The correct care for potatoes will increase productivity of this culture. Earthing up of potatoes – one of components of due leaving, so, to performance of these agricultural works the special approach is necessary.
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Instruction
1. Earthing up of potatoes – powder of the basis of stalks of plant the loosened soil. After carrying out such works the saturation of soil layer oxygen considerably increases, so, tubers develop better.
2. Usually potatoes are hilled twice, but in climatic regions with strong spring frosts this procedure is recommended to be made three times. The first earthing up is done as soon as shoots appear, the second – when small stalks grow up up to 25-30 centimeters, and the third – in about two weeks after the second.
3. If frosts are ahead possible, potatoes hill the first time "with the head". If frosts are not expected, completely it is optional to cover sprouts with the earth as this option of earthing up will slow down growth of stalks, having increased at the same time the vegetation period.
4. Technology of earthing up looks as follows: loosen with sharp movements of okuchnik the earth within row-spacings, carefully cutting at the same time weeds. Perform such works accurately, excepting damage of stalks of potatoes.
5. At the second stage of earthing up the loosened soil follows podgrest to stalks, forming at the same time borovka with equal slopes (in the form of trapeze). Try to cover tops of vegetable with earth as it is possible above.
6. The indispensable condition of due care for potatoes – earthing up of this plant during budding, occurs intensive klubneobrazovaniye at this particular time. The soil row up to stalks so that they have accepted vertical position and did not bend to the earth. Height of crest has to be not less than fifteen centimeters.