Potatoes remain for many the main used vegetable at all seasons of the year, especially in the winter when other fresh vegetables reach a limit. Many plant potatoes in the normal way – to the earth, and some have already tested other interesting and high-yielding ways of cultivation of potatoes. In unusual ways there are pluses and minuses and, perhaps, nonconventional way of receiving harvest will be suitable for someone.
Landing of potatoes under straw
At the moment the most popular way of unusual landing of potatoes is landing of it under straw or hay. The essence is that the spread-out seeds of potatoes are displayed on virgin soil - directly on fresh grass and take cover thick layer of hay or straw. In process of growth of potato tops of vegetable, hay is added. Pluses of this way are that potatoes will be born large, clean, and the earth under it will well be fertilized. Such method can be used if you have on the site heavy clay soil which is difficult for digging over. It is easy to reap crop from under hay. In minuses it is possible to write down that hay practically does not hold water. It means what in dry hot weather of landing should be watered often. Still there is probability that mice who with pleasure will eat up your harvest can lodge in straw.
It is possible to simplify a little this option for itself. For example, to cover seed potatoes not with straw, and mowed grass. It is also possible to display potato in small holes to reduce waterings.
Landing of potatoes under sawdust
Landing of potatoes under sawdust is similar to the option painted above. Just instead of straw sawdust is used. By the way, fresh sawdust cannot be used in kitchen garden categorically. They at decomposition take away in themselves all nitrogen, and landings will simply die. Before using sawdust instead of straw, it is necessary to zakompostirovat them at least for several months or for the winter. For this purpose sawdust is displayed by layers, each of which is abundant pours down urea solution. For the next season they can be used safely. Plus in this method will be still the fact that neither through straw, nor through sawdust the weeds do not grow.
Landing of potatoes under black film
The way of landing under film will be suitable for cold and moderately warm regions. The film or another ukryvny material of black color on all area of future landings is for this purpose bought. Also it is not obligatory to stir virgin soil. This film "kitchen garden" takes cover, edges are fixed. In places of landings, crosswise cuts become, and in them potatoes in small holes are planted. It is not necessary to weed and hill because through black film weeds do not grow. Using this method in hot regions, you can just bake potatoes because dark color of the shelter strongly heats up. It is reasonable to use it together with warm beds in the early spring, then the harvest can be received a little earlier.
Landing of potatoes in box
Often plant potatoes in wooden box which are constructed like warm beds. The point is that having made box of boards, it is necessary to fill on bottom at first wooden garbage (branches, scraps of boards, sawdust and even logs), then vegetable garbage which collects in each kitchen, and to the very top to add a little manure. To cover all this with earth over which already to plant potatoes. At such way of cultivation of potatoes the harvest turns out abundant, and leaving consists in the minimum – watering if necessary. In process of organic chemistry prognivaniye, and it is 3-4 years, the new portion is added.
Options of cultivation of potatoes in wooden boxes are various: the box can be replaced with package, bag, barrel, buckets … The essence only one – in capacity is filled up the fertile and fertilized earth where potatoes are planted.
Potatoes seedling
For early harvest many grow up potatoes seedling. In April potato is planted houses in packages or buckets on 2 pieces, and in June it is taken out on kitchen garden. In such a way it is possible to receive early harvest and to enjoy fresh potato at the beginning of July.
Still how our ancestors during the war planted potatoes was remembered – it was impossible to plant the whole potato at that time because food was not enough. Therefore put only peel with the eyes which are available on it. At first collected all peel, slightly dried it a little, and displayed in the dark place for emergence of sprouts in the spring. Later put as usual.
Kind of you did not grow up potatoes, do not forget to conform to only several rules: Landings strictly from the South on the North, distance between landings has to correspond to grade and do not forget about fertilizers.