The main thing for the elderly people is to get a sufficient harvest with minimal labor costs. Forces are no longer the same, so you think that it is impossible to reduce the standard growing scheme?
We carry out the preparatory part in advance, for example in April, before landing. We exclude a weeding at all, and cleaning Make it easier - we care without popping the Earth. Our method of growing potatoes in boxes. It is most practical to make a box of 3-4 m long boards. In April, I made a used three box from the boards. The photo shows the design, such a box can do each. Width at the bottom of 45-50 cm, in the upper 30 cm, height25 cm. In the ends, small boards and pegs of 10 cm long.
Landing: Select the place on the plot for 2-3 boxes, placing the wells every 30 moon landing (you can in the grass) without plowing the earth. In the holes, a depth of 5-7 scratch tubers and sprinkle with a compost and ash so that there was a layer of up to5 cm. On this line of the holes put the box. We are setting up the lands from above and water from the watering. Everything, the planting process is finished, exactly one day spent on it.
Shoots will appear in two weeks. Control the growth of the tops, and when it reaches a height of 5-10 centle box, proceed to the dip. We attach a brought a mixture of land and compost into a box, carefully not to damage the bushes. Fill the box along the entire length of the height of the bush. The execution of this operation frees the gardener from all work up to the ripening of the harvest.
Two weeks before harvesting, cutting the tops (you can garden scissors). Cleaning is simply carried out: we take a box and remove the box. Small shovel for beds tear the hilly and choose pure potatoes.
Pros of this method:
- Preparation of boxes goes in April simultaneously with the germination and gardening of potatoes;
- landing with current training takes only one day;
- The summer sun warms the box and land, which improves the growth of potatoes;
- the weeding is not needed;
- Harvesting with preparation takes one or two days;
- cleaning does not require much difficulty;
- Controls are used for a long time, they can be stored anywhere (I add to the fence).
This summer sled the grade fairy tale in three boxes. The variety is resistant to phytoophluorosa, tubers grow clean, on every bush of 14-17 pcs. Yield - 3 bushes give a bucket of large potatoes. The little things are only 8-10%.
Growing potatoes in boxes - another dacket experience
O. E. Shantoba
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