When to clean potatoes.

When cleaning potatoes

Formation of the crop of potatoes ends at the time of drying up the tops. In the last 30-40 days before it

natural diefing usually occurs intensive tuber formation. The better the potatoes are ripe, the one is tastier. However, full physiological maturation is observed for more in the southern regions of the country. The timing of potato harvesting is determined by weather conditions, landing time and biological characteristics of the variety. Early grades are cleaned in July - early August, media - in August.
The potatoes of the secondary and middle-beds are usually digging at the end of August - early September. The final cleaning of the mid-range varieties is carried out no earlier than 90-100 days, the medium-beds - 100-110, later - 120 days after landing. Pulling the tubers better in dry sunny weather so that they can dry in the air. With dry weather and absence of phytoophulas, cleaning time can be moved to September. In plants of early and medium-earliest varieties, the removal of the tops necessarily. It protects the tubers from the penetration of infection, mostly phytoophulas, from the leaves and speeds up their physiological maturation. After removing the tops, the tubers should remain in the soil for another 20-25 days. Dugged tubers lay on Earth in one layer for 2-3 hours.