Content
How to protect potatoes from drought: 2 tricks - not all summer residents know about this
01.01.2024 10:45
Even if you try your best to provide your potatoes with comfortable growing conditions, some factors are beyond your control.
For example, it is impossible to control weather conditions and “adjust” them to the vegetable’s demand.
However, potatoes can always be saved from dry and hot weather, reveals the secrets of the expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", landscape designer and scientist-agronomist Anastasia Kovrizhnykh .
What methods are worth knowing about?
Always sow green manure
These plants are usually grown before and after harvesting in order to make the soil more fertile and high-quality without much effort.
But you can grow green manure at the same time if you put them in the aisles. This will not only help reduce the damage from the weather, but will also have a positive effect on the development of the crop in general.
Mulch
Don't forget about the classic way to combat hot weather. Proper mulching will help reduce the damage from dry weather.
It is worth mulching not only the potatoes themselves, but also the spaces between the rows.
Earlier we talked about what you can put in the hole when planting tomatoes .
