15 ways to increase the yield of potatoes in the home garden

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Potatoes are quite unpretentious and can grow anywhere. But the size of the crop is not always encouraging. To increase the yield of potatoes, you need to seriously approach such moments as planting, care, choice of variety. Secrets of increasing the number of harvested roots in the article.

Standard methods for increasing yields

Potato yield depends on many factors. Soil fertilizer alone is not enough.

The following factors influence a good result:

• more deep;
• the ovary of a large number of roots;
• a good potato immunity will result in a small amount of culling when sorting seeds;
• timelandingand harvest affect the crop.

Let us consider in more detail how to increase the yield of potatoes using standard methods.

Planting material to increase yields

To increase the yield, you need to properly select and prepare the seeds. Seed preparation begins in the fall, after harvest. If the potato is used for planting its own, then we must immediately select healthy, without cracks and put the tubers separately from the rest of the potatoes.

Early spring again start cooking potatoes for planting. To do this, repeat the procedure for the selection of tubers. Best weight 50-80g.

If a nematode is found on the seed, the potato is unsuitable for planting. The nematode is considered a very dangerous disease and infects all potatoes at once.

If the tubers are frozen or have an unpleasant putrid odor, they should also be removed.

Pre-tuber preparation and planting methods

Selected tubers to plant on. To do this, they should be decomposed in the light, in a room that is well ventilated. Temperature should not be below 10C. Landscaping last for a month. Periodically plant material to turn.

Another method of sprouting potatoes - in plastic bags. Pierce a 100 cm by 30 cm long bag, making holes 1 cm apart in a 10 cm gap. Fill the bags with planting material and hang in a well-lit room.

Planting potatoes in the right way will give excellent results. There are more than a hundred modern methods, but the most effective are the following:

1. Landing under the trench. Suitable for sandy soils. In the autumn, trenches should be dug 30: 100 cm. A layer of hay should be laid out in a trench of 15 cm, and fertilized with manure mixed with ash. During the frost period the layer is compacted. In the spring, planting material is laid in a trench and lightly sprinkled with soil.
2. Landing under the hole. In the autumn it is recommended to prepare a plot: fertilize, mulch the soil. In spring, the tubers are planted by digging holes. Germinated tubers are placed in the hole to a depth of 8-10 cm shoots up. It is recommended to fertilize the top with manure and ash.
3. Landing under the ridges. If the land in the garden is clay or dirt, then fit the ridges at a distance of 20: 80cm. Combs can be done with the help of agricultural engineering. Planting material is planted in the hollows located at the top of the ridges.

Potato fertilizer

On 1 deepening there are three potato bushes. Each plant will take as much feeding as it needs. It is recommended to fertilize chicken manure. It contains - potassium, phosphorus, nitrogen. It must be added to the ash in a ratio of 2: 1.

Consider the most effective fertilizers, thanks to which you can get a rich harvest:

• Urgasa. Compost is applied before planting between the rows and sprinkled with 5 cm of soil. Fertilized area need to pour water. During the month, worms will spread compost over the entire area of ​​the site;
• Peaks Supercompost. Add to the wells immediately before planting;
• Kemira. Sprinkle into the hole when planting, at the rate of 15-20g in each hole. This is a little less than a teaspoon. Before you put the potato, you need to sprinkle the granules with earth;
• Gibbersib. Natural growth regulator. Soak the seed for 2 hours in the solution and then rinse with water, sow or put on germination;
• Epin. Growth stimulant;
• Silk. After using Silk potatoes gain weight, the level of starch increases,root crops are well preserved until spring.

Hilling

To do on the moistened soil. Hilling is performed in several stages:

1. When potatoes grow 10 cm;
2. When tuber formation begins;
3. When the bushes grow to 25 cm.

Hilling can be done in two ways:

• manual tucker. The device is used for processing the soil between the beds;
• walking tractor. Universal device for loosening the soil and harvesting. It is possible to use a hiller behind or three-row nozzles that will spud 3 shrubs simultaneously.

Watering

Immediately after planting do not need to water the potatoes, is the tab of the root system. Watering rules:

• watering should be done in the evening to reduce the evaporation of moisture;
• the first watering is carried out a month after planting;
• most peak watering - flowering period;
• to moisten the soil you need to use tepid water. Ice water can chill the plant;
• watering is done in parts, first half is poured under the bush, after absorbing the rest of the water is poured;
• Do not water the bush with a direct stream;
• can not be watered plants before harvesting.

After flowering, increase the amount of watering up to 20 liters per bush. Reduce watering to 3 liters with wilting tops. At full drying of the stems, watering should be stopped altogether.

Pest and disease control

The most common potato pests: Colorado potato beetle, golden nematode, wireworm, polar bear. Pest Control Measures:

• plant crops at the place where legumes, grains, and beets were previously grown;
• in autumn you need to dig the ground;
• Before planting, the tubers should be checked for any damage, growths or diseases;
• handle potatoes when planting chemical solutions for pests and diseases;
• make organics before planting. Add to the hole bird droppings 1: 3;
• choose disease-resistant potato varieties;
• after harvesting, mow and burn the tops.

Secrets of increasing the harvest

In order to increase yields, you need to follow the recommendations of gardeners. There are several secrets.

Disinfection of planting material

Seed tubers need must be disinfected. This is a good prevention from diseases and pests. To do this, soak the tubers for 2 hours in a solution of potassium permanganate 0.5 g per 10 liters of water, copper sulfate 5 g, boric acid 15 g.

Bathing in nutrient solution to accelerate growth

Potatoes need to be kept in a nutrient solution for 2 days before planting - this will help accelerate the growth of the culture. Cooking method at home:

• mix superphosphate 40 g, nitrogen fertilizer 40 g, potassium salt 40 g;
• add a solution of 10 liters of water;
• pour on tubers without sprouts.

Stimulating notch to increase yield

Dependence on geolocation

Some gardeners believe that the best yield direction of potato furrows from north to south.In our latitudes, before lunch, the sun will illuminate the eastern side of the rows, and then - the western. This will maximize saturate the crop with warmth and light.

Tricky breakdown

After flowering in 2-3 weeks, break the stems at a height of 15 cm from the soil. This method will significantly improve the yield of the bush. It is necessary to break the stem in such a way that it does not lose its integrity, but could not recover anymore. After this procedure, the nutrients are sent to the tubers, and not to the stem.

Crop rotation

To potato gave a big crop, it is recommended to alternate cultures. Good root crops after: Legumes, Pumpkin, Cabbage, Cucumber.

High soils

Place of planting potatoes should be smooth, without holes, so that they do not linger moisture. It is good to plant potatoes in loam, sandy loam, drained peatlands, gray soils. Acid soils are not suitable.

Plant is not a lot

The yield increase depends on the width between the rows of potatoes. Recommended width for early varieties is 65-70 cm, for late ones - 75-80 cm.

Growing without flowers

Flowering potatoes reduce harvest by a quarter. All organic matter is distributed throughout the plant, as well as in flowers by 25%. therefore don't wait for flowers to appear. It is recommended to remove peduncles immediately when they originate.

If you follow all the above tips, the harvest will increase significantly. Good luck to you!