Potatoes not for nothing are considered the second bread. Without this nourishing vegetable it is already impossible to provide Russian cuisine. But the most surprising that from one bucket of the landed potato it is possible to receive ten. The main thing – correctly and in time to put it.
It is required to you
- - germinated tubers of potatoes;
- - shovel;
- - wood ashes.
Instruction
1. Choose seed material. It has to be obligatory qualitative and healthy as any disease can be transmitted to new tubers. It is desirable that on it there were no dents, spots or hems. When choosing grade consider also maturing terms. The size is not of great importance. The main, large number of sprouts on all surface.
2. Carry out yarovization. It is necessary in order that sprouts have properly sprouted before landing and have quicker got out of the soil. For this purpose spread out tubers one layer in boxes, pour the moistened sawdust and leave in the heated room on disseminated to light within several weeks. It is possible also just to spray them with water periodically.
3. Decide on the place of landing. The soil has to be easy and not clay, otherwise to potatoes also the harvest will difficult grow to turn out small. It is good if the earth has been dug over in the fall. You should not land also tubers to the crude earth or on the darkened sites - potatoes love the sun.
4. When the soil on 10 cm has got warm up to the temperature of 8-10 degrees, and tubers have sprouted, it is possible to begin landing. Measure rope equal rows. Dig out holes of 8 cm in depth, fill up in everyone a little wood ashes and put potatoes tubers. The quantity depends on their size: it is possible to throw the smallest tubers on 4-5 pieces. After that cover hole with earth, having created on it hillock in 10-15 cm. The distance between holes has to be in 30 cm, and between ranks – 50 cm.
5. Look after the planted potatoes. When sprouts sprout on 12-15 cm, begin to hill them from different sides and delete all weeds. However in very hot and droughty weather it is not recommended to loosen the soil as it can cause loss of precious moisture. Few times during maturing of potatoes spray seedling with means for protection against Colorado beetle.