Potato is the most valuable crop, without which our life is difficult to imagine. This is one of the most frequent vegetables on our table, how many dishes without potatoes it is simply impossible to cook! Nutritious and nutritious, the vegetable belongs to the most grown crops on the sites of the majority of summer residents. To obtain a high-quality potato crop, many factors must be taken into account. Not unimportant is the technique of landing. Traditional is the scheme, in which even rows appear on the bed when planting. We'll talk about planting potatoes by the method of Mitlajdera.
What is potato growing on Mitlajderu?
Method Mitlayder suitable for those areas where there is little space for beds. Therefore, the garden should be used as efficiently as possible. So, for example, adherents of this method of vegetable growing assure that, for example, with 150 sq.m. you can collect up to 700 kg of potatoes. Agree, such an amount of important vegetable is more than enough for the family.
So, more specifically, the beds of potatoes on Mitlajderu look rather narrow. Between rows of potatoes are fairly spacious row. In this case, narrow beds usually occupy a third of the total area, but the yield from them is 15% more. This is achieved due to high illumination, heat and sufficient nutrition of the plant due to wide passages. By the way, the method of planting potatoes at Mitlajderu is suitable for almost all types of soils and climatic conditions.
Sadim potatoes by Mitlajderu
Let's consider this method in more detail. To implement it, it is important to choose the right site. This place should be well lit and even. The site must be prepared by digging it and thoroughly cleaning the weeds and their rhizomes. If the soil is clogged, you can make sand and dig a site to make the earth become loose. This is all done in autumn.
The territory is divided in spring. At each of the four corners of the site under potato planting, it is necessary to drive a peg about half a meter high. The breakdown of the site assumes that each bed is 45 cm wide. In this case, any length can be. But the passage between the rows should be at least 60 cm, ideally about a meter. In the narrow beds, fertilizers are introduced and digged. For each row should be formed from two sides of the border to a height of 10-15 cm, so that in the future when watering was spent sparingly and stayed in the beds. By the way, wooden sides are very effective.
Wells for planting potatoes by the method of Mitlajdera must be formed in a staggered manner relative to the center of the bed at a distance of about 30 cm from each other. The depth of the holes should reach 8-10 cm. It is recommended to make a tablespoon of fertilizer in each hole, for example, Agrovit-kor, Piksa, biohumus and mix with the ground. By the method of Mitlajdera, the potatoes are neatly placed into the bottom of the pit and buried. Then the bed needs to be leveled.
In the future, planted potatoes need proper care. It consists of timely watering, feeding and combating weeds . Watering should be moderate, so that the potato tubers do not become watery. However, you should make sure that the soil does not dry out. If the soil is loose, you do not need to mulch the land. There is no need for loosening and hilling.
Top dressing of potatoes on Mitlajderu are carried out at occurrence of shoots, at achievement by plants of height of 15 sm and before occurrence of buds. For this, special mixtures are used. Mixture No. 1 is prepared from 40 g of boric acid, 5 kg of dolomite flour, and 100 g for each meter of the bed is added. Mixture No. 2 consists of 500 g of magnesium sulfate, 600 g of ammophos, 1,400 g of ammonium nitrate , 1100 g of potassium sulfate, 5 g of boric acid and 5 g of molybdic acid. For each meter of the bed is added 50 g of the mixture.
By the way, in such beds, in addition to potatoes, you can grow other crops - cabbage, carrots, onions.