When to plant potatoes?

With the advent of spring, only the snow will come down,practically every trucker starts to worry about the question, when this year it will be necessary to start planting potatoes in order to guarantee a rich harvest of his tubers.

We will try to give an exhaustive answer to this question.

When you need to plant potatoes: timing

On the optimal time for planting potatoesprofessional potato growers argue unceasingly. Some say that it should be planted as soon as possible, since this will allow harvesting until the time when the Colorado beetles begin to rage in the beds, and such early potatoes will not have time to fall ill with phytophthora.

Others argue that too early plantedpotatoes can suffer from recurrent spring frosts, and it tastes worse than the one that is planted in later terms. How can you understand which of them is right, because they say things, and others? Sometimes it even seems that this question simply does not have a single correct answer, nevertheless, some useful advice on the timing of planting potatoes for gardeners can still be given.

How to calculate the optimal time for planting potatoes?

It is impossible to name a specific date for planting potatoes in beds, since the recommended time for planting varies considerably depending on the region (in the south it is planted earlier, in the north later).
In addition, even in the same region in different years potatoes have to be planted at different times, since it should be planted not by date, but by weather.
If you believe people's signs, then potatoes should be planted only when all the buds on the birches in the district are dissolved, and on the poplars the leaves are fully formed.
But people's signs sometimes fail, so forthe time of landing can be specified by the rule of "three dozen." According to this rule, potatoes should be planted in the middle belt only when the nighttime temperature does not fall below ten degrees for several days in a row, and the soil in the garden at a depth of 10 cm warms up to t10 * C.
The timing of planting potatoes also depends on its variety, it is understandable that early-maturing varieties are planted a little earlier than the mid-ripening or late ones.
By the time the potatoes are planted, the soil must warm up and dry out slightly, so you can start planting potatoes only when the ground in the garden is crumbled under the shovel, and does not stick to it.
According to the lunar calendar potatoes are supposed to be planted during the third lunar phase, that is, within 3-5 days after the full moon.

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