"Crane" - high-yielding potatoes: variety description, characteristics, photos

Zhuravushka (Zhuravinka) is a multi-tubular table potato variety first bred in Belarus. According to maturity, it belongs to mid-late varieties.

The yield is 640 kg / ha, which is quite high. Designed for dining use, but quite often used to make chips.

Read more in the article about the description of the variety, as well as about its main characteristics, agrotechnical features and a tendency to diseases.

Variety description

Sredneroslye upright plants with a thick thick stem and dark green leaves of medium size. During the flowering period, the color of the corolla is colored in purple-red. Fruits are small, round or oval in shape with a lightly red skin and small eyes. The flesh is colored creamy or light yellow. Starch content varies from 14% to 19%. The mass of an average commercial tuber is 83-139 g.

To compare the starch content in Zhuravinki tubers with other varieties, you can use the data in the table below:

Specifications

"Crane" refers to unpretentious potato varieties. A strong root system provides high yields even in harsh conditions. During strong fluctuations in temperature, the plant dies off only 40% of the leaves, which is not so much compared with other varieties. In addition, the potato perfectly tolerates the lack of moisture in the soil.

Therefore, "Zhuravushka" can be considered suitable for almost all climatic and environmental conditions. The variety has good keeping quality.

With the keeping quality of other varieties you can see in the table below:

Features of growing

If your choice fell on the "Crane", you need to remember that for growing potatoes are more suitable areas with high access of sunlight.

Agrotechnical methods are standard: hilling, mulching, fertilizer, watering.

In dry periods, the plant requires regular irrigation. In addition, when growing potatoes of this variety, it is better to refrain from using nitrogen fertilizers or substantially reduce their volume.

Read more about how to spud potatoes correctly and whether you need to do it, with what tools it is most convenient to do it, what a walker is good for and whether you can get a good harvest without weeding and hilling.

And also about what fertilizers are the best, what it costs to feed the plantings and why minerals are needed, when and how to apply them, how to do it when planting.

A photo

The photo shows a variety of potatoes Zhuravinka:

Diseases and pests

The advantages of the variety "Crane" is its resistance to various kinds of diseases. Potatoes are not susceptible to widespread leaf phytophthora, blackleg, scab, rhizoctoniosis, and viruses.

Also, the plant is resistant to rot and parasites, which is an advantage with a long shelf life. It should be noted that the plant may be susceptible to the nematode.

Read also about Alternaria, verticilliasis, fusarium wilt, late blight on potatoes and cancer.

As for insect pests, wireworms, bears, potato moths and Colorado beetles cause the greatest harm. Read in the articles of our site on how to deal with parasites:

1. Effective ways against wireworms.
2. We get rid of the bear by means of chemistry and folk remedies.
3. We fight effectively with the potato moth: part 1 and part 2.
4. Fighting the Colorado potato beetle and its larvae: folk and chemical drugs:
   • Aktara.
   • Regent.
   • Corado.
   • Prestige.

Advantages and disadvantages

Separate attention deserve high consumer qualities of this product. The probability of meeting spoiled tubers when digging is minimized.

It is grown up both for the industrial purposes, and in gardens and kitchen gardens. Root crops are well kept.

We offer you detailed information about the storage of potatoes: dates, places, temperature and possible problems. About that in what conditions root crops are stored in the winter, in vegetable storehouses, in the apartment, in a cellar, on a balcony, in boxes, in the refrigerator and cleared.

Potatoes has good tastetherefore suitable for cooking and ordinary dishes, and crisp potatoes.

Zhuravinka was first bred by Belarusian breeders. As is known, in Belarus, potatoes are the second bread, therefore in the country they are particularly scrupulous in growing this product.

Residents themselves are proud to grow potatoes of such high quality and can cook an incredible amount of various dishes with this vegetable with pleasure.

Read more about the properties of potatoes: the juice and sprouts are useful, is it possible to eat raw root vegetables and what is the danger of solanine.

Conclusion

Thus, the variety Crane potatoes - a great choice for planting on your backyard.

High yields of potatoes are provided thanks to good adaptability to natural conditions and high resistance to diseases and parasites. And of course, the most important factor for which this product should be especially noted is the unsurpassed taste in any form.

There are many ways to grow potatoes. We have prepared for you a series of interesting articles on this topic. Read all about modern Dutch technology, what are the subtleties of care for early varieties, which potatoes are loved in Russia and in other countries of the world. And also all about unusual methods - under straw, in bags, in boxes, in barrels, from seeds.

Below in the table you will find links to articles on potato varieties ripening at different times:

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