Be sure to visit this Sit after the Pot. All populations and Pests will disappear

Potatoes are an unpretentious vegetable, but after it the land is seriously depleted and in order to collect a good the harvest of this root crop or other crop, it is necessary to take care of its restoration in a timely manner potential!

Once, having read a scientific and botanical article about green manure, I thought - why not sow mustard after potatoes? I tried it and since then I do it every year!

To begin with, I want to note that, in principle, mustard affects the soil like all other siderates. The specific bacteria living on its roots produce nitrogen, enriching the soil with it, and also generally contribute to the normalization of microflora in the earth.

What do all plants need at the beginning of the growing cycle? Nitrogen! That is why everything after green manure grows by leaps and bounds.

The peculiarity of the root system of mustard is such that it suppresses the development of a large number of weed species.

In addition, a branched and long root system:

1. Loosens the soil, makes it more air and moisture absorbing at a depth that is inaccessible for conventional plowing.

2. Prevents the leaching of useful elements from the soil during periods of intense rains.

The green mass of mustard contains specific substances that resemble essential oils, repelling and destroying many insect pests.

They find themselves in the ground in such a way that the mustard, like any green manure, is supposed to be mowed and buried after it has grown to a depth of at least 1, or better - 1.5 bayonets of a shovel.

From personal experience, I can say that I managed to get rid of the wireworm and the moth.

Plus, the green mass of mustard embedded in the soil, in the process of decay, gives up the substances accumulated by it during the growth period in an easily accessible form for other plants. Including - phosphates and other hardly soluble micro- and macroelements.

I also want to emphasize the fact that mustard can be sown not only after potatoes, but also as green manure after other crops.

The only exceptions are lettuce, cabbage, radishes, and radishes. The fact is that they belong to the same family as mustard - cruciferous, which means that they are prone to the same diseases.

White mustard after potatoes can be planted at any time of the year - in early spring, summer or autumn. Its growing cycle enters the active phase of the emergence of shoots already at + 10 ° C, and it takes only 4-5 weeks to build up green mass.