“Courage” is a table-type potato, but the characteristics of the root crop show that it can also be used for industrial purposes for processing into starch. Potatoes have excellent taste, which has been noted more than once by gardeners throughout the country.

Fruits do not have the ability to darken when boiling or frying., have a good crispness. In addition, they are well suited for making chips. As for the landing, then it is important to accurately match the time of landing in the ground. The fact is that in the regions prescribed for this variety by the RF State Register, frosts can continue until May. Young plants do not tolerate cooling, therefore, may die or develop poorly.

So, it is very important to germinate your planting material in advance (the optimal sprout length on tubers is at least 2 cm) and plant it in the soil heated to 10 ° C (approximately in the first decade of May).

If you want to protect your crop even more, you can immediately before planting process tubers with growth regulators, for example, by Appin. This drug will stimulate the formation of tubers, strengthen the immune system and accelerate the emergence of seedlings.

Of the soils, the “Courage” potatoes develop best on moderately acidic soil, that is, with an average pH value. It is best to plant material according to the 70 x 35 scheme (the distance between rows is 70 cm, and between tubers in rows is 35 cm). The depth of planting depends on the type of soil: on light sandy soils, it is 10 cm, and on light, loamy, up to 8 cm.

If you plan to fertilize the land before planting, it is best to apply those which do not contain chlorine and dissolves well in water (urea, potassium sulfate and others).

When growing potatoes, it is often impossible to do without the use of additional treatments with chemicals.

Read on our site how to properly apply fungicides, herbicides and insecticides.

And also learn more about how to feed the potatoes, which feedings are the best, when and how to apply fertilizer, how to do it when planting.

IMPORTANT! The plant grows most rapidly in those areas where perennial grasses, legumes, flax and lupins were grown.

In the future, your potatoes do not need any specific cultivation techniques, it is important to remember only the most important thing:

• keep the soil clean and loose. If the soil in your area is light in nature, then you can pre-and not dig up;
• for backfilling of rows with planting material, it is better to use soil from neighboring beds, in this case you will avoid the occurrence of a dried and solid layer of earth;
• The number of hilling should be at least 3 per season, the very first need to be done after your plant reaches a height of 12-15 cm;
• if the tops of the bushes develops poorly, then you can spend a few foliar fertilizing with minerals with an interval of 7 - 10 days.

Read more about such agrotechnical techniques as mulching between rows, watering potatoes using the drip method, hilling manually and using a tiller.

Diseases and pests

Late blight

However is experiencing weakness for late blight pathogenthat may very badly affect your harvest.

Phytophthora can destroy more than half of the entire potato crop, therefore, against it It is necessary to take protective measures:

• sprouting planting tubers and the use of growth stimulants, which accelerate the development of the plant and do not give the plant time for education, helps well;
• it is possible to process fields with fungicides before the onset of the disease as a preventive measure. Yunomil, Ridomil MC and Aviksil have proven themselves well;
• Phytophtora spores are stored in dead leaves and weeds, so get rid of them in a timely manner.

Read also about common solanaceous diseases such as Alternaria, Fusarium, Verticillium wilt.

If we talk about insect pests, the main threat is the Colorado potato beetle, honey beetles, wireworms, potato moths, aphids.

On our site you can read a lot of useful information about how to combat these insects:

1. How to get rid of the wireworm in the garden.
2. Medvedka is a dangerous pest: we derive it with the help of chemistry and folk methods.
3. Potato moth: poison - part 1 and part 2.
4. Colorado potato beetle and its larvae: the struggle with folk remedies and industrial preparations:
   • Regent.
   • Aktara.
   • Prestige.
   • Corado.

"Courage" is a universal variety of potatoes, which is suitable both for personal cultivation, and for sales and applications in industry. It may not have some unique qualities, but it is a very tasty and reliable potato variety, which does not require constant care and high cash costs.

There are many ways to grow potatoes today. We offer you to meet some of them. Read all about modern Dutch technology, the cultivation of early varieties, the harvest without weeding and hilling. Find out what the difference in the cultivation of potatoes in Russia and other countries. Meet these cultivation methods: under straw, in bags, in barrels, in boxes, from seeds.

We also suggest that you familiarize yourself with other varieties of potatoes with different ripening terms:

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