Potato Planting Techniques and Methods Tutorial, Latest Edition Explained in Detail
The potato is one of the most common foods in everyone's daily life, with a very high yield, and along with its many uses, it counts as a relatively stable crop to grow. So what needs to be paid attention to when planting potatoes? Let's find out below how to plant them! And by the way, let's look at the things that are easy for everyone to overlook.
1. Preparing the soil
Before planting, you naturally need to turn and prepare the soil first. When preparing the soil, most people just simply loosen the soil by digging, then leave a trench at regular intervals. The first thing here is that when loosening the soil, you need to dig a bit deeper, otherwise the potato seedlings will have a hard time pushing their roots down into the soil below, which later easily leads to poor potato growth. Generally, dig about 25-30 cm deep, then leave the drainage channels at intervals of about 1.2 m. Only in this way can you make the most of the soil, while also making management easier.
2. Cutting potatoes into pieces for seed
After the soil is leveled, it is time to prepare and handle the seeds. First cut the seed potatoes into pieces. Here people may cut them rather casually, but cutting the seed pieces also has its rules. Generally, by the time potatoes used as seed have basically sprouted some buds, you can cut them into several pieces when cutting, and you should cut according to the distribution of the buds, with several buds on each piece, so that the germination rate is higher. In addition, when cutting, pay attention that the cut surface should be smooth, otherwise it will be hard for them to survive.
3. Coating with plant ash
After cutting into pieces, do not rush to sow. These piece-shaped seed potatoes are very short of nutrients at this time, and plant ash is a very good source of nutrients. Mainly sprinkle this plant ash on the cut side. It does not matter if you sprinkle a bit more; this helps promote potato sprouting. Many people plant directly after sprinkling the ash, which leads to a less than ideal emergence rate. Here it is actually best to mix the seed pieces into the plant ash, then leave them for 1-2 days, and wait until these piece-shaped sprouts grow a bit more obvious before planting. In the end, the chance of emergence is higher.
4. Sowing
Finally comes sowing. When sowing, just sow and cover according to the planting channels dug in advance. What you need to pay attention to here is to face the cut side toward the soil and point the sprouts upward, otherwise the sprouts will have a hard time breaking through the soil, and in the end there will be cases of failed emergence. When sowing, the interval between each piece is about 30 cm. It is fine if they are a bit more densely spaced; the main thing is still to look at the soil conditions. If there is a lot of plant ash, you can place some under the seed pieces when sowing, so that the potatoes grow faster.
The above is the potato planting technique. Although this planting looks relatively simple, if these details in the middle are not paid attention to, it still will not grow well. Many people just underestimate these problems, which is what leads to their unsatisfactory harvest.