Valery

Cultivation Break

Season Overview

Description

The Valery variety is the perfect choice for all hobby gardeners and gourmets who value first-class taste and flawless appearance. With its deep yellow flesh and smooth, light-colored skin, it is a real eye-catcher in the kitchen and impresses with its versatility. Features at a glance Cooking type: Mainly waxy to waxy – ideal for a wide range of dishes. Maturity: Medium early (harvest possible from August depending on planting time). Tuber shape: Long oval with very flat eyes, making it particularly easy to peel. Taste: Delicately aromatic with a buttery note. Flesh color: Intense deep yellow. Growing & yield tips Valery is characterized by high yield stability and good resistance to common scab and viral diseases. It prefers loose, well-aerated soils with a consistent water supply. Planting time: April to May (as soon as the ground is frost-free). Planting depth: approx. 8–10 cm. Planting distance: 30–35 cm in the row, approx. 75 cm between rows. Location: Sunny to partial shade. Gardening tip: For a particularly intense yellow color and optimal storage life, it is recommended to leave the tubers in the ground for about two weeks after the foliage has died back.

Growing tips

🌱 Pre-germination - Place in a bright, cool place 3-4 weeks before planting - Pre-germination: 10-15 °C (optimum) - Not too warm, otherwise the sprouts will be long and thin - Bright, but not sunny location - Promotes strong sprouts, brings an earlier harvest - Germination length: 1-2 cm, compact and greenish 🌍 Location & soil - Loose, humus-rich, deep soil is ideal - Sandy-loamy soils - pH value: slightly acidic to neutral (approx. 5.5-7) - Potatoes do not like waterlogging - Potatoes love full sun - At least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day, more is better. - Partial shade is fine, but the yield is noticeably lower - A location with good air circulation helps to avoid late blight. - Do not plant too close to walls or hedges. 🌾 Planting - Planting time: April to May, depending on weather conditions - Planting depth: approx. 8-10 cm - Spacing: 30-40 cm in the row, 60-70 cm between the rows 🪴 Hilling up - When plants are 15-20 cm high, pile up soil - Protects against light (green tubers!) and increases the yield - Repeat 2-3 times 💧 Watering - Potatoes are relatively robust, but: ◦ They need sufficient water during tuber formation (flowering period) ◦ It is better to water rarely but thoroughly 🥔 Fertilization - Lots of potassium, moderate nitrogen, some phosphorus - Organic: mature compost or well-rotted manure. - No fresh excrement - Potassium-emphasized (e.g. Kalimagnesia) promotes taste and shelf life - Basic fertilization during planting, top dressing only if the soil is very poor - Mulching (grass, straw) supports nutrient supply and moisture 🧺 Harvest - Early potatoes: as soon as the plants flower - Late varieties: when the haulm is dead - Allow to dry well before storing and store in a cool, dark, airy place 🌿 Good neighbors - Beans (bush beans), peas - Kohlrabi, spinach - Corn, ornamental grasses - Marigold, marigold, thyme, sage, borage, camomile, parsley, dill - Garlic, onions, chives - Lavender, delphinium, nasturtium, cosmea, lupine, coneflower - Currants, gooseberries, raspberries - Forsythia, weigelie 🚫 Bad neighbors - Tomatoes, peppers & chili, eggplants, okra - Cabbages, turnips, rapeseed - Pumpkins & zucchinis, cucumbers, melons - Sunflowers, asters, ferns, funkia, dahlias, ivy, forest stonecrop - Beet, chard - Mint, basil, rosemary, comfrey - Blueberries, cranberries, cranberries, allackberry - Elderberry, lilac, blackberries 🔄 Crop rotation - Potatoes should only be grown on the same area every 3-4 years - Good preceding crops: beans, peas, cereals, kohlrabi - Poor preceding crops: tomatoes, peppers, eggplants (same plant family → higher risk of disease) 🦠 Common diseases - Late blight and tuber rot - Blackleg, black rot - Wire rot, rhizoctonia - Powdery mildew - Virus diseases (mosaic) - Dry spot disease - Fusariosis - Potato wart disease - Powdery scab / silver scurf - Leafroll disease 🐛 Common pests - Colorado potato beetle - Wireworms - Aphids - Nematodes - snails - grubs - Earthworms - woodlice - mice - Wild boar

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Moist

Soil

Medium (loamy)

Nutrient requirement

High

Germination temperature

12 – 15 °C (Degrees Celsius)

Plant distance

35 cm

Row spacing

65 cm

Seeding depth

9 cm