Unpretentious to grow and highly productive potato variety El Mundo

Farmers who cultivate vegetables for sale value Dutch potato varieties for their high productivity and stable immunity to most fungal and viral infections. We have collected information about early potatoes El Mundo (Elmundo) with a description of the variety and photos. You will learn about the intricacies of agricultural technology, its advantages and disadvantages.

Description of the variety

The early-ripening potato variety El Mundo was developed by Dutch biologists from the STET HOLLAND company. The culture was included in the State Register of Russia in 2013.

Pictured are El Mundo potatoes.

The table summarizes the distinctive features of the variety.

Chemical composition of potatoes

The table shows the vitamin and mineral composition of raw, unpeeled tubers.

Calorie content 100 g of raw tubers with peel - 77 kcal, boiled without salt - 86 kcal.

Growing regions and planting dates

The variety gained access to cultivation in the regions:

• Northwestern (in the second ten days of May);
• Central (early May);
• Central Black Earth (mid-April);
• North Caucasus (early May);
• Srednevolzhsky (in the first ten days of May).

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages:

• early ripeness;
• high productivity;
• the ability to grow on any type of soil;
• immunity to most diseases;
• excellent taste characteristics;
• keeping quality and ability to be transported over long distances.

Disadvantage: susceptibility to late blight of tops and tubers, viruses that cause leaf curl, wrinkled and striped mosaic.

Features of planting and growing

El Mundo potatoes are undemanding to soil type and climate. Shows the best results when grown in the middle zone and southern regions. The rules of agricultural technology are standard and provide for watering, loosening, weeding, hilling and fertilizing with mineral fertilizers.

Preparing for landing

Any type of soil is suitable for growing El Mundo potatoes: loam, black soil, sandy loam. It is important to take into account the acidity of the soil. It is preferable to plant potatoes in slightly acidic soil with a pH level of 5.1-6.0.

To determine acidity, litmus papers and a special device with a long probe are used. To determine pH using improvised means, soda and vinegar are most often used. To do this, take two bowls and throw a handful of earth into each. Add 9% vinegar to one container and soda to another. The characteristic hissing and bubbles when reacting to vinegar appear if the soil is alkaline. A similar phenomenon upon contact with soda indicates increased acidity.

To deoxidize the soil, dolomite flour, chalk, and slaked lime (400-500 g/sq. m) are used. Adding manure, compost, sawdust and pine needles will help increase the acidity of alkaline soil.

15–20 days before planting, the tubers are brought out into the light and left to germinate in a room with a temperature of +14…+20°C. To ensure optimal moisture levels, potatoes are sprayed with water daily.

Soaking in disinfectant solutions is an integral part of the preparatory work. It prevents infection with fungal diseases. In practice, potassium permanganate, copper sulfate and Fitosporin are used.

Disinfectant composition option:

• 5 g copper sulfate;
• 40 g urea;
• 10 g boric acid;
• 60 g superphosphate;
• 1 g potassium permanganate.

The components are dissolved in 10 liters of hot water, cool the solution to room temperature and soak the tubers in it for 20 minutes.

24 hours before planting, the seeds are treated with a growth stimulator - Epin or Zircon. Large tubers are cut into pieces, the sections are sprinkled with wood ash.

Planting scheme and technology

The landing site should be located on the sunny side, without groundwater. A month before planting, the area is sown with green manure (lupine, flax, rye, wheat or peas), which are then mowed and buried in the ground.Plants loosen the soil, saturate it with useful substances, and prevent the growth of pathogenic microflora.

The ground temperature should be +6...+8°C, the air temperature during the day - +13...+16°C, at night - +5°C.

Scheme potato planting El Mundo standard. The holes are dug 10-15 cm deep at a distance of 35 cm. The row spacing is 60-70 cm.

The holes are filled with a solution of potassium permanganate, and a handful of wood ash is added to each. To repel the Colorado potato beetle, tubers are soaked in the Matador preparation according to the instructions.

Rules of care

Early maturing El Mundo needs sufficient watering more than other mid-season and late potato varieties. The maximum moisture requirement of the plant is observed during budding and flowering. During periods of prolonged rains, watering is not carried out, and during drought, plantings are watered at least twice a week. Installing a drip water supply system helps solve the problem of moisture deficiency over large areas.

Loosening and weeding are carried out regularly. Shallow loosening prevents the formation of a hard crust on the soil surface and provides better aeration of the root system. Hilling is carried out for the first time when the first shoots grow 5–7 cm; repeat when reaching 15 cm and during budding.

In regions with dry summers, it is not recommended to hill up potatoes, since the tubers will simply bake in dry soil. Regular loosening is enough here.

It is advisable to feed Elmundo potatoes with complex fertilizers with a minimum amount of nitrogen. This substance provokes rapid growth of green mass, while the tubers remain small. Organic matter is added in the fall after digging up the site, and the potatoes receive the next portion of nitrogen from rotted green manure.

Experienced farmers recommend fertilizing potatoes with Nitrophoska, superphosphate, wood ash, and Kemira. When planting seeds, add 1 tbsp to each hole. l. any of these fertilizers.

During the growing season, the plant best accepts foliar feeding. The simplest and most effective way to increase productivity is superphosphate extraction. To prepare it, take 3 tbsp. l. dry matter, pour 500 ml of boiling water, leave for 24 hours and dilute with 10 liters of water. Consumption per bush - 0.5 l.

Wood ash is an excellent way to protect plants from fungal diseases and accelerate tuber growth. It contains magnesium, potassium and phosphorus. Take 200-300 ash per 10 liters of water, mix thoroughly and spray the bushes until the suspension settles. The procedure is carried out in the afternoon or evening so that the moisture has time to evaporate before noon.

Interesting fact. At the beginning of the 17th century, potatoes became known as “earth apples.” At first, doctors recognized the overseas product as poisonous, since it was then edible ate really toxic potato berries. Therefore, in 1630, parliament banned the cultivation of crops in the country.