Potato, like any other garden crop, will feel better if it is fertilized on time. What tool to use in this case depends on the growth and development of the bushes. Potato top dressing can be done both at the root and by treating its leaves.
Before applying fertilizer, it is necessary to check if there are no intruded bushes in the rows. If there is, you must annoy the potatoes. In order to make this possible, when planting at the edge of the field, additional tubers are buried, creating a kind of insurance reserve. Then you can start such an event as feeding potatoes.
If the plants look weak, then most likely the potato lacks nitrogen. In this case, it is fed with ammonium nitrate. You can also use ammonium sulfate. It is necessary to use about 2 kg of funds per one hundredth. Potatoes can be fed with mullein. This natural fertilizer is diluted with water at the rate of one to ten. A ten-liter bucket of this liquid is enough for one hundredth.
Dry top dressing on not watered soil is best avoided. There will be no effect from them. In the dry period, it is worth using liquid fertilizer options. Urea can be used to support underdeveloped, weak, and pale potatoes. It is bred in the amount of 1 tablespoon per 10 liters of water. In addition, potato top dressing can be done by pouring 500 g of any liquid
nitrogen fertilizer under each plant
. Sometimes, on the contrary, an excess of nitrogen is observed in the soil. In this case, the tops of plants grows very high, but there are practically no tubers under the plant. In order to reduce the absorption of nitrogen by the roots, ash is introduced into the soil.
If top dressing is carried out in a dry way, the fertilizer is carefully and carefully embedded in the soil, after which the rows are abundantly shed with water. When incorporating mixtures into the soil, they move backward so as not to trample the loosened soil. Foliar top dressing of potatoes can also be very useful. This is a special way in which fertilizer is not applied to the soil, but by spraying onto the leaves. It is best used during the ripening period of tubers.
A month before harvesting, you must dilute 400 g of superphosphate in water and spray the potatoes. Such a measure can be extremely useful. As a result, not only will productivity increase, but also such an important indicator as tuber starchiness will increase. Such spraying will be more useful if carried out in cloudy, dry weather. In the dry season, you can do this in the evening. Otherwise, the solution will not be absorbed into the leaves, but will dry out. In addition, spraying plants on a hot sunny day can cause burns to the leaves.
So, fertilizing potatoes after planting is done by mullein or any other nitrogen-containing agent. Urea can be used. At the last stage of growth, it is best to use the foliar method of top dressing. Thus, you can significantly increase productivity.