Most gardeners enjoy growing potatoes on their plots, noting their benefits and taste.
From the root vegetable you can prepare numerous dishes that can decorate any table with their presence.
Meanwhile, it should be noted that annual potato cultivation on the plot is associated with a decrease in yield. The problem is obvious, and there are several reasons why this happens.
Soil fertility
Crop rotation, which includes alternating potato crops with other crops, will reduce the accumulation of harmful microorganisms and increase potato yields.
Use of green manure
Be sure to use green manure in your garden as a natural fertilizer if you are growing potatoes.
Green manure crops have an advantage over chemical fertilizers in that they can make the soil fertile without much effort.
Improve the soil structure by using mustard, winter rye, oats, flax, and oilseed radish.
What to plant with potatoes
Take advantage of this useful advice on how to quickly supply the soil with substances beneficial for the growth and development of potatoes.
Plant peas, beans, and bush beans between the potato rows. This way you will solve two problems at once:
- You will save space on your plot for planting a variety of crops and will enrich the soil with nitrogen.
Benefits of green manure for potatoes
Planting useful herbs on a potato plantation will bring considerable benefits: it will protect the crop from the Colorado potato beetle, wireworm and other numerous pests.
