Potatoes not one hundred years are important crop. Cultivation has it the features about which it is just necessary to know. Preparation of the soil, landing, earthing up, fertilizing – here the main actions which will create favorable conditions for receiving qualitative harvest.
Instruction
1. It is better to begin works on preparation of the soil since fall. For this purpose sow the site under potatoes winter rye. First, this excellent fertilizer, and secondly, rye roots well loosen the earth and considerably improve its structure. In the spring by means of cultivator dig over to the soil rye together with greens and roots. If there is no cultivator, it is possible to use the subsurface cultivator.
2. It is better to think of seed potatoes in advance. At the end of summer carefully wash out the chosen potatoes, dry and remove in cold cellar.
3. In the spring as soon as the threat of frosts passes and weather patterns will allow, it is necessary to make furrows, with distance between them in 65-70 cm and about 15 cm in depth. In everyone to fill ashes as fertilizer and to lay potatoes.
4. In several weeks after landing of potatoes you will inevitably face weeds. Their destruction requires boronovaniye (loosening) of the soil. It is better to harrow at once as soon as have noticed shoots of weeds or soil crust.
5. Potato tubers need to be hilled. The earthing up executed in time, especially after abundant watering, allows to increase potatoes harvest by 20-30%. It is necessary to begin earthing up already when shoots have grown by 12-15 cm. The second earthing up is obligatory during the active growth of potatoes.
6. Your harvest considerably will raise if during earthing up you pay attention to fertilizer of tubers. At lack of potassium the leaves of potatoes become narrow and pale. At lack of nitrogen – growth slows down, and the lower branches die off. At lack of phosphorus – leaves of tops of vegetable begin to kurchavitsya, gaining dull dark color. And point the brown spots located on the lower leaves to lack of magnesium and zinc.
7. Potatoes – very hygrophilous culture therefore it is very important to water the soil at drought. If the summer droughty, is better to water potatoes two times. It is desirable to combine watering time with the next earthing up.
8. The main disease of potatoes - phytophthora. Depending on weather patterns, its emergence is the share either of the beginning, or for the end of blossoming. First of all it strikes potatoes leaves, and then stalks and all bush. For the purpose of protection against phytophthora it is recommended to use early grades for landing of potatoes.
9. Do not forget that timely harvesting will help to receive potatoes of the superior quality. The best terms of harvesting – the end of August beginning of September.