When to plant potatoes

For a long time, potatoes have occupied a dominant place in the life of every person. No gastronomic day is complete without this tuberous vegetable. Not surprisingly, more and more people are leaning towards organic potatoes, and even finding ways to grow them on their own.

Therefore, the question of when to plant potatoes will not lose its relevance for a long time. The answer to it should be sought from the moment the potatoes begin their activity. That is, during the period when the ambient temperature rises to 8 degrees Celsius. However, this must be preceded by a certain period of time during which the tubers can be dormant at a low temperature.

Already from mid-April, you can start selecting potato tubers for planting - healthy specimens with eyes, the size of a chicken egg, are suitable. The selected tubers should be germinated in any known and acceptable manner. However, with germination, you need to guess so that the sprouts do not turn out to be too long by the time the potatoes are planted.

The time when potatoes are planted comes when the soil warms up to 8 degrees Celsius, this allows you to save tubers from late frost and decay. It is better to wait a few weeks, because by planting potatoes in the wrong land, you can not wait for the harvest at all. For potatoes, crumbly soil is suitable, which is still quite wet from melt water.

There is such a sign among the people that if snow falls on only planted potatoes, then you can count on a particularly bountiful harvest.