Hilling up potatoes once per season is not enough.
Hilling is important for potatoes. Without this agricultural measure, the vegetable develops worse, receives less nutrients and oxygen.
Without hilling, weeds grow more actively, and it is easier for pests to get to the potatoes.
Some gardeners only do hilling once a season. This is usually done at the end of May or beginning of June, and after that the plantings are not touched anymore.
An expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh recommends hilling potatoes twice per season.
It is also important to determine the most appropriate moment to take a shovel or hoe.
There are two strictly defined periods when you should hill up potatoes. The first time you should do it soon after the shoots appear.
After this, do not forget about the potatoes, but continue to look after them. When they grow up, but have not yet begun to bloom, you need to do the second hilling.
