How to feed potatoes to increase yield: experienced gardeners named the best options

21.01.2023 14:23
Updated: 13.04.2023 13:56

If you want your potatoes to grow large, tasty and store well, you need to feed the crop correctly.

It is enough to choose a balanced method of applying fertilizers in order to get a rich harvest.

What fertilizers are considered the best?

Potassium humate

This fertilizer performs a lot of useful functions, so landscape designer and scientist agronomist Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", advises paying attention to it.

In particular, with its help it is possible to have a positive influence on the formation of the root system, increase the yield by almost 2 times and significantly improve the quality of storage.

You will need to dilute 100 ml of the product in a bucket of water. Four liters of the product are needed per square meter.

potato
Photo: © Belnovosti

Potassium sulfate

The most effective is considered to be the introduction of the product during the flowering period. The easiest way is to distribute potassium sulfate over the soil after watering.

15 grams of fertilizer is enough for one square meter of planting.

Author: Marina Michalap Internet resource editor

Content
  1. What fertilizers are considered the best?
  2. Potassium humate
  3. Potassium sulfate