Specialists of the Office of the Rosselkhoznadzor for the Krasnoyarsk Territory strongly recommend buying seed potatoes only in specialized stores or seed farms. There you can get acquainted with the documentation, which indicates that the products comply with GOST, and also checked for the presence of diseases.
In accordance with the requirements of GOST 33996-2016 “Seed potatoes. Technical conditions and methods for determining quality” for use in production and trade, seed potatoes of varieties included in the State Register of Breeding Achievements approved for use are allowed.
In our region, when choosing varieties, it is necessary to give preference to zoned ones, that is, those approved for use in the East Siberian region. These are potato varieties such as: Aramis, Aurora, Alena, Antonina, Aroza, Borus 2, Bylina of Siberia, Varmas, White Spring, Volzhanin, Vulkan, Kolymsky, Lina, Gala, Baltic Rose, Kemerovochanin, Krasnoyarsky early, Lugovskoy, Lyubava, Malamur, Mia, Mustang, Nakra, In memory of Rogachev, Flight, Pushkinets, Red lady, Queen Anna, Sarma, Northern, Rosara, Tanai, Tuleevsky, Tulun early, Felox, Hostess, Charoit, Yugana, Yakutian, Colomba, Madeline.
When choosing planting material, you need to pay attention not only to the taste, color, yield, where the varieties are zoned, but also to the ripening time: early, medium, late.
Early, mid-early and mid-season varieties are suitable for our region. At the same time, the ripening time of a particular variety may vary depending on the storage temperature of the seed material, the methods of preparing the tubers for planting, and the climatic zone.
