Technology of growing potatoes in boxes

Potatoes are a very valuable food crop, cultivated in different countries of the world. The homeland of the potato is South America, where many kinds of wild and cultivars of this plant grow in the foothills and mountainous areas.

It's hard to believe that there was a time when the potato served as a purely decorative culture and its delicious and wholesome tubers were not used for food. But a lot of time has passed since then, the technology of growing potatoes has been thoroughly worked out and scientifically substantiated, many varieties have been developed, of which, in turn, hybrids have been created, but our restless people of gardeners do not want to calm down: they try new methods, experiment And now you are looking, a new technology of growing potatoes, showing excellent results, is ready.

A vivid example of such innovation is the cultivation of potatoes in boxes, which has already been tested by many enthusiasts. This technology of growing potatoes was highly appreciated and recommended for use by all comers.

As a box you can take any capacity: a wooden or plastic barrel, a large box of meter parameters or even a reinforced concrete ring for wells.

First, the container should be freed from the bottom - this will allow the excess moisture to escape and open the passage to earthworms. If the material allows, then the entire surface of the tank must be drilled with small holes. They should be placed at a distance of 10-20 cm and the diameter should be kept within 1-1.5 cm. This procedure is necessary to ensure air access to the rhizomes, since the potato is extremely demanding for the air regime of the soil.

If the material does not allow holes to be made, a hose is laid spirally into the duct, through which holes are made every 20-25 cm. One end of the hose is clogged and lowered to the bottom, the other, with rising spiral rings, comes to the surface. Through it, with the help of cycling, it will be necessary 3 times a week, for 5-10 minutes, to pump air, which will feed oxygen to the root system of plants.

Since, when growing potatoes in boxes, it is expected to harvest a good harvest, then the soil composition should be treated seriously, the option simply to throw a shovel from the garden is not suitable. The bottom of the container, at a thickness of 10 cm, is laid concentrates of urghs, prepared independently from food waste.

For the preparation of concentrate, all food waste, including fish scales, bones and eggshells, should be collected and laid out in a thin layer in a plastic bag, and sprinkled with organo-microbiological preparation of Urgas from the top, then wrapped and left for fermentation for 3-4 days. The result is a valuable organic fertilizer.

On Urgas lay a soil mixture consisting of the above compost, turf ground and ordinary soil, taken in equal proportions. The soil layer is 10 cm, and here, in fact, the planting of tubers begins. This potato growing technology assumes that the potatoes will be planted every 20 cm, and if the container is round - planting should be carried out diametrically, if square - in staggered order. Having planted the first layer, lay out the coil of the air hose, sprinkled with a layer of soil, watered and again planted a layer of potatoes. Such a landing can be made in three floors.

If everything is done correctly, then in a small capacity, the formation of powerful root systems will begin, on which a lot of potato tubers will start. It should be remembered to maintain the optimum water and air balance in the soil and to make additional fertilization.

Similar to the above technology is the cultivation of potatoes in bags that can be hung, placed on a balcony and moved. Bags are recommended to take canvas, with handles, for about 40 liters of capacity. Using the cultivation of potatoes in bags, you can get a very early harvest of tubers, since bags for the night and frosts can be hidden in the room.

Experiment, try and reward you will be a high harvest from a small plot.