Landing of potatoes under straw allows to receive impressive harvest, and having spent for work of at least forces and time. This way of cultivation of potatoes will be evaluated by elderly people, it is heavy to them to work physically and also all those, for whom very little free time.
How to plant potatoes under straw
To plant potatoes under straw, it is necessary to prepare the site, and it is better since fall. Sow the site of sideratama, in the spring just you prorykhlit the earth the subsurface cultivator or rake and close up sprouts to the earth. After all aforesaid it is possible to plant potatoes: lay germinated tubers ranks (distance between ranks of 60-70 cm), trying to stack tubers approximately on 40-50 cm from each other. Further cover these ranks 25-30 with centimetric layer of straw (to the earth to dig in potatoes it is unnecessary). Such layer is capable to create ideal conditions for growth of potatoes: necessary humidity, temperature, protection against frosts, etc.
How to plant potatoes under straw on virgin soil
To plant potatoes on virgin soil, the earth needs to be dug over previously just before landing, and it is better to prepare previously it, in autumn time having made the following procedures: cover the earth with cardboard, from above cover it with earth and water. Spread out tubers ranks in the spring and cover with straw as it is described above (weeds under cardboard, sprev, will become magnificent fertilizer for potatoes, cardboard will disperse and will not be able to prevent potato backs to make the way to the earth). After sprouts sprout through straw - cover them still with 20-tisantimetrovy layer of straw.
Care for potatoes under straw
The main pluses in care for potatoes under straw that it is not required to be ogrebat and watered, and it is in most cases unnecessary and to weed (through such layer of straw to weeds difficultly to sprout). It is worth canceling that at this way of cultivation of potatoes quite often gardeners face such wreckers as slugs, pryatayushchiyesya under straw from heat. To secure the harvest against them, strew ranks between potatoes pounded egg shell.
As for collecting the harvest, it is simple: rake straw from bed and collect clean tubers from the earth. After harvesting it is possible to reuse straw a year more, and it is possible and to leave on the earth (after its decomposition it will be possible to imprison for the next year on this place potatoes again and not to use additional fertilizers).