The article describes the methods and techniques of pre-planting processing of potatoes, which significantly increase the yield.
You need to start by preparing the tubers for planting.
The first thing to do is to warm the potato seeds for two weeks before planting, so that the buds and sprouts hatch. To do this, sprinkle the potatoes in a layer of two or three tubers in a warm (about 15 degrees C) and bright place. Sprouts of sprouted potatoes will appear at the most in two weeks, and sprouts of not germinated and a month can be expected. And you will get the crop two weeks earlier and with a significant increase, because an increase in the growing season for one day increases the yield by 10 kilograms per hundred square meters.
You can further increase the yield, for this the first 5-7 days, the temperature in the room must be raised to twenty-two degrees C, and then lowered to eight degrees C. What will it give? An increase in temperature in the early days will wake the kidneys, and a subsequent decrease will serve the formation of strong and plump sprouts. Potato bushes with a large number of thick stems, a good mass of leaves will form from them, the crop will give an increase of 20 to 30 percent if the growing conditions are optimal.
It should be noted that the apical buds are stronger than the rest and germinate forward, slowing down or stopping the growth of the remaining kidneys. This will reduce the stems in the bush. The stimulation of the development of all kidneys will be helped by taking an incision of tubers. To do this, the potato tuber should be cut with a knife across, leaving 2-3 centimeters intact in the core. It is necessary to carry out this method of incision in the winter in order to isolate the apical eyes before waking up and to achieve uniform germination of the eyes. For the convenience of notching tubers, a small board is useful (20 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, sides up to 3 centimeters high). Disinfect with a solution of 2% manganese, 3% solution of lysol or lysoform. Expect yield increases of fifteen percent.
The day before planting, it is good to treat the tubers with growth substances, this will accelerate the development of sprouts, give friendly shoots, with a large number of stems and leaves.Crop increases to twenty-five percent. Growth substances (heteroauxin, gibberellin, ascorbic and succinic acids) are used in weak solutions from 0.02 to 0, 005%.
All of the above will not work if the soil for planting is poorly prepared. Or you are late with plowing the garden. Nowadays there is an abundance of gardening equipment, you can buy a mechanical assistant, for example, the Craftsman 29701 motorcycle cultivator, and not depend on the help of relatives and friends, or on hiring a tractor.
In addition, everyone knows that significantly increases the yield of weeding and loosening of row-spacing and hilling of potatoes. But dealing with it manually is not an easy task. And here the inventors tried: high-quality furrow treatment will be carried out by the potato okuchnik. Hub drives are mounted at an angle, so the plants are not damaged. It is possible to apply the Dutch technology of growing in ridges.
Article materials were provided by consultants of the Agrotrading gardening equipment store.