How To Grow A Good Crop Of Potatoes

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

Undoubtedly, having started growing various varieties of vegetable or grain crops, any gardener or summer resident wants to succeed in his business and grow a rich harvest

However, not every person knows a method of growing good, rich potato fruits, such that all neighbors in the village or in the land in the country begin to envy and ask for advice on how to grow the same profitable crop.

Generally, looking after a crop is not in itself an overwhelming and time-consuming job. In this case, you just need not to abandon your landings and monitor them regularly. For example, if a person has already managed to plant potatoes, but suddenly a sharp cold snap has come, then in this case it is important to immediately come to the garden or dacha in order to hide the entire crop that is grown on the land plot under polyethylene material or some other material made of dense fabrics. This will help keep the soil from freezing and prevent seeds from freezing and killing.

What exactly should any summer resident or gardener take note of?

The farther a person lives from his garden or dacha, meaning, the less a person has the opportunity to come to his garden or dacha as soon as possible, the later it is necessary to start planting potato seeds.

A very large role can be played by the region in which a person lives and the characteristics of this region, planting potatoes can be carried out in some cases, closer to the beginning of spring, and in other cases, somewhere in the middle of the spring season. Almost always, the first harvest can be obtained somewhere in the middle or at the beginning of the summer season. Anyone can plant potatoes, a lot depends on which way of planting potato seeds a person has chosen for himself.

There are many different methods of planting potato seeds and achieving a good harvest. Below are a description of some of the methods that are usually used by summer residents, and in most cases they guarantee a wonderful, rich harvest:

1. Shovel method. This method of planting is considered a classic, since it is the most familiar easy planting option for every person. If the groundwater is located very close to the surface of the soil or the earth itself is quite dense, then you should not plant potatoes too deep, in this case there will be plenty of depths of several centimeters. If the soil is light and there are no problems with groundwater, then the potatoes can be planted at the depth of the shovel scoop. This method is very easy and everyone can use it at their dacha.

2. Using a walk-behind tractor. This is just a great way to grow good potatoes if a person has a large plot of land. Working on a small plot, a person may just get tired all the time to replace the wheels of the walk-behind tractor, to create other beds, sow and bury potatoes, and so on. But on large land plots, the walk-behind tractor is simply an irreplaceable assistant.

3. Using straw and hay. This method will be very useful for residents of those areas for which drought seasons are least typical. Using this method, a summer resident can easily grow a wonderful crop of potatoes without a lot of energy and effort.

Do not try to plant your potatoes as deep in the ground as possible, as potatoes need air to grow well. This was done by the grandfathers and grandmothers of modern summer residents and gardeners, but the younger generation should take this mistake into account, since it can serve to obtain a harvest from early potatoes, and, moreover, of small sizes.

It is important to remember about Colorado beetles, the main enemies of land with beds where potato seeds are planted. As a rule, no vegetable garden or land plot in the country is insured against the appearance of these pests. Therefore, in order to defeat these garden pests, it is important to carefully monitor the condition of the garden all the time. To combat Colorado beetles, any summer resident will have to regularly spray the tops, fertilize the soil and even manually catch the Colorado beetles.

It is also very important to remember that in order to achieve the desired result, in any business it is important to make efforts and be patient. This also applies to caring for planted potatoes, which requires constant care and attention from the summer resident. As a result, all the recommendations described above, with their full observance, should guarantee any summer resident a good potato harvest.