How to get a ton of potatoes from one hundred square meters. A ton of potatoes per hundred. How do amateur potato growers get it. The secret to high potato yields

A TON OF POTATOES FROM WEEK! **************************************** Be sure to save it in your notes, very useful information **** ******************************* Our interlocutor today - Mikhail Grigorievich VERKHOV - on his personal plot he gets record harvests of all vegetable crops, including potatoes. - 500-600 kilograms of potatoes per hundred square meters is the dream of every gardener, many get much more modest results. What is the yield of this crop? - From a ton and above. Such a high result is achieved due to many factors: healthy fertile land, high-quality seeds, strict observance of all the rules of agricultural technology. Why does not every farmer get high yields? Everyone's dachas are old, plots, as a rule, were allocated for inconveniences, everything is littered. In addition, we ourselves “dirtied” them with all sorts of fertilizers, spraying from diseases and pests. And therefore, in order to get a decent potato harvest, you must first put the land in order, that is, improve it. Healthy land is the basis of yields for any crop, whether we grow cucumbers, tomatoes or potatoes. On my site, the land has a high agricultural background. I have been trying to achieve this, of course, for more than one year, I have been working with potatoes for 15 years. AT last years switched to new technology. What does it mean to put the earth in order? I am not a fan of chemical fertilizers. In recent years, the only fertilizer on my site is compost. Nevertheless, I get a stable harvest. It is necessary, firstly, to bring at least 5-6 kilograms to the area where you will grow potatoes good compost, 100-200 grams of ash for each square meter. This is the first thing you can do with the ground. Secondly, to get a high yield, you need to have good seed material, at least the first or second reproduction, and even better, elite. - Mikhail Grigoryevich, please tell me, what kind of potato do you think is the best? - There are a lot of varieties of potatoes, and I find it difficult to give an unambiguous answer to this question. You need to be aware of the purposes for which you need potatoes. Let's say so beautiful productive variety, like Rosara, I "serve" for certain purposes. Rosara makes wonderful fried potatoes with straws, it is ideal for salads, vinaigrette. The tubers have a low content of starch, and they do not boil soft. What is good about the medium-late variety Itessa? His tubers boil medium, they make delicious mashed potatoes. I don't like it when so-called "soap" potatoes are used for soup, borscht or mashed potatoes. Early maturing variety Arosa is distinguished by the fact that its tubers, in addition to other advantages, have a high presentation. They are especially good for frying and salads. The universal variety Fellox has excellent qualities. Its tubers are good in any form - for frying, and for salads, and boiled, seasoned with herbs. I work with varieties such as Arosa, Rosara, Zekura, Itessa, Red Lady, Sprint, Miranda, Fellox. ***************************************** *********** ****************************** - The agricultural technology of growing potatoes, in general, is well known. And yet, each of the potato growers brings something of their own to this process. And what “highlights” do you use when planting and caring for it? - As for the landing method, there are three types. The most commonly used method is the so-called solid landing. Another way is landing in the ridges. And the third one, which I prefer, is planting potatoes on the ridges. Each of these methods has its pros and cons. When planting according to generally accepted technology, it is difficult to care for potatoes (weeding, spraying against the Colorado potato beetle) at a time when the bushes close. Landing in ridges is good where the ground is very heavy. I will dwell in more detail on the merits of my method. In the ridge I have two rows, the distance between the ridges is 1 m. I plant potatoes in two paired rows in a checkerboard pattern. It turns out the so-called landing in a triangle. I adhere to the rule: where a plant is planted, a human foot should not step, I process potatoes, stepping along wide aisles. When I spud bushes, a groove forms between two rows. It is very convenient to water and feed the plantings along these grooves: they put a hose between the rows - and there are no problems with watering. It is convenient to approach the rows when collecting the same Colorado potato beetle. – What are the other benefits of planting on ridges? - All gardeners, of course, have noticed that the extreme bushes of any plants, including potatoes, are always more productive, since they are more illuminated by the sun and receive a large area of ​​\u200b\u200bnutrition. When planting potatoes on the ridges and always in a checkerboard pattern, all the bushes turn out to be extreme. They are equally illuminated by the sun, and each bush has the same feeding area in the triangle allotted for it. And the more food, the higher the yield. A thickened landing leads to its great loss. The potato harvest is 40 percent dependent on seeds, the remaining 60 percent depends on the human factor, that is, on how you take care of it. You need to clearly know when potatoes especially need watering, and when - in top dressing. I water potatoes twice during the growing season. Simultaneously with watering, I do top dressing. The first time during budding, and the second time after the end of flowering - at this time, a strong growth of tubers begins. It is necessary to water the plantings abundantly, so that the earth gets wet at a depth of 30-40 cm - this is the soil horizon in which the tubers grow. SECOND PART - Mikhail Grigorievich, what are you, a supporter of organic farming, feed your potatoes? - I used to actually feed the potatoes good fertilizer- this is Kemira Lux, Kemira Potato, now I use only organic matter for this. Well, let's say I treat him to "compote". I fill a barrel with a capacity of 250 liters by a third with chopped weeds - nettle, quinoa, milkweed and others. In the forest located next to the site I collect medicinal herbs- yarrow, chamomile, tansy, plantain, grind - and also in a barrel. I add half a bucket of ash, the merits of which, I think, everyone knows. You can add two composts to this bucket barrel, and also better than compost prepared by EM technology. Then I fill the barrel with water. The nutrient mixture should be infused for one to two weeks. I dilute the infusion in a ratio of 1:10 and use 1 liter of this “compote” for each bush, which the potatoes really like. By the way, all vegetable crops respond well to such top dressing. Another one in my mind effective top dressing. You know that ordinary baker's yeast is an excellent growth stimulator, just remember the expression "grows by leaps and bounds." In a three-liter jar of water, I dilute half a glass of granulated sugar (instead of sugar, you can use "junk" jam), add 100 grams of yeast, close the jar. This mixture is infused for a week and turns into a mash. I “treat” potatoes with this mash - a glass of mash in a bucket of water and also 1 liter for each bush. By the way, with such a mash you can not only feed all plants under the root, but also spray it as a foliar top dressing. I repeat, yeast is a good stimulant, and you will see how any vegetable crop will respond perfectly to this top dressing, especially tomatoes. - As you know, potatoes are susceptible to such a dangerous disease as phytophthora, the Colorado potato beetle "adores" it ... - Let's start with the fact that I do not know what phytophthora is in my area. I am leaving this disease, firstly, due to early planting. The phytophthora outbreak occurs on August 10-15, and at this time I have already removed all the early potatoes. Secondly, two weeks before harvesting, I mow the tops. What does it give? Phytophthora, as you know, begins to infect potatoes from the foliage, and then, with rains, the spores of the disease penetrate the soil and infect the tubers. In addition, the varieties of potatoes that I grow are quite resistant to this disease. I don’t spend a big fight with the Colorado potato beetle, and it also helps early boarding. I plant potatoes on April 20-25, the Colorado potato beetle comes out of the soil somewhere in late May - early June. By this time, I have very powerful bushes that are too tough for the beetle - it prefers tender leaves and primarily attacks weak, diseased plants. And even if, even without any spraying, the pests eat somewhere around 10 percent of the foliage, then this will not adversely affect the potato crop. In addition, it is not difficult for me to walk along my wide aisles and collect beetles. And one moment. By August 20, all potatoes (including mid-season varieties) has already been removed on my site. As you can see, simple but very effective measures allow me to get away from fighting this pest. - Does early harvesting affect the safety of tubers? After all, to collect on time is good to save. Indeed, removing is one thing. I have already said that two weeks before harvesting, I mow the tops - this is not only protection against late blight and the Colorado potato beetle. Potatoes with beveled tops seem to be ripening, that is, in these two weeks the peel becomes rough. Firstly, when harvesting, the tubers are less injured, and secondly, less infection gets into them through a rough peel. And thirdly, before lowering the potatoes into the underground, it is necessary to prepare them for storage. - How it's done? - I never put the potatoes in storage immediately after harvesting. I keep it for two weeks in a dark barn (in the light the potatoes will turn green and will be unsuitable for food). This is the so-called healing period. If the potato is afflicted with any disease, its symptoms will necessarily appear during these two weeks. Lowering the tubers into storage, I carefully examine them. If I notice any deviations, the slightest damage, I put them aside for eating in the first place. And I don’t have cases where I throw out at least some amount of spoiled potatoes. I can give advice to those gardeners who are not sure about the quality of their crop. In no case do not dump it in heaps, it is better to put potatoes in boxes from under grapes or other fruits. Even if in some box (it holds a bucket of tubers) rot begins, it will not spread to the entire crop. Dust the potatoes with a little ash. As a rule, in basements, other storages high humidity, which harms potatoes. Put two or three beet roots in each box - it perfectly absorbs this excess moisture. It is good to shift potatoes with rowan branches - its phytoncides kill all pathogens in potatoes. - Mikhail Grigoryevich, many gardeners ask the question: why is it best to take tubers the size of a chicken egg for planting potatoes? - The question is this: for what purposes are potatoes grown? If the planting is intended for obtaining seed tubers, then I select smaller tubers for this purpose, approximately weighing 30-40 grams. Small tubers, as a rule, are tied up in the second half of summer, firstly, they do not have time to collect big weight, secondly, "collect" less diseases. Good seed material is obtained from such potatoes - there are many tubers in the bush, and they are not large. If I plant potatoes for food purposes, I select larger tubers, weighing 80-100 grams, that is, the size of a chicken egg or a little more. Fewer tubers grow from them, but they are larger in size.

Our current interlocutor Misha Grigorievich VERKHOV- on his own personal plot, he receives record harvests of all vegetable crops, including potatoes.

- 500-600 kg of potatoes per hundred square meters is the dream of every gardener, many get even more moderate results. What is the yield of this crop you have degrees
- From a ton and above. Such a high result is achieved due to many factors: healthy grassland, high-quality seeds, strict observance of all the rules of agricultural technology. Why does not every tiller get the highest yields of degrees? In addition, we ourselves “dirtied” them with all sorts of fertilizers, spraying from diseases and pests. And therefore, in order to get a decent potato harvest, you first need to put the land in order, in other words, improve it. Healthy land is the base of crops for absolutely any crop, whether we grow cucumbers, tomatoes or potatoes. On my site, the land has a high agricultural background. Naturally, I have been trying to achieve this for more than one year; I have been dealing with potatoes for 15 years. In recent years, he switched to the latest technology.
What does it mean to put the earth in order of degrees
– I am not a fan of chemical fertilizers. In recent years, the only fertilizer on my site is compost. Still, I get a moderate harvest. It is necessary, firstly, to add at least 5-6 kg of very good compost, 100-200 grams of ash per square meter, to the area where you will grow potatoes. This is the first thing you can do with the earth. 2nd - to get the highest yield, you need to have suitable seed material, at least the first or second reproduction, and even better elite.
- Misha Grigorievich, please tell me what kind of potato do you think is the best2
- There are a lot of types of potatoes, and it is absolutely difficult for me to give an answer to this question. You need to be aware of the purpose for which you need potatoes. Let's say that such a beautiful productive variety, like Rosara, I "serve" for certain purposes. Rosara makes an excellent fried potato julienne, it is perfect for salads, vinaigrette. The tubers have a low starch content, and they do not boil soft. What is not bad about the mid-late variety Itessa degrees The tubers are boiled medium in it, a savory puree comes out of them. I don’t like it when so-called “soap” potatoes are used for soup, borscht or mashed potatoes. The early maturing variety Arosa is distinguished by the fact that its tubers, apart from other advantages, have a high presentation. They are especially good for frying and salads. beautiful properties possesses the universal variety Fellox. Its tubers are not bad in any form - for frying, and for salads, and boiled, seasoned with herbs. I work with varieties such as Arosa, Rosara, Zekura, Itessa, Red Lady, Sprint, Miranda, Fellox.
– Agrotechnics for growing potatoes, in general, is well known. And yet, any of the potato growers brings something of their own into this process. And what “highlights” do you use when planting and caring for it2
– As for the landing method, there are three types. In most cases, the so-called solid landing method is used. Another method is landing in ridges. And the third one, which I prefer, is planting potatoes on the ridges. Each of these methods has its pros and cons. When planting according to the adopted technology, it is difficult to care for potatoes (weeding, spraying against the Colorado potato beetle) at a time when the bushes close. Landing in ridges is good where the earth is very languid.
I will dwell in more detail on the advantages of my own method. In the ridge I have two rows, the distance between the ridges is 1 m. I plant potatoes in 2 paired rows in a checkerboard pattern. It turns out the so-called landing in a triangle. I adhere to the rule: where a plant is planted, a human foot should not step, I process potatoes, stepping along wide aisles. When I spud bushes, a groove appears between 2 rows. It is very comfortable to water and feed the plantings along these grooves: they put a hose between the rows - and there are no problems with watering. It is comfortable to approach the rows when collecting the same Colorado potato beetle.
- What else are the advantages of landing on the ridges of degrees
- All gardeners, of course, saw that the last bushes of all plants, including potatoes, are always more productive, because they are more illuminated by the sun and receive a huge area of ​​\u200b\u200bnutrition. When planting potatoes on the ridges and certainly in a checkerboard pattern, I get all the bushes

In the Tver region, a ton of potatoes is harvested from a hundred square meters In the Tver region, a ton of potatoes are harvested from a hundred square meters, despite the drought. Unique technique from the Kashinsky agronomist

Meet. This is Vladimir Ivanovich Kartelev, a professional agronomist and owner of his own garden plot, and also the author of a unique method of growing vegetables and other crops (60 items), which allows you to get a good harvest under any weather conditions.

73-year-old Vladimir Ivanovich lives in the village of Volzhanka, Kashinsky district, together with his wife. Pensions are small, and therefore everything that the garden gives them is fed for a whole year. On the personal plot of Kartelev, there is just nothing: potatoes - without it, a Russian person is nowhere, tomatoes, cucumbers, pumpkins, zucchini, beans, peas and even sunflowers. All this vegetable variety is located on 12 acres, 8 of which are given for potatoes. And it seems that the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe garden is not very large, but the Karteleva spouses share the harvest with a large large family: children and grandchildren. Everyone has enough!

Last year, the tables in the agronomist's house were bursting with abundance. From one weave, he received 600 kg of large potatoes and 800 kg of cabbage, each head weighed 8-10 kg. And this year he expects... more, despite the drought. What is the secret of the unprecedented harvest, which the gardener Kartelev boasted of, the TIA correspondent found out.

Drought, scorching sun and a couple of drops of rain - that's all the residents saw middle lane this dry summer. In the Tver region, farmers sounded the alarm and said that 30% of the crop had died, especially potatoes. And in the garden of the agronomist Kartelev - a riot of greenery and the same riot of harvest.

Vladimir Ivanovich Kartelev - scientist, professional agronomist, soil scientist. He graduated from the Leningrad Agricultural Institute, postgraduate studies at the All-Russian Research Institute of Flax (Torzhok, Tver Region), worked in the farms of our region. For 40 years of his life he has been conducting experiments on earth, looking for The best way growing and getting good harvest. And he did it, boasts Kartelev. He developed his own method of farming.

The uniqueness of my method is in 3 points: no digging, I grow potatoes and 60 other crops without any tillage: sunflower, corn, fodder root crops, legumes, beans, strawberries and all vegetables. This is more than 60 cultures. Nobody else does that! Two crops in our country are grown in the south without tillage - winter wheat and potatoes. And all other crops are grown everywhere according to the old method with obligatory plowing and digging of the earth. And we grow without any digging and plowing.

The second point is that I use excellent fertilizer, which Russia is very rich in. I studied at the institute, at the Postgraduate School, but I didn’t come across anything like this anywhere. What kind of fertilizer is this? This is grass, our grass-ant. That's all fertilizer - better than manure. Well, the third point is the use of Baikal bait.

Vladimir Ivanovich's grass is a super remedy for everything and everything! It fertilizes the soil well, protects against weeds and plus it retains moisture well for a very long time.

According to the Kartelev method, there is no need to plow and loosen the earth. You make holes in the ground, fill it with freshly cut grass, then plant seeds there, water it, sprinkle it with earth, and cover yourself with grass from above. That’s all, the scientist assures, you don’t even need to water more! According to him, he didn’t even water the potatoes this year, only cabbage and then once, everything else “lives” on its own. Surprisingly, the technique works.

This year, he collected 12 buckets of fruit from a small garden with tomatoes. Ogurtsov, he says, cannot be counted. The wife has already closed 40 three-liter jars, distributed to relatives, neighbors, and acquaintances.

The technique of the Kashinsky agronomist is in demand among local residents and visitors. So, last year, a summer resident from Moscow, Galina Bagdyan, small area 4 by 3 meters planted 1.5 buckets of potatoes. And I got a centner!

I have been planting potatoes for almost 15 years, and I have a larger chicken egg It never happened. They always planted in the usual way: dug, hilled. That year, Vladimir Ivanovich suggested that I plant potatoes on a small 3 by 4 plot according to his method. I agreed. And you represent? Such a harvest, 750 grams of potatoes were born, I showed everyone at home in Moscow. And this year, however, not 750 grams, because the drought, the earth is dust, but there are potatoes anyway. And now I have 5 bags from this field. FIVE bags, can you imagine!!! Here's to a dry summer!

Whether this is true or not, we decided to check it out for ourselves. Vladimir Ivanovich armed himself with a shovel and dug up four bushes with potatoes in our presence. To our surprise, large, even, healthy tubers fell from each. Joyful Kartelev said that this year he would certainly collect a ton from each hundred square meters!

It is worth noting that last year the methodology of the Tver innovator was somewhat different: instead of freshly cut grass, he put hay into the hole. Therefore, the harvest was less - 600 kg per hundred square meters. This year the grass is green, and therefore, the agronomist is sure, even in such a drought the harvest will be much richer.

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Marina CHUGREEVAMarch 24 With love for the earth
A year ago, "Tverskaya Zhizn" published the material "Kartelev Garden" about a unique method of cultivating the soil without tillage. Today, at the request of readers, we return to this topic again.
Vladimir Kartelev is a scientist, agronomist, soil scientist, gardener, author of scientific papers. Inventor, innovator, lecturer. The agricultural technology developed by him on the basis of many years of experience surpasses others in its simplicity, efficiency and environmental friendliness. His publications, as well as lectures on new system gardening, cause numerous responses. So, Muscovite N. Markov writes: “We used to cultivate the soil (note: sandy loamy soil) with a tractor, then we began to cultivate the garden by hand. And we never had a good potato harvest. Collected one little thing. All crops were overgrown with weeds and affected by the Colorado potato beetle. In 2007, we planted a bucket of potatoes according to your method, collected 12 buckets of large tubers. We have never had such a harvest before.” Kashinets A. Shchapov, who has heavy loamy soil on the site, writes with gratitude: “Vladimir Ivanovich! The gardeners call you among themselves "our garden Michurin." I read your articles, listened to your lectures, visited your garden. My assessment of your work is excellent! No weeds, no bugs, no potato patch! And the harvest is good. The same thing happened in my garden. Thank you. I believe that your gardening system is the best in the country, and perhaps in the world.” And there are many similar letters and examples.
So what is new in the work of Vladimir Kartelev?
1. Vladimir Ivanovich argues that one of the main shortcomings of modern agriculture is the annual plowing (digging) of the soil with the turnover of the layer. He developed agricultural technology without tillage, which has long been successfully used in the garden, in closed ground, and are also experimental work in the fields of agricultural enterprises.
2. For 36 years he has been using the organic farming system, which we talked about earlier (“TJ No. 40-41 of 03/05/2008).
3. He developed and put into practice the annual seasonal crop rotation. In spring and summer, potatoes, beans, vegetables grow, in autumn - beans, dill, weeds (self-sowing).
4. The soil in our fields and gardens is usually bare, and this reduces its fertility. It is necessary that it is always covered with mulch with a layer of 15–20 cm, and does not remain open.
5. Uses bacterial fertilizers ("Baikal-1M", etc.), biological agents plant protection (Planriz, etc.), stimulants (Biostim, etc.), enriches the soil with silicon.
6. Usually fertilizers are spread over the area. Vladimir Kartelev advises to apply them only in rows or under the roots of plants.
7. We widely and often thoughtlessly apply chemicals plant protection. There are no pests or weeds in the Kartel's vegetable garden. He digs out perennial weeds, and gives annuals the opportunity to grow only in the fall after harvest, in order to use them as green manure.
As a result, the yield obtained from such a garden is high. The costs are minimal, the products are environmentally friendly.
Vladimir Kartelev receives many questions from gardeners who are interested in his technology. Here are his answers to some of them.
- Where can I get acquainted with your agricultural technology?
- In the gardens - ours and our followers, in the brochure "To the Earth with Love" of 2008, at my lectures, in my articles and notes.
- I'm retired. The garden helps, but my health is poor, there is no fertilizer, mulch, no money to buy them. What do i do?
– Use our first method (“zero”) for growing potatoes. There is no need to dig or dig up the soil. Add at least a little ash and humus to the rows. Plant potatoes with bean seeds. I will send bean seeds to you by mail. All the best!
– Why don’t you check your agricultural machinery for large areas?
“That is a shortcoming of my work. I'll try to eliminate it.
- Now many cultivate a garden on narrow ridges with wide aisles. What do you think about it?
“So do those who have extra land. I don't have such land yet. I prefer V. Fokin's system. Here the width of the beds is 1 m and the furrows are not wide (30–50 cm), the author recommends preparing compost.
How do you deal with weeds?
Our weeds are suppressed by mulch. The most dangerous of them (thistle, thistle, wheatgrass, horsetail, dandelion, gout) are dug up with roots. After drying them in the sun, put them in compost heap where they have to rot. We cut down the rest of the weeds with a chopper or, together with the seeds of dill and beans (self-sowing), we use it as a green manure. This resulted in our vegetable garden being the least weedy among others in the village.
– I want to use grass from my yard as mulch, but it has a lot of dandelions. Will it clog the garden?
- Doesn't clog.
There are many ways to till the soil in the garden. Which one is the best?
- In my opinion, the best way to till the soil in a large potato area is to work it with a horse. On small and under vegetables, we recommend to cultivate the soil according to our agricultural technology.
- Sosnovsky's hogweed weed appeared in my garden. How to deal with it?
This weed has spread all over the place. It is very dangerous, in contact with human skin causes severe burns. To prevent further spread, it is necessary to mow it everywhere and annually before flowering. To destroy it completely, I use two methods: before winter I dig it up with the roots and during the summer I mow it three times flush with the ground.
- How to use sapropel to fertilize the garden?
- Sapropel - bottom sediments of fresh water - a very valuable fertilizer for vegetable gardens. It is used only after freezing and airing or composting with manure. To prepare compost for 1 ton of sapropel, 1 ton of manure is taken. Composting period - 12 months. with non-frozen sapropel or 4–5 with frozen.
- We have a lot of duckweed in the ponds in summer. How to use it for the garden?
- I recommend adding it to the compost heap, as well as using duckweed in the garden as mulch.
- How to get a high yield of potatoes?
- Use our agricultural technology. Plant tubers along with bean seeds. Bring ashes and humus into the rows, use soil mulching. The third way of cultivating potatoes ("on mulch") gives us the greatest yield. Use the method of V. Ushakov. He plants tubers every 45 cm, puts 500–700 g of rotted manure into the hole at a moisture content of 50%, sprinkles with a layer of soil 1–2 cm.
- How to get a high yield of cabbage?
- Use our methods of cultivation (dung-trench, planting in furrows). Plant the seedlings along with their soil, dipping the roots in a clay mash. To combat diseases, use the biological preparation Planriz, produced by the Tver Regional Plant Protection Station. When planting in the hole, add lime or ash and at least 200 g of humus. Mix them with the soil. During the summer, feed the cabbage with a solution of ash. Prepare it like this: 1 kg of ash is poured into 10 liters of snow (rain) water. Insist 5-6 days. The resulting solution is diluted with water in a ratio of 1:10 and 0.5 liters of this solution is applied under each cabbage root several times over the summer after 5–6 days. After hilling the cabbage, the soil is covered with mulch with a layer of 10–15 cm.
How do you deal with the Colorado potato beetle?
- With its agricultural technology. I do not add fresh manure to the soil. I plant tubers with bean seeds. I mulch the soil after planting tubers, hilling and before winter. Introduced an annual seasonal crop rotation in the garden. In spring and summer, potatoes and beans grow on the site, in autumn - beans and weeds (self-sowing), before winter I cover the entire area with mulch. Sometimes I collect beetles and larvae with my hands. I ordered three varieties of potatoes resistant to the Colorado potato beetle ("lasunok", "Bryansk reliable", "Kamensky").
I plant potato by potato every year. How do I enter a crop rotation on the plot?
- It is difficult to introduce crop rotation on a potato plot - we need additional space and costs. How to get out of the situation? A single potato array can be divided into sections (ridges or beds). Periodically grow both potatoes and other crops on them. Here is your crop rotation. The most convenient way is to enter an annual seasonal crop rotation on the site. Here it is not necessary to divide a single potato array into sections, it is not necessary to sow it with other crops.
- How to deal with naked slugs and wireworms?
– Plant potatoes with bean seeds. When planting potatoes in rows, add ash (1–1.5 buckets per hundred square meters). Before tillage, sprinkle the garden with lime: on light soils 3-4 kg per 1 weave, on heavy soils - 5-6. You can fight naked slugs in another way - sprinkle the soil with superphosphate.
How do you deal with mice and rats?
“Unfortunately, there are more and more of them. To scare away these rodents, I use elderberry, tansy, black root. I keep cats. I put mousetraps. I prepare the bait from a mixture of alabaster and flour in a ratio of 1: 1. This is a very good technique for fighting mice and rats.
What is the best mulch for the garden?
– The best mulch is straw and fallen tree leaves. It is durable, well suppresses weeds. Compost, humus - healing mulch, it protects potatoes and vegetables from diseases. Hay is less durable, suppresses weeds worse, quickly forms a layer of humus on the soil. Grass is even less durable, but as it dries, it turns into hay, straw, and rots. Sawdust, shavings suppress weeds a little. They must be prepared for use as mulch - let them lie down, shed with slurry, a solution of feces. Paper, cardboard cut off weeds, save moisture. Our mulch is a mix of different soil covering materials.
– How to prepare compost?
- The purpose of composting is to obtain humus. Do not prepare compost in pits and containers. It is prepared in piles on sites with a slight slope. The height of the shoulder is 1–1.2 m, the length is arbitrary. Composting material is organic. It must be crushed and laid in layers, sprinkling them with soil, lime, ash, road dust, manure, feces, spilling slurry, a solution of Baikal, Biostim. Grass, leaves, greens must be dried before laying in the pile. Burt should always be covered with straw, peat, film. Over the summer, the collar must be turned over 1-2 times.
We have been using our agricultural technology in open and closed ground for 35 years (from 1973 to the present). A lot of soul, nerves and forces have been expended on this work. It has a lot of subtleties, small details (you can’t reflect everything in printed form).

The potato growing business idea is profitable even in the leanest years if used special technologies. Potatoes are always in demand food product and are in constant demand. And the yield indicators of 50 tons per hectare make us consider it from the perspective of business ideas. After all, it is one of the most effective ways get the maximum profit from the minimum plot of land. That is, to use the sown area as efficiently as possible.

In this article, we will consider in detail the concept of a business idea. Dutch technology for high yields of potatoes. And also not whimsical cultivation of potatoes under straw. To create a break-even business, it is also worth considering long-term crop storage technologies.

High yielding potato varieties

The best potato varieties of the 21st century in terms of yield are Radonezhsky and Ryabinushka. The tubers have been tested by the state variety test. In practice, both varieties met expectations for disease resistance. Varieties yield up to 4.8 tons per hectare! The result is more than three times the commercial yield of different industrial varieties.

The mid-early "Ryabinushka" begins to be harvested as early as 80-90 days after planting. Tubers are oval with small eyes. The skin is smooth and red. The starch content does not exceed 18%. Has a trade dress to 97% of a crop. During long-term storage, no more than 5-7% of the total crop volume is lost.

Early variety "Radonezhsky" - high yielding variety, having a high presentation up to 94%. The mass of a tuber reaches 140 g. The number of tubers in a bush is 10-15 pieces. When to plant early potato varieties - Radonezh? The variety is excellent, with intensive early accumulation of the crop, therefore it is suitable for early and even winter cultivation. But when landing in warm February or in early spring increases the risk of lower yields. But it becomes possible to harvest 2 crops per year from one piece of land. It has excellent keeping quality. Tubers are creamy oval with pinkish spots. Small red eyes.

Dutch technology for growing potatoes

Potato growing business idea minimal cost- Dutch technology. Her distinguishing feature- when leaving, use a minimum machining. The Dutch focus on aerating the soil - they carefully loosen it, place the potatoes in ridges, leaving wide gaps between the rows. As a result, up to 2 kg of powerful tubers are obtained from the bush, which easily tolerate long-term storage.

Soil aeration is the cultivation of soil in order to create maximum air ventilation soils so that soil air (mainly carbon dioxide) mixes well with atmospheric air(mainly oxygen). Carbon dioxide in soils is formed due to natural organic decomposition, and the free flow of oxygen accelerates intrasoil processes associated with the oxidation of mineral components and the decomposition of organic components.

In dense or waterlogged soils, plants do not develop well due to a lack of oxygen. The soil itself suffers from this. But in loose soils you can get high yields.

In practice, it has been proven that for the Dutch technology it is not necessary to choose Dutch varieties of potatoes. It is important that the tubers comply with certain rules: they have at least five eyes, they are large (40-50 mm). In our case, these are Radonezhsky and Ryabinushka. Selected potatoes must be heated in a bright room at a temperature of up to +180 until sprouts form. Then you need to reduce temperature regime to +8 and wait until the sprouts reach a height of 2cm.

Before planting, each vegetable is best divided in half. This will increase productivity. Planting should take place as early as possible, as soon as the soil is already well warmed up during planting.

Planting potatoes under straw

The technology of growing potatoes in straw is much simpler and gives its high yields compared to traditional way cultivation. The secret of the technology's success lies in keeping the soil cool and moist around the clock, which is very important for potatoes. After all, at an air temperature of +22, potato tubers stop growing. Straw with their own thermal insulation properties does not allow the temperature to rise, and the condensate formed due to the temperature difference maintains cool moisture, creating ideal conditions for potatoes. Straw isolates the soil from rising temperatures without interfering with gas exchange processes. And under the straw, weeds do not develop well. In autumn, the straw is ground during soil cultivation, it makes an excellent fertilizer.

Planting potatoes under straw is carried out according to the following sequence of actions. Potatoes are planted in pre-treated, loose soil at a shallow depth of 7-10 cm. On top of the beds should be sprinkled with the first layer of straw 30 cm. The second layer (15cm-20cm) is laid between the beds when the sprouts have reached 5 cm. And the potatoes do not require any more care. When the tops dry, you can harvest.

How to plant potatoes?

Let's take a look at the steps that contain simple tips for proper fit potatoes.

Rules for the formation of beds

It is important to form the beds from north to south for uniform full coverage of the bushes. Great importance the Dutch pay row spacing - 75 cm. Domestic farmers save land, so they leave only 40-50 cm, which makes hilling with loose earth difficult, developing roots are cut off. This inhibits the growth and development of plants. Insufficient hilling exposes tubers. Do not neglect the dimensions specified by the technology: the row spacing and the width of the beds should be about 0.75 m. The holes must be dug 8-9 cm deep, leaving a gap between them of 30 cm.

Planting and caring for potatoes

Seeds should be placed in the holes with the sprouts up. With tubers, it is advisable to fill up a pinch of ash or onion peel for pest control. From above, you need to make a mound about 10 cm high. No more than 600 potatoes should be planted per 100 m2.

After the appearance of sprouts, the embankment must be increased, and so repeat according to the growth of the bush. Further care- this is weeding, watering. Watering is required three times:

• the first time - at the first sprouts;
• the second - before flowering;
• the third is after.

No more watering required economical way cultivation, the least expensive. From the Colorado potato beetle, it is better to process the tops before flowering.

Timely harvesting: early August - for seed, late August - for food purposes. Important: first remove the tops, after 10 days - harvest. As a result of this technique, the tubers have a strong peel, excellent safety.

Yield Secrets

The main secret of the yield of the Dutch technology is that the vegetable is not buried deep in the ground, it is covered with loose soil from above, which allows it to breathe. In addition to this fact, the yield is increased by the fact of dividing the tuber in half.

There are many technologies for growing potatoes, however, as practice shows, the Dutch method is the most effective in terms of yield.

For the cultivation of potatoes according to the technology of Dutch manufacturers, a milling tool for loosening the soil is needed. For this, domestic walk-behind tractors equipped with working milling bodies are suitable. For loosening and leveling, motor cultivators are needed that are capable of hilling and removing weeds.

Long term crop storage

A favorable environment for storing potatoes has a temperature of +5 degrees and an air humidity of 85–90%. Such conditions can create a dry and cool room, protected from sun rays. The annual potato storage cycle is divided into 3 phases:

1. After harvesting, potatoes are stored at a temperature of +17 for two weeks.
2. Fruits are stored for another 2 weeks, but already with a temperature reduced to +12. During these periods, fruit damage created during harvesting heals.
3. The main period temperature +5 humidity - 85%.

To control the temperature and humidity in potato storage, it is better to use two sensors. One at the door at a height of 30cm, the second in the center of the room at a height of 150cm.

It is important to note! You can not overdry the air, because due to low humidity, the potatoes will turn green. This is the result of the production process of the alkaloid saponin (toxic substance). Green potatoes are planting, but they should not be eaten.

Sales of products

The average payback for a Dutch technology growing business idea is two seasons.

The main distribution channels for the crop:

• trade networks;
• fairs, food markets;
• wholesale customers;
• vegetable stalls;
• grocery stores;
• processing companies.

Income depends on the buyer and the period of sale:

1. It is necessary to solve the issue of storing potatoes so that they can be sold in winter at a bargain price.
2. An important factor is the issue of environmental friendliness. If the cultivation process takes place at a distance from industrial enterprises lands, previously untouched lands, not overfed with pesticides, inorganic fertilizers, the price of grown products can increase several times, as well as the demand for it.

Potato is a plastic, fertile culture. The low yield of domestic farmers is due to ignorance biological features, sowing random vegetables of low reproduction, unscrupulous cultivation.

non-compliance technological process fraught in any industry. When growing the most common food product, do not break the rules! Your profit is in your hands!

Potatoes are the main ingredient in most dishes around the world. Its juice has healing properties(heals ulcers, burns, gastritis), useful in cosmetology. Growing at correct methodology, good choice varieties are a lucrative business.

A ton of potatoes from one hundred square meters. How to grow a potato crop

A ton of potatoes from one hundred square meters. How to grow a potato crop

Is it possible to grow a ton of potatoes from one acre?

There is nothing impossible.

To get a large potato crop, you need a lot of good soil, healthy tubers and compliance with some agricultural practices.

Each potato grower has his own way of obtaining big harvest potatoes.

I have mine. I live in Siberia Kemerovo region. Before, like everyone else, he planted potatoes in a public field. For the last 10 years I have been planting a hundred potatoes in the country, and this is enough for a family of 4 people.

On average, from 1 hundred square meters, I collect up to a ton of potatoes, it all depends on weather conditions.

The land in the country is fertilized, in addition, in a shady corner garden plot I have a collar with plant remains, in which worms of the Prospector breed live. These tireless workers very quickly process organic matter into biohumus and multiply.

Biohumus - ecologically pure fertilizer, which has a positive effect on the yield of all horticultural crops. Potatoes are no exception.

In autumn, I roughly dig the ground for potatoes without breaking lumps.

In the spring, I loosen the earth with a rake, do not allow moisture to evaporate through cracks in the soil and fight the first weeds in the state of cotyledon leaves.

When the earth warms up enough, and these are usually the numbers of May 15 - 20, I start planting potatoes.

I use the Belarusian variety Lasunok. Miracle, not potatoes! Variety Lasunok is similar to the President of Belarus - the same powerful, healthy and prolific.

I plant potatoes on a cord. You can laugh. Two pegs, between them - a cord. I stretch, and I lead the landing along the cord.

I make holes - as usual, to the depth of a spade bayonet. the distance between the holes is 30 cm. In each hole - a large 300 g mug of biohumus and germinated potatoes. I move the pegs 70 cm and continue on.

Making holes in the 2nd row, I fall asleep the 1st row of potatoes, etc.

Until the potatoes rise, I process with a rake upper layer soil - I loosen and remove newly appeared weeds.

When the potatoes grow to 10 cm in height, I do the first weeding, then the second. I do not spud potatoes in principle.

After hilling, intensive growth of tops occurs, and not tubers. I need it?

Many summer residents have a different opinion on this matter. To each his own.

Regularly rarely, but plentifully water the potatoes. Water is supplied to the garden from a warm channel. At the end of the watering hose is a regular store nozzle.

I do top dressing 3 times a season, at intervals of 14 days. Approximately 10 g of nitroammophoska under a bush. Top dressing should be combined with watering.

If the tubers begin to come to the surface, I mulch the aisles with straw, we have enough of this stuff.

I dig as follows: I go to the hole, dig a bush with a small pitchfork and pull it out. I choose the tubers and put them around the hole to dry. I don't use a scraper. I extract all the tubers from the nest with a pitchfork. There are no small things, therefore, the potatoes do not fly through the pitchfork.

And so I go through the whole landing. I rest for 30 minutes. During this time, the potatoes dry out. I take a bucket and choose seed potatoes. This must be done after digging.

You come to the hole and see what kind of potatoes have been born there. Choose tubers for seeds from the best bushes!

The bulk of summer residents choose potatoes for planting in the spring from a common pile. I don't see anything good in this! What do you choose there?

I keep seed potatoes in the sun for several days until they turn green. After such sunbathing, seed potatoes are perfectly stored and sprout together next spring.

I collect the rest of the potatoes and immediately lower them into the cellar. The potatoes are already dry! There is no need, several times to pour into heaps to dry and lower in parts into the cellar.

I came, I saw, I conquered. And - for autumn fishing, on the Ob for a week!

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