When planting potatoes, it is important to know how to properly germinate the root crop and treat it against pests.
In this article, we will tell you about the secrets that will help you achieve a rich potato harvest.
How to properly prepare potatoes for planting
The tubers need to be placed in containers and sprinkled with wet peat, humus and sawdust.
Then place the container in a dark room where you maintain a stable air temperature.
Thus, not only sprouts will form in the tubers, but also root rudiments.
They also retain moisture and nutrients better.
Dry germination takes from 20 to 40 days. For this, it is necessary to have sufficient lighting and maintain temperature conditions.
Treating tubers before planting helps protect plants from underground pests.
Planting material can also be treated with ordinary folk remedies.
To treat potatoes before planting, gardeners often use: copper sulfate, boric acid, manganese.
Planting material can be soaked in liquid for 3 hours or sprayed with an aerosol method.
What do potatoes like when planting
Potatoes are a heat-loving crop. It doesn't like frost. If a sharp cold snap is predicted in the near future, it is better to postpone planting.
Potatoes love fertile, organic-rich, loose, light and neutral soils. When preparing a potato field for planting for digging, add (per 1 sq. m): two buckets of compost and sand, a bucket of leaf soil, half a bucket of wood ash, 2 tbsp. spoons of superphosphate and 1.5 tbsp.
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