For cultivation of early potatoes it is necessary to prepare tubers of the zoned early ripening varieties since fall. The planting stock with the slightest symptoms of various diseases should remove and be not to used when landing.
To receive harvest of early potatoes, for it it is necessary to allocate such site which dries out from excess moisture in the spring first of all. This culture loves easy loamy soils. It is possible to use under landing of potatoes and sandy fertile soils. Begin to prepare the site in the fall, introducing mineral and organic fertilizers.
How to prepare tubers for landing
Before putting tubers, they are recommended to be couched in humid environment with mineral fertilizers. Then they should be warmed up and processed the solutions stimulating growth process. On the size of tubers it is worth paying special attention. Than they are larger, those can receive harvest earlier. The tubers which have sprouted in storage time on prorashchivaniye cannot be used. Approximately, within month the tubers have to be in the light aired room with air temperature about 15 degrees. Under such circumstances there is potatoes prorashchivaniye. Tubers display in 2-3 layers, it is no more. That lighting evenly on them got, potatoes are recommended to be overturned, approximately, once a week. At observance of all conditions of prorashchivaniye on healthy tubers short thick sprouts have to appear. It is better to reject tubers with threadlike sprouts.
In preventive measures against phytophthora the tubers during prorashchivaniye can be sprayed with solution of copper vitriol. This procedure is carried out once a week. For the same purposes use solution of potassium permanganate or boric acid.
If one week prior to landing to place tubers in damp mix of humus and peat or in compost, then the harvest can be received at the beginning of July. Besides, such podrashchivaniye allows to increase harvest considerably. For this purpose germinated tubers place in boxes with nutritious mix carefully, trying not to break off sprouts. From above tubers are covered with earth as far as it will be required. As much as possible potatoes can be stacked in 5 layers. Having filled up tubers with the soil, them water room temperature.
If there was no opportunity to couch potatoes within month, then one week prior to landing he can be stood in the light room at temperature, it is not lower than 15 degrees. It will accelerate emergence of shoots. To improve taste of potatoes and also to accelerate growth and development of plants, tubers are recommended to be opudrit wood ashes.