The general essence of planting and growing according to Meatlider

When planting, they make narrow ridges and wide aisles, and also very carefully look after the ridges, water them daily, apply fertilizers, mulch, but do not spud the bushes. But it is also very important to choose a well-lit area so that the plants do not accumulate nitrates. Consider the rules for planting potatoes according to Meatlider.

The essence of growing by this method is digging narrow beds 9 m long and 45 cm wide and wide row spacings of 0.7-1 m. But the planted potatoes still need to be fertilized, watered and pulled out weeds. It is necessary that the soil is not dry.

Method reviews

Alexandra Ilyinichna, Chernihiv region

«I have a small plot of land for planting, because of this, the Meatlider method helped a lot.»

Advantages of the method

• If you plant potatoes according to the Meatlider method, then no need to loosen the ground and huddle the beds.
• Very strong savings in the area of ​​the site occupied by plantings. In addition, the yield increases at the same time.

Disadvantages of the method

1. Not all places are suitable for planting potatoes using this technology, plots located on the northern slopes, swampy, low-lying, places with peat, where there can be stagnant water, are not suitable.
2. You will need to buy a lot of fertilizers and spend a lot of money.
3. The main thing when planting - choose a place, well lit by the rays of the sun, in the shade, the amount of harvested vegetables will decrease 3-4 times. And the potatoes themselves will contain a large amount of nitrates.

The advantages of narrow beds

Narrow beds and wide aisles provide potatoes with good lighting, so they grow actively, this has a beneficial effect on yield.

How to plant

Preparing potatoes

First selected large, healthy tubers, small tubers are not suitable for planting.

Potatoes can be planted in the beds in the garden, or in boxes at home, and then transplanted.

Preparing tubers before planting in the beds

• should put into waterhaving a temperature of + 50-60 ° C for a quarter of an hour;
• after put them for 5-10 minutes. in a solution of potassium permanganate or copper sulfate;
• decompose tubers in one layer in shallow drawers and expose to sunlight;
• spray once a week with a solution of superphosphate and water;
• after the appearance of eyes on the tubers, their cut into several partsso that each part has a sprouted eye.

Seedling preparation

Pour sawdust into the bottom of the boxes with a layer of 3 cm. Spill the sawdust with a 0.2% solution of copper sulfate. Place the potatoes side by side. Sprinkle them on top with sawdust in a layer of 1-1.5 cm.

Place the boxes in a room with a temperature of + 12-14 ° C. A week later, plump, but short sprouts and small roots will grow on the potatoes. 2 hours before boarding pour the tubers with a solution of complex fertilizer.

Do not keep tubers in boxes for too long, as if the roots are long, they will be damaged during transplantation.

Landing scheme

Dig holes 10-15 cm deep in the ridges with a shovel. Bring the tubing boxes to the site. Take each tuber from the box and transfer it along with the sawdust. Plant tubers in 2 staggered rows.

Site breakdown

1. Pick up the most sun-lit place, align it.
2. In the fall, dig up the soil, remove weeds and roots, fertilize the ground with specially invented mixtures.
3. Dig in narrow, long, north-south beds. The distance between the beds should be 0.7-1 m. It is advised to make the length of the beds - 9 m, width - 45 cm. Then the bushes will be as illuminated as possible all day. If you decide to plant potatoes on a slope, then form the beds in steps, like terraces.
4. To the garden on both sides scoop up the soil so that the sides are formed 10 cm high. Then the moisture will evaporate less, and the weeds will be easier to remove.
5. Dig holes in 2 rows in a checkerboard pattern. Make an indent between the holes of 30 cm, and the holes themselves are 7-12 cm deep.
6. Pour 1 tbsp into each hole. a spoonful of vermicompost, put the potatoes with their eyes up, and cover with soil.
7. Do not dig aisles... Do not change anything on subsequent landings.

What varieties of potatoes are suitable

Any potato variety is suitable: early ripening, medium and late. But it is better to use zoned varieties.

Mulching

Mulching is way to protect young bushes... At the same time, heat and moisture are retained better, weeds grow worse, plants grow faster.

Lay a layer of mulch 5-10 cm thick. If the mulch becomes thinner due to precipitation and irrigation, then mulch the ground again.

Fertilizers

Mitlider recommends 2 formulations for feeding:

• Mix No. 1... Mix 40 g of boric acid and 5 kg of dolomite flour. For 1 m² of beds, use 100 g.
• Mix No. 2... Mix 0.5 kg of magnesium sulfate, 1.4 kg of ammonium nitrate, 0.6 kg of ammophos, 5 g of molybdic acid, 1.1 kg of potassium sulfate, 5 g of boric acid. Use 50 g per 1 m² of beds.

When feeding, first add the first mixture and then the second.

First, when digging the soil, scatter 100 g of mixture No. 1 per running meter, and then 50 g of mixture No. 2 per running meter.

Feed the second time when the sprouts are up to 15 cm high, the third time before blooming flower buds on the bushes.

Top dressing is scattered in the center of the gardenthen the potato roots will not burn.

Watering

Meatlider advises to water the bushes daily so that the soil does not dry out. You can water from a hose or make drip irrigation. If you are watering with a hose, direct the stream under the roots. After the bushes have faded, you should stop feeding and watering.

Top mistakes in this method

Watering potatoes

If you feed the bushes at the rate, but water the beds 1-2 times a week, then the compounds you introduced do not dissolve, but gradually accumulate to the concentration that will destroy the bushes.

If you are planting and growing potatoes using the Meatlider method, it is best to water it every day or every other day.

You need to keep the soil moist at all times, as the potato bushes on the mitlider ridges have roots growing close to the surface, so do not loosen the ridges.

Selection of the composition for feeding

In this case, when making mixture No. 1, you should take gypsum instead of dolomite flour, and if you have acidic soil, you can use dolomite, limestone flour, chalk.

Poor mixing of fertilizers

If you scattered the top dressing, and after one or two digging turned the ground, then the fertilizer will be collected in some places, and it should be distributed evenly.

Poor bed alignment

If the ridge is with a slope, then during irrigation the water will flow only in one direction. As a result, there will be a lack of fertilizer and moisture on one side of the ridge, and an overabundance on the other side.

therefore try to level the surface using a building level and a bar. If the place is on a strong slope, then break the beds into pieces.

The use of additional elements in complex fertilizers

Suppose, in order to add magnesium sulfate to the mixture, you purchase "Mag-Bor", in which, in addition to magnesium, boron is also present. As a result, you will have a surplus of boron.

Therefore, when you make mixture # 2, then do not buy complex mineral fertilizers, since in addition to the main elements, they contain trace elements, for example, iron.

Buy elements strictly according to the composition of the mixtures, do not ignore any element.

Amendments to the option for Russia

In the scheme of the Russian version, instead of the recommended fertilizers, you can replace them with an infusion of chopped greens and water. With properly selected fertilizers, potatoes self-cleanse through photosynthesis.

But if the site is not sufficiently lit, not enough watering, then potatoes will accumulate nitratestherefore it is better to apply green manure.

As a result of using the Meatlider method, 15-25% more potatoes are harvested than from a vegetable garden, where potatoes are planted in the traditional way.