Potato is a culture without which not a single suburban area can do. Getting a good crop of this plant in the nightshade family involves various agricultural activities and compliance with growing technologies.
First of all, you need to properly prepare the tubers for
planting. Potato, the cultivation and care of which does not differ in particular complexity, is more resistant to decay if its tissues contain corned beef. Therefore, in the fall, tubers must be landscaped. To do this, they are laid out in a sunny place for about two weeks. During this time, they are turned over several times. Only healthy, properly shaped
planting material is used for planting
. The optimal weight of tubers is about 60–100 g.
In the spring, potatoes need to be sprouted. To do this, a month before planting, they are taken out of the cellar and laid out in a single layer on the floor of the room with an air temperature of at least 18 ° C. Thus, the potatoes are kept for two weeks. Then the temperature is lowered to 10-15 ° C. Planting begins one month after the start of germination. So it’s easy to get an earlier crop of a plant like potato. Cultivation and care in the future will consist in hilling, harrowing, weeding, watering and top dressing.
In autumn, the site must be dug up to a depth of about 35 cm. Before that, 40 kg of humus or manure per 10 m 2 are scattered on the field. In this case, caring for potatoes next year will be easier. In addition, you can apply mineral fertilizing - 300 g each of nitrate (ammonia) and ammonium sulfate, as well as a pound of superphosphate. It is not allowed to apply chloride fertilizers for potatoes.
Tubers are buried in the soil by 6–10 cm. At the same time, the distance in the rows between the bushes should be about 30 cm, and between the rows - 65 cm. Adhering to this scheme, you can grow a good crop of such a plant as potatoes. Growing and caring for it, as mentioned above, will continue to consist primarily in watering and hilling. For the first time, the soil must be loosened before the first seedlings appear. Such an event is considered the most effective weed control measure. Skipping this step is not worth it. Otherwise, it will be difficult to get rid of unnecessary vegetation on the potato field in the future.
After germination (to a height of about 15 cm), loosening is carried out repeatedly, at the same time podkumivaya bushes. This will improve the air exchange in the soil and allow the tubers to develop in a more loose layer. Potatoes, the cultivation and care of which also requires sufficient watering, are wound up once more during the season - about twenty days after the first cultivation.
Watering this crop is rare, but very plentiful. The soil must be soaked at least 50 cm deep. Be sure to water the potatoes immediately after germination, during flowering and at the end of flowering.
Observing similar technologies, you can grow a good crop of such a plant as potatoes. Care and cultivation, as you see, consist primarily in the proper preparation of seeds, hilling and sufficient watering.