Reviews of growing bagged potatoes
Gardeners are always rushing the time. No sooner had the snow melted than the landing harvest began. There are many ways to get the harvest faster. Vegetables are planted in greenhouses, hotbeds, on warm ridges. But with potatoes, everything is not easy. It must be planted in warm ground, returnable morning frosts in one hour can turn a young bush into black straws sticking out of the ground. Therefore, potatoes are planted with the expectation of stable heat at the time of germination. You can watch a video on how to plant potatoes in order to harvest a good harvest.
We put in a bag, we collect in July
So a new way of acceleration has appeared. What do potatoes need? Warm, damp earth, sunlight and no freezing temperatures when the leaves come out of the ground. These are the conditions with a good light soil composition you need to create in order to get:
- potatoes in the country in places inconvenient for cultivation;
- as a curiosity on a balcony or loggia;
- for a very early harvest.
We grow crops on the balcony
In March, the potatoes must be put up for germination. It is better if these are very early varieties, Ukama or Jarla. Potatoes should germinate in diffused light. A little it needs to be sprayed from a spray bottle so that it does not wrinkle, does not lose moisture. A month later, in April, the potatoes will be ready for planting.
Place the bag in the pallet while in the room. It is possible in a dark place. Pour a layer of the prepared mixture, moisten and spread three potatoes at random. After that, let it germinate, and as the seedlings appear, they will rise by 10 cm, put two more potatoes between those that have come out and sprinkle wet compost on top. Leave the planting warm, the darkness does not interfere with the development of the roots. All the seedlings came out and rose by 10 cm, now the bag should be taken out to a bright place.
Moisture control must be constant.
Right now, at the stage of germination and budding, the future harvest is laid, small nodules appear. Now it remains only to monitor the temperature of the air and soil, once again add a layer of earth so that, in general, it is 40-50 centimeters and wait for the harvest. Early ripening varieties grow quickly. If everything is done correctly, you can collect a bucket from five potatoes. This will be your own environmentally friendly harvest.
Feedback: Thanks for the advice! I have two balconies and have grown 5 sacks using this recipe. Everything worked out. And I took potatoes for food from the valve of the bag, the rest continued to pour. Cheboksary. Margarita.
We grow potatoes in bags in the open field
There are many useful tips in the global network. For example, a video on how to plant potatoes in bags in a cramped, unsuitable area. One is not noted how to keep the bags from drying out. This type of material allows water and air to pass through, which complicates the maintenance of the microclimate. The bags are set tightly to each other, by autumn they will decompose from moisture and you will have to pick potatoes from the ground. And if you do not monitor the humidity, then we will get a negative result in terms of yield.Excessive moisture will contribute to the growth of green mass to the detriment of the harvest.
The circumstances are different, the bags may not be of such value to preserve them, but on the waste ground you can get a good harvest of clean tubers.
A method for obtaining a super early harvest in the open air
Prepare compost, which is half cow humus, brown sawdust, ash, and be sure to revive the mixture by adding EM-1 Baikal. After treatment with microorganisms, keep the soil warm for 2 weeks. Then, in ordinary plastic bags, throw a handful of the prepared mixture and plant on a potato, cover it on top to make half the package and put it in boxes for germination in a greenhouse or room.
Gradually, when the potatoes sprout, add more soil, and so grow until the earth warms up and the bush grows up to 20 cm in height on the rack. By this time, the earth will become warm, on the surface up to six degrees. It is necessary to loosen the groove with a pitchfork, put the freed bushes in a row. Bury the plants a little in loose, moist soil and scoop up the upper warm layer from the aisle. The potatoes are planted and huddled at the same time.
After that, pull the arcs and cover the plantings from the bright sun and night frosts with agril or other non-woven material. When your neighbors begin to huddle their potatoes, you will already have a full harvest. Reviews about growing potatoes in bags in this way are enthusiastic.
Feedback: I supplemented the method of growing potatoes with seedlings. But she planted a bed in old hay dust and litter straw from livestock. She covered the rows on the sides, rowed the earth on top. The bush warmed up better and the harvest in early July was the same as in September. Ulan-Ude. Dorzhiev.
Experiment, and good yields!