If you prefer early varieties of potatoes, pay attention to Ilinsky.
It is highly valued by gardeners for its stable yield, excellent taste and good commercial quality.
A detailed description of the variety, its main characteristics and cultivation features can be found in this article.
You will also learn what diseases are prone to and are affected by pests.
Potatoes Ilyinsky variety description
Grade name | Ilinsky |
general characteristics | medium early variety of Russian breeding, characterized by very high marketability |
Gestation period | 70-80 days |
Starch content | 16-18% |
Mass of commercial tubers | 50-160 gr |
The number of tubers in the bush | 8-13 |
Yield | 180-350 c / ha |
Consumer quality | good taste, suitable for cooking any dishes |
Recumbency | 93% |
Skin color | pink |
Pulp color | white |
Preferred growing regions | Central Black Earth, Middle Volga |
Disease resistance | susceptible to golden cyst nematode |
Features of growing | standard agricultural technology |
Originator | GNU Institute of Potato Farm them. A.G. Lorch |
Ilyinsky belongs to medium-early potato varieties, since it takes from 70 to 90 days from germination to technical maturity. It was included in the State Register of the Russian Federation in the Central Black Soil Region, and also distributed in Ukraine and Moldova. From one hectare of planting, usually from 180 to 350 centners of such potatoes are harvested.
In the table below you can get acquainted with such indicators as the quality and yield of potatoes of different varieties:
Grade name | Yield | Recumbency |
Ilinsky | 180-350 c / ha | 93% |
Bullfinch | 180-270 c / ha | 95% |
Rosara | 350-400 c / ha | 97% |
Molly | 390-450 c / ha | 82% |
Luck | 420-430 c / ha | 88-97% |
Latona | up to 460 c / ha | 90% (subject to the absence of condensate in the storage) |
Kamensky | 500-550 | 97% (previously germination at storage temperatures above + 3 ° C) |
Impala | 180-360 | 95% |
Timo | up to 380 kg / ha | 96%, but the tubers germinate early |
Ilyinsky potatoes are kept well. Detailed information on the timing and temperature, on possible problems in the individual material of the site. And also about how to store roots in the winter, in drawers, on the balcony, in the refrigerator, peeled.
For this grade characterized by good taste. It has table purpose, tolerates drought and high temperatures. It is necessary to grow this vegetable in an open ground. Most suitable for him are soils in which perennial or annual grasses, winter and leguminous crops, and flax are grown. You can plant such potatoes in sandy soils, where lupine was previously grown.
It exhibits a high resistance to damage and to potato cancer, however, it is susceptible to late blight and golden potato cyst nematode.
Shrubs varieties Ilinsky different average height. These semi-upright plants are covered with medium-sized green leaves that have either flat or slightly wavy edges. For these plants are characterized by small inflorescences and medium-colored corollas of red-purple color. The root crop of this potato variety is oval-shaped. It is covered with a smooth red skin, under which lies white flesh.
For these root crops is characterized by the average depth of the eyes. The average weight of the tuber is from 54 to 158 grams, and the starch content in it is at the level of 15.7-18.0%. The number of tubers in the bush - 8-13 pcs.
You can compare this figure with the same for other varieties using the table below:
Grade name | The number of tubers in the bush |
Ilinsky | 8-13 pieces |
Jelly | up to 15 |
Typhoon | 6-10 pieces |
Lilea | 8-15 pieces |
Tiras | 9-12 pieces |
Elizabeth | to 10 |
Vega | 8-10 pieces |
Romano | 8-9 pieces |
Gypsy | 6-14 pieces |
Gingerbread Man | 15-18 pieces |
knapweed | up to 15 |
The origin and characteristics of growing
Ilinsky potato was bred in Russia in 1999. Planting potatoes Ilinsky usually carried out in May. The distance between plants should be 60 centimeters, and between rows - 35 centimeters. The soil must be constantly kept loose and weeds removed. To prevent their appearance, mulching can be used.
About how to organize the correct watering and produce hilling potatoes, read the individual articles.
On our site you will find a lot of interesting things about growing potatoes. Including such methods: in bags and barrels, under straw and in boxes, as well as all about the Dutch technology.
Read also about getting a crop without weeding and hilling, about how to grow early varieties and how to do it from seeds.
A photo
Look at the photo: seed potato cultivar Ilinsky
Diseases and pests
Potato cultivar Ilinsky is susceptible to diseases such as late blight and golden cyst nematode. The main symptoms of late blight are dark spots that initially appear on the leaves, and then on all other parts of the plant.
This disease is incurable, but it can be prevented by using preventive spraying of plants with a solution of blue vitriol, copper sulphate, manganese or Bordeaux mixture. If the potato is already infected, such drugs as Oxyhom, Ridomil Gold MC and Ridomil MC will help to delay the spread of late blight.
The main signs of the spread of the potato nematode include slow plant growth, drying and yellowing of the lower leaves. Tubers become small, and the root system has a shredded appearance. To combat this pest, you can use drugs such as Thunderbolt 1, Thunderbolt 2 and Medvedtox U.
Read also about such frequent diseases of Solanaceae, such as Alternaria, Fusarium, Verticillis, scab.
Potatoes Ilinsky refers to the proven time reliable varieties and boasts great popularity among domestic gardeners, and among vegetable growers of the near abroad. It can be grown both for sale and for personal consumption.
Responsive to fertilizer. On our site you will find detailed information on how to feed potatoes, when and how to apply fertilizer, how to do it when planting.
We offer you a useful article on the benefits and dangers of fungicides and herbicides.
Below in the table you will find links to materials about potatoes with different ripening terms:
Mid-season | Medium early | Middle late |
Santana | Tiras | Melody |
Desiree | Elizabeth | Lorch |
Openwork | Vega | Margarita |
Purple Haze | Romano | Son |
Yanka | Lugovskoy | Lasock |
Tuscany | Tuleyevsky | Aurora |
Giant | Manifesto | Zhuravinka |