Than to process a potato before landing?

Potatoes are one of the most popular crops grown in our gardens. This vegetable is a very frequent guest on our tables. Therefore, the topic of planting potatoes always remains relevant. That's just not everyone who grows this culture, it turns out to get a good rich harvest of potatoes. How to fix it and how to process the potatoes before planting read in our article.

Preparation and inspection of potatoes before planting

The first procedure that potatoes must necessarily undergo is the selection of suitable tubers.

1. For the seeds, potatoes that are affected by various diseases are not suitable, and of course you should not take away the deformed tubers.
2. Also of great importance is the size of the potatoes. Small tubers can not give many stems, and large ones will only develop rich lush greenery on the surface, which also does not contribute to obtaining a good harvest. It is necessary to stop on medium-sized potatoes, the weight of which varies from 50 to 80 grams. If you still want to take a chance and plant potatoes of different sizes, then use our advice: divide the potatoes into beds. Small ones on one, big on the other. So it will be easier for you to take care of the potatoes, because each individual bed grows the same.

After all the seed potatoes have been sorted and selected, it is possible to proceed with procedures aimed at preparing the planting material for planting in the soil.

1. Warming potatoes before planting . The most popular and not particularly troublesome method, which is used by almost everyone. The purpose of this method is to transfer the potatoes to a warm room with a temperature of 18-20 ° C approximately 5 weeks before the planned planting date and hold it there for 5-7 days. After that, the potatoes will have to be transferred again, but now the temperature should be lower - about 7-10 ° C, and the room should be fairly light. To create all the necessary conditions for seeds, it is also necessary to maintain high humidity. To do this, just once in a few days, sprinkle potatoes with water. In such conditions, the seed potatoes will wait for their planting.
2. Pickling potatoes before planting. Carrying out this procedure will provide the site owner with a good harvest, due to the fact that before planting the potato tubers will be processed by various growth stimulants , they will be saturated with microelements, and they will be protected by special insecto-fungicidal drugs that will prevent possible diseases that damage the tubers.

You can use ready-made solutions sold in specialized departments, and you can use the method of our grandmothers and before planting to process potatoes with potassium permanganate, which will be a good disinfecting procedure for seed tubers. For this, it is necessary to dilute the potassium permanganate in a bucket of water, so that the water acquires a light pink shade. After this, add a matchbox of copper sulfate and for a minute dipped in this solution potatoes. For convenience, you can use mesh string bags. After carrying out this procedure, ventilate your seeds.

3. Dropping potatoes with ashes before planting is another proven and good way to get a higher yield. For this, during the planting, in each dug for the potatoes, fill in two tablespoons of wood ash . And then boldly drop the potatoes there. This is a very good disinfectant, as well as enriching with useful substances, which also does not require additional financial investments.