Why experienced gardeners make a cut on seed potatoes: a trick for a big harvest
Perhaps you have seen how your summer cottage neighbors make a special transverse cut on the tuber before planting potatoes.
As the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, scientist-agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh explained, this agricultural technique is called kerbovka, and is used to awaken dormant potato buds.
It is believed that thanks to the kerfing, absolutely all the eyes on the potato sprout.
As a result, summer residents harvest a rich potato crop consisting of large and healthy tubers.
An important condition: you should resort to this “trick” only before you start sprouting potatoes.
To do this, you can make a ring-shaped cut on the vegetables, cut them on one side or diagonally.
To perform this task, use a thoroughly disinfected knife, which should be rinsed with water after handling each tuber.
Using this knife, make a cut about 1.5 centimeters deep. After this, you can lay out the potatoes and wait for the sprouts to appear.
Earlier we wrote about how to increase the tomato harvest several times using Maslov’s method.
