High potato yield: how to achieve success?

A high yield of potatoes is the most cherished dream of any gardener or farmer. This vegetable is one of the most demanded and popular, and any other vegetable garden can "envy" its nutritional properties. Potato yield indicators depend on many factors, among which are the characteristics of the variety and the quality of the planting material, the growing conditions (primarily the characteristics of the weather regime, climate, soil), the time and method of planting, care, fertilization, as well as the predecessor crop, which in In the past years, it occupied an area set aside for potatoes.

Let's try to figure out how to get a high yield of potatoes. First of all, care should be taken to select the correct soil. So, potatoes grow best on sandy loam, mineral, sandy, as well as any other soils with good moisture and air permeability. Also, chernozem and cultivated pre-prepared peat bog are ideal for this culture. In whatever soil the potatoes are planted, it must be very carefully loosened, thereby providing the tubers with a sufficient amount of air.

As for the varieties of potatoes, it is difficult to unanimously name the most productive. There is only one rule here: a change of planting material must be carried out every two to three years. Also, do not forget about the regular application of fertilizers to the soil and carrying out activities such as weeding, hilling and watering. The best predecessors of potatoes are legumes, cereals, a variety of forage grasses, and green manure.