Skazka Potato: Variety Description, Growing Instructions, Reviews

According to the description and characteristics of the "Skazka" potato variety (see photos of the fruits below), the plant is primarily attractive to small farms. Online reviews are generally excellent.The Skazka potato variety (see photo below) has excellent quality, but the documentation describing this super-elite variety specifically mentions its demanding growing conditions. Negative online reviews are only found by gardeners whose busy schedules prevented them from carrying out their cultivation work in a timely and proper manner.

Description and characteristics of the Skazka potato

This mid-early subspecies of a beloved vegetable, with the tubers reaching marketable maturity 70-90 days after planting, has a well-developed bush up to 70 cm tall and succulent, bright green leaves. It blooms with small rosettes of 5-6 light lilac flowers.

The tubers of the "Skazka" potato variety are light yellow, with a thin skin and snow-white flesh. The eyes are medium-deep, dark pink, with characteristic light pink spots of random shapes around them. The interior does not darken when cut and does not change color during cooking. The starch content is quite high—up to 19%—making the fruits suitable for salads and deep-frying. They keep well until the next harvest; 90% of the tubers overwinter well even in the most basic conditions.

Recommended for small gardens, as it requires good soil quality and watering. It produces well in sandy and loamy soils, and peatland soils are ideal.

Fairytale Potato: Yield, Origin

When all agricultural practices are followed, it can produce truly gigantic harvests. According to online user reviews, cases of the plant's incredible fertility are not uncommon—up to 30 elongated, oval-shaped tubers can ripen under a single bush.

Obtained from crossing the following high quality "parents":

1. "Tuberosum".
2. "Demissum".
3. "Vernei".

The subspecies' producers are scientists and breeders from the Leningrad Research Institute; in 2005, it was included in the state register.

Rules for growing potatoes Skazka

The variety belongs to high-intensity vegetable plants with a large number of ovaries, therefore it is demanding of the following conditions:

• the presence of sufficient nutrients in the soil;
• constant soil moisture and air permeability;
• Providing sufficient soil nutrition, i.e. the distance between tubers in planting should be greater than usual.
• Providing the bush with greenery throughout the growing season: protection from diseases and pests, etc.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

One of the clear advantages of the "Skazka" variety is its exceptional fertility—the size of the seed is irrelevant when planted under favorable conditions. Thus, an excellent harvest of full-sized tubers can be obtained from small potatoes and divisions, significantly saving on the cost of purchasing super-elite tubers.

Disadvantages include the vegetable's sensitivity to weather and soil conditions - on heavy soils with poor nutritional value, there is a high risk of producing small tubers.

Diseases and pests

"Skazka" is resistant to potato cancer. It can be susceptible to late blight in high humidity or rainy weather during the growing season. The vegetable's seed stock can accumulate viral diseases, making it susceptible to scab, macrosporiosis, and golden nematode. The beds should be treated with chemicals and folk remedies.

Reviews

Natalya Ivanovna, Penza:

"I didn't like the variety. My garden is small, so I try to select only high-quality varieties. I have to feed my family, so I was tempted by 'Skazka' because of its high fertility. However, I only got a few small ones, seemingly endless. The rainy summer is probably to blame."

Igor Vasilievich, Lipetsk:

"I planted 'Skazka' this year. I trusted the reviews on a forum for lovers of this amazing vegetable and was not disappointed. I got a fantastic harvest on my sandy loam soil. Each plant yielded 20 tubers weighing about 150 grams of excellent quality."

Elena Ivanovna, Volgograd:

"We've been planting 'Skazka' for five years now. Our dacha is small, so we carefully tend to the potatoes. It's an excellent variety of a popular root vegetable—it lasts two families until the next harvest! And it keeps wonderfully in a regular cellar—all the tubers stay plump until spring."