Potato Riviera: excellent taste and long-term storage

This superearly variety of potatoes of the Dutch selection enjoys the real popularity among farmers and gardeners. No wonder, because he has a lot of valuable qualities and characteristics.

Very early ripening periods, drought resistance and resistance to mechanical damage, as well as good taste, and in general, high consumer qualities - it's all about him.

In this article we will tell you in detail about what the super-early Riviera potatoes are, what features they have and in which regions they can be successfully grown.

Variety description

Specifications

Riviera is an early ripened table potato, bred in the Netherlands, which is successfully cultivated in temperate climate zones. This variety is cultivated mainly in Moldova, Ukraine and in Russia. How to grow early potatoes correctly and which countries are engaged in the cultivation of this vegetable, read the individual articles on our website.

Riviera has the following qualities and characteristics.:

• Precocity. Tubers already acquire commodity weight on the 40th day after shoots shoots.
• Productivity The variety has a high and stable yield.. On day 35, the yield reaches 28 tons per 1 hectare of land, and at the end of the growing season 45 tons per 1 hectare.
• Drought tolerance. The Riviera potato variety produces an excellent harvest even in the driest periods. Due to its precocity (early ripening), the potato has time to accumulate the crop before the onset of the hot period. In addition, a powerful root system independently provides the entire bush with moisture. This makes it possible to grow the Riviera in hot regions.
• Requirements for the soil. The most suitable soil for this variety is a soil of lightweight texture.
• Application. Suitable for both young and long-term storage..
• Taste qualities. When evaluating on a five-point scale, taste reaches 4.8.
• Damage resistance. The variety is insensitive to mechanical damage - when harvesting, 87-92% of tubers retain integrity.
• Disease resistance. Riviera sredneustoychiv to cancer pathogen, viral potato infections, potato nematode. Sensitive to scab, with late harvesting prone to late blight of tubers and leaves.
• Storage. The quality of tubers of this variety is quite high, especially when harvesting in the late period.

Appearance characteristics:

• Plant tall (75-85 cm), upright.
• Stems strong, powerful root system.
• The leaves are dark green, large, wavy on the edge.
• One bush gives about 10-12 tubers.
• The plant does not bloom (does not have time), but if the bloom occurs, you can see the wreaths of red-purple hue.

You can compare the yield and mass of Riviera potato tubers with other varieties in the table below:

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Features of growing

Agrotechnika cultivation varieties standard. Before planting potatoes of this variety, it is necessary to prepare seed.

There are two ways to do this.:

1. Place the potatoes in a warm, well-lit room for a period of 5-15 days, at a temperature of + 12 ... +15 degrees.
2. A more advanced method is to increase the time of germination for a period of 30 to 60 days.

   This contributes to a better sprouting growth with root buds. During this time, the sowing potatoes must be turned several times so that the light hits it evenly.

It is best to plant potatoes in those areas that are best heated and before they dry out of water. and get rid of snow cover. The place where the Riviera potatoes will be sown should be protected from the cold.

Pre-germination of tubers allows for the earliest shoots. For sowing should be selected potatoes without damage and frostbite.

Important: for earlier shoots it is necessary to select round-shaped potatoes with a weight of 30-70 g. Large sowing potatoes can reduce the yield by up to 60%!

Riviera potato varieties are recommended to be planted under the 35x90 scheme, that is, the distance between the holes should be 35 cm, and between rows 90 cm.

Spread the seed should be sprouted up to a depth less than for other varieties (5-6 cm).

A very important characteristic for potatoes is its keeping quality. In the table below you can compare this indicator in different varieties:

Fertilizer

Riviera, like all varieties of early potatoes, requires several mineral supplements. It is advisable to use liquid fertilizers that easily penetrate the plant root system.. You can use dolomite flour, which must be made in a proportion of 50 g / square meter.

About how and when to feed potatoes, how to do it properly when planting, read the special materials of the site.

We also offer useful information about spraying potatoes and using fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides when growing them.

Read all about the benefits and harms they can do to your vegetables.

Care

Like all varieties of potatoes, Riviera needs to loosen the soil. It is necessary to carry out the procedure for getting rid of weeds and loosening the upper layer, which is crusted after rains and interferes with the oxygen supply of the soil.

Loosening is carried out after a week and a half after planting, then another one a week after the first procedure and the final loosening is carried out after the first shoots. You can use such agrotechnical method as mulching. Watering potatoes Riviera can be carried out occasionally, subject to drought. If the weather is due to precipitation, additional watering is not required.

Cultivation of potatoes implies the use of a variety of methods. We have prepared for you a series of materials about Dutch technology, as well as about growing under straw, in bags or barrels.

Also useful will be information about the storage of potatoes, about what conditions are required for a successful winter storage, what are the terms and how to store the potatoes in boxes.

We suggest that you familiarize yourself with potato varieties that have different ripening terms:

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