The right technology for growing potatoes in bags

On poor soils, getting a good potato harvest is problematic. In such situations, the method of growing potatoes in sacks has proven itself well. This method allows you to get a good harvest and save space on the site.

The growing process does not require any special knowledge. After the weather is warm outside and the threat of night frost has passed, you can take action.

General information

To understand the method of cultivation, it is necessary to understand the essence of the method, determine its positive and negative aspects, take into account all the features and recommendations of .Having dealt with all the elements, it will not be difficult to grow a healthy harvest.

The essence of the

The main to ensure the optimal conditions for this:

• Tare
• Soil
• Planting Material

Potato Cultivation Technology

Cultivation Technology includes the following steps step by step:

1. Onthe bottom pour out the ground so that its height is 15 cm .
2. Sow the potatoes at a distance of approximately 3-4 cm. .This should be done carefully so as not to damage the sprouts. The approximate amount of vegetables per bag is 2-4 pieces.
3. Top of the potatoes to a height of 15 cm fall asleep soil. Watering during this period is not required. After 7-14 days, shoots appear.
4. Shoots are watered regularly. When they reach the height in 30 cm , it is necessary to fill the ground another 15 cm. Each time the procedure is repeated until the bag is 2/3 full.

2-4 tubers are planted in each bag.

For normal plant development, it is necessary to choose a sunny place. You can put along the walls of houses, near trees, as long as they do not fall on their side. Please note that there is no drain near, in this case, the excess water will accumulate.

Also, bags should not be installed in a permanent shade; plants need light and heat .

Package for planting potatoes

In order to grow potatoes using this method, it is necessary to prepare container. You can purchase packages in the store or sew yourself. Often use bags of sugar, flour , any suitable.

Even regular garbage bags are used. They are less durable, you should carefully handle them to keep it whole.

Practically any tight

bags will be suitable for the method. Planting material

For 2 weeks before planting, the tubers should be expanded for germination. To begin with, good, intact tubers are picked, laid out in a warm, lit place, for example in boxes or small barrels. After 2 weeks sprouts appear.

For planting choose the most powerful and healthy of them. Thin and brittle sprouts should not be planted, a good harvest from them is not obtained.

Soil

In addition to the planting material and packaging, the soil is also prepared for planting. For this, the earth is mixed with humus in different parts.

Soil begin to cook in the fall. It is necessary to weed, disinfect it from pests.

It is possible to take ordinary land from a plot, but when using ordinary soil, yields decrease .

When to plant

When the threat of frost is over, warm weather sets in, you can start planting.

Harvesting

The crop is harvested in the second half of August

Harvest is usually started by in the second half of August , sometimes later. It depends on the timing of planting and varieties of potatoes.

In order to harvest potatoes, you just need to lay the bag on its side, to harvest. If the bags were special holes, valves, pockets, they open and take out the potatoes. If they are no longer needed, you can simply cut them and easily assemble the potatoes.

Soil after cultivation loses all its useful properties and is not suitable for reuse .

The difference of growing in bags from the usual way

Growing has a number of features. Unlike the conventional method, requires more frequent watering.

Also throughout the entire growth, the bush is regularly covered with earth so that only the upper leaves remain on the surface.

Soil is poured in such a way that only the upper leaves remain on the surface

When grown at the bottom, potatoes will be the largest, the higher to the surface, the younger. This is explained by the fact that at first it grows from planted tubers closer to the bottom.

The growing bush is constantly being sprinkled with earth, a powerful root system is being formed, from which new and new potatoes are beginning to grow.

In contrast to the usual method of cultivation, the method allows you to receive a harvest throughout the year .

Benefits

The method is not much different from the usual method, but still has a number of features and benefits.

among the main issues:there is little space in the

areas Disadvantages

Like all other methods of growing vegetables, it has its drawbacks:

• The ability to get is limited to a small area
• If cultivation took place on a balcony, the used land needs to be adapted somewhere
• The soil dries quickly enough, more frequent watering is required

Recommendations

When using quality planting material and meeting all requirements, we need to meet a requirement.harvest

For landing you should not use high and dense bags .When using such, the soil will not receive the required amount of oxygen. To avoid this, cuts should be made along the perimeter.

At the bottom of the bag you can cut a special valve , through which later you can easily get ripe potatoes. With this method, the upper layers, where the potatoes are younger and still smaller, will remain undisturbed.

It is convenient to get ripe potatoes through a special valve

Can you grow on the balcony?

Potatoes in this way can be obtained at home. There is the possibility of growing in this way on the balcony.

High yield will not be possible , because the size of the balcony does not allow to arrange a large number of bags. To collect one and a half is quite realistic.

Thus, this method will save space in case of its lack. If there is enough space for planting potatoes on the site, then with additional cultivation in bags, you can significantly increase the yield and get it throughout the year.