Growing potatoes under straw — save time and money! Bashny.Net

The method of growing potatoes under straw was applied in our country in the XIX century. Though not widely, but with permanent success. In some areas it was used by peasants even after the revolution.

In order to save time and money the peasants are not buried potatoes in the ground and just filled up her 20-centimeter layer of straw or leaves, weeds and other plant residues. After that they could not safely appear in the garden before the fall. This means that no hilling and weeding was carried out. But, nevertheless, potatoes have always been pleased savvy farmers a great harvest.





Mass collectivization and the hardships of war threw into oblivion is such a wonderful method of growing potatoes under straw. At the present time, this almost forgotten method began gradually to revive, and he shows his best side. No wonder they say that new is well forgotten old.

The method of growing potatoes under straw is quite simple and it consists in the following. On untilled (necopinus) of the soil surface are arranged at a certain distance from each other sprouted seed tubers. Then hide the top 20-30 cm layer of straw or other garden residues. And that's all. No hilling, no weeding. By the fall, when the bushes begin to dry out, a layer of shelter is removed and collected directly from the soil surface to the tubers. Those who have tried this method claim that the crop is much higher than when grown in the traditional way.

The method was improved. One of the voluntary experimenters added to all meleanie. Metal Fang 10-12 cm on the lines, laying of tubers made clickomania. And, according to the growers, thus, the yield increased by 15-20%.

And here's another modernization is that before laying the seed tuber area covered with peat layer of 10-15 cm Tubers are placed in holes in soil, but peat is not backfilled. All, of course, is covered with a layer of straw. The harvest is increased further.

One group of young gardeners-enthusiasts also decided to experiment with potatoes. Not to say that all unconditionally believed in a new old way. Somewhere inside sharpened a worm of doubt. "If everything is so simple, some thought, — why, then, the constant search for technologies is on the path more complex? Something's not right here".

It was the doubt pushed the experiment and the time and place of the periphery of the site. The site was chosen in the garden after rooting out old trees and bushes. A plot of 3x3 m has been dug up, freed from the rhizomes of a wheat grass. On the surface of the deposited fertilizer: humus mixed with compound fertilizer. Just per square meter was made and amused the rake with the loosened soil for half a bucket of a fertilizer mixture. Then every half-meter across and is held clickomania (selevinia) ploskorez Fokine. At the intersection of the cracks laid the tubers culled, but well couched. Tubers culled as impurities of unknown origin (another consequence of the doubt).

Then, in the aisles put the stems of last year's sunflowers. And the top — of garden debris and hay layer 30 see Fit" held in early June. Germination and waited only a month. Seedlings were initially pale green and sickly — I could not believe that they will grow bushes. But gradually the thorns came up, then closed with a continuous carpet, flowered.

In the July heat when in the shade the temperature rose to +35° C, under the straw (check), the temperature did not rise above 19° C — that is, were optimal for vegetation. Even in the most dry time under the straw was always very humid.

Autumn came. "Digging" had a lovely day. Removed the straw. And here's the picture appeared before my eyes.

Part of the tubers were on the surface, most were poluzakonnoy, but easily get out of hands. Under every Bush was up to 1.5 kg different-sized tubers from 20 g to 200 g. of plot area (9 m2) was removed 4 buckets of marketable potatoes — a medium-sized bag. Calculated that if I covered it with straw weave, it would collect approximately 400 kg of marketable tubers. The result is not a record but much better than with conventional technology.





The results of the experiment were more than encouraging and so for the next year planting potatoes under straw young enthusiasts decided to significantly expand — how much is enough straw, hay, and other garden debris, and landing it to only medium and large tubers of the same variety.

A method of growing potatoes under straw can recommend to busy people. They only need to take care of sufficient quantities of hay, straw and other debris. Especially this method is good for dry seasons. And a layer of straw not only will protect from the harmful for the crop to high temperatures, but also provides moisture, as it is heat and drought is actively working atmospheric irrigation and it provides moisture with a high yield.

From myself I will add: the straw lightly press boards that are not disrupted by the wind. In areas with warm winters can be planted this way the potatoes and in the winter, but a layer of straw about 50 cm Then the harvest — ready in the spring. To scare away the mice well around the perimeter of several pieces of green hound put. published

 

P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! ©



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