To select a potato variety for cultivation on the plot, should be guided by two questions:
• For what purpose is grown potatoes (food in the summer or for winter storage);
• In what specific climate zone is planned to grow potatoes.
It is worth noting that early varieties potatoes stronger and less exposed to disease and pest attack, but almost is not stored in the cellar.
late varietiesOn the contrary, they are highly susceptible to diseases, but may lie in a cool basement until spring.
Choosing one or another sort of have to ask, it was grown to a region. On this depends the duration of the growth and timing of harvest.
Site preparation for potato planting begins in the fall. At this time, the entire area dug to a depth of bayonet spade, and in the best case it is necessary to plow the garden.
When the fall tillage avoid leveling the soil surface. Large chunks of land well-freeze in the winter and they killed the pests.
In the spring after the snow melts and the drying of the upper ground soybean, a second soil treatment. At this time, the upper layer is leveled to remove weeds.
Fertilizers allowed to make both autumn and spring. Before the autumn treatment to make good manure and after the plow.
In the spring of manure added to this a good time to use fertilizer with the addition of dolomite.
In the autumn begin to prepare the tubers for planting. Carry out the selection and calibration of potatoes.
Spring selected potatoes endure in sunny warm place to germinate. Sprouting potatoes for 2-3 weeks. Good considered sprouts about 2 cm long.
Before planting the tubers are sprayed with a solution of fungicide and growth stimulator
Every gardener chooses the way of planting potatoes. Them there are 3 types:
- the tongue, on the soil surface are building combs and they buried themselves in advance of potato tubers are selected. Used in the intimate level of groundwater.
- in trenches at the site doing the trench and stacked them potatoes. The trenches are closed layer of earth.
- smooth or wells.
If you choose any method of planting stick to the basic requirements:
1. Depth bookmark tubers not more than 15 cm;
2. Distance from series to series 60 -70 cm;
3. Kartofilinami spacing of 30 to 50 cm.
After loosening the end of July make dressing. Fertilizer beds is connected to the irrigation process. Since nutrients are humbled quickly deep into the soil and absorbed by plants. After fertilization necessarily a good pour beds.
Potato tubers under the ground increases. For increasing amounts of tubers using ridging.
After each watering the ground surface must be proryhlit. This will reduce the evaporation of moisture pass and increase oxygen to the roots. During loosening the weeds are removed.
After withering aerial parts of the plant, it's time for the long awaited harvest. Potato tubers dig a shovel or special installation. After collecting the harvest is dried and placed in a cool room sanitized for long storage.