Proper feeding of potatoes

Potatoes, like any other garden culture, will feel better if it is fertilized in time. What means to use it, depends on the growth and development of bushes. Potato feeding can be done both under the root, and by processing its leaves.

Before fertilizing, it is necessary to check whether there are any unsuccessful bushes in the ranks. If there is, it is necessary to annoy potatoes. In order for this to be possible, when planting on the edge of the field, additional tubers are instilled, creating a kind of insurance reserve. Then you can start such an event, as potato feeding.

If the plants look weak, then, most likely, the potato lacks nitrogen. In this case, it is fed with ammonium nitrate. You can also use ammonium sulphate. It is necessary to use about 2 kg of funds per one hundred square meters. Potato feeding can be done by the mullein. This natural fertilizer is diluted with water at a rate of one to ten. A ten-liter bucket of this liquid is enough for one hundred.

Dry top dressing on not watered soil is best not to produce. There will be no effect from them. In the droughty period it is necessary to use liquid fertilizer options. Urea can be used to support the underdeveloped, weak and pale potatoes. It is bred in the amount of 1 tablespoon per 10 liters of water. In addition, potato feeding can be performed by pouring into each plant 500 g of any liquid nitrogen fertilizer. Sometimes in the soil, on the contrary, there is an excess of nitrogen. In this case the tops grow very high, the tubers do not practically exist under the plant. In order to reduce the uptake of nitrogen by roots, ash is introduced into the soil.

If the top dressing is done in a dry way, the fertilizer is carefully and carefully embedded in the soil, after which the rows are spilled abundantly with water. When the mixture is embedded in the soil, they move back so as not to trample down the loosened soil. Very useful can be foliar top dressing of potatoes. This is a special way in which fertilizer is not applied to the soil, but by spraying on the leaves. It is best used during the ripening period of tubers.

One month prior to harvesting, it is necessary to dilute 400 g of superphosphate in water and sprinkle potatoes. Such a measure can be extremely useful. As a result, not only the yield will increase, but an important indicator, such as the starchiness of tubers, will increase. Such spraying will be more useful if you spend it in cloudy, dry weather. In the droughty period, you can do it in the evening. Otherwise, the solution will not be absorbed into the leaves, but dry out. In addition, spraying plants on a hot, sunny day can cause burns to the leaves.

So, potato feeding after planting is made by mullein or any other nitrogen-containing agent. You can use urea. In the last stage of growth, it is best to use a foliar dressing method. Thus, you can significantly increase yield.