Potato
Bintje potato
Bintje potato: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
‘Bintje’ is a potato variety of Solanum tuberosum, in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It is known for oblong tubers with yellow skin and yellow flesh, together with versatile kitchen uses. The cultivar is medium-early. This indication helps compare varieties, but does not set a harvest date for every garden: climate, planting time and growing conditions also influence the crop’s cycle.The tubers have relatively shallow eyes. They are storage organs formed from underground stems rather than thickened roots. Tubers provide the usual means of maintaining the variety, whereas seeds produced from flowers do not necessarily reproduce the same characteristics. Material sold as certified seed potatoes differs from potatoes intended simply for eating through specific health checks. That distinction is especially relevant for a variety susceptible to several diseases, rather than implying that every potato offered for food is equivalent planting material.Aboveground, the plant has leafy stems and compound foliage. The tuber…
