Do I need to cut the potatoes into pieces before planting?
Quite often you can hear is the advice that, before planting potatoes it should be cut into several parts, so they say it is better to grow roots and grow larger. Let's understand what really cut potatoes and how to do it.
Why cut the potatoes into pieces?
In fact, here are a few reasons, and the main is difficult to identify, because the conditions are different:
- Lack of seed. For example, many people put a few specific varieties of bushes on trial, and if they are pleased with the result, then cut each tuber so that the next time to put a lot more. And yet some people have several gardens and seed potatoes without such procedures it is simply not enough.
- Reducing the density of the bushes. The fact that the average healthy tuber can yield up to 12-14 shoots, because of which the stems begin interfere with each other, and the root system becomes too thick, resulting in a potato grows more fine.
- Too large tubers. Sometimes it happens and so that the seed potatoes are fairly large and growing it is much worse. Therefore, these tubers must be cut without fail, if you want to get a good harvest.
Now put the knife and do not touch the potatoes, because potatoes need to be cut correctly, otherwise you can only do harm. subscribe to my channel and in the next article I will tell all the secrets of the potato preparation before planting!