Many people know that crop rotation is a necessary condition for maintaining normal crop yields.
If you forget about it, the soil becomes poor.
The concentration of dangerous pathogens also increases. However, everything is far from simple. If, say, it is not difficult to find a new bed for cabbage or garlic, then with potatoes everything is much more complicated. Large areas are given over to this crop, so finding alternative options is problematic.
However, the expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", agronomist and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh identifies three good methods that can help in this situation.
How to Maintain Decent Potato Yields Without Crop Rotation
Tops
It is important to remember that it is recommended to remove it before the actual harvesting of potatoes. It must be mown down 14 days before harvesting.
It is customary to burn the tops, as they can be a source of diseases.
Green manure
First, it is customary to plant various types of green manure. The choice is quite wide. Experienced gardeners recommend phacelia, oats, alfalfa, various types of legumes, clover and radish.
You need to wait until the plants grow to ten centimeters and mow them down.
Fertilizers
You can't do without quality fertilizers. Industrial universal compounds are often used in the digging process, which is a very good option.
If you have heavy soil, you can't do without peat. It is consumed at high rates: you will need about twenty kilograms per square meter.
You can get by with classic options - compost and humus. These fertilizers are taken in a bucket per square meter.
Among industrial fertilizers, it is worth paying attention to potassium sulfate, double superphosphate and ammonium nitrate.
You can also add ash.
Previously, we talked about how to properly prepare coffee for use at the dacha .
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
