Whatever you say, but potatoes are, if not the main, then the main vegetable in the garden. Not because they are the tastiest or healthiest.
Potatoes appear on the table more often, are stored better and are not so useless for health.
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", an agronomist and landscape designer, told which fertilizers for potatoes are considered the best.
Natural fertilizers
1. Of course, it is compost, which improves the composition of the soil and protects vegetables from diseases.
2. You also need to add humus, manure, and peat, which also improve the composition and structure of the soil.
3. However, there is growing interest in granulated manure, which does not contain weed seeds and pest larvae or other parasites.
Mineral fertilizers
1. Summer residents are recommended to use additives containing nitrogen and phosphorus (azofoska).
2. Ammonium sulfate promotes growth and increases yield, especially for dry areas.
3. Next on the list are potassium magnesium sulfate and superphosphate, which saturate the soil with phosphorus and potassium, which are used separately or together.
In addition, potatoes are fertilized with ammonium nitrate (necessary for the growth of tubers), urea (for the growth and development of plants).
Complex fertilizers and perlite, which are necessary to improve the air and moisture permeability of the soil, are also used.
Earlier we talked about what fertilizers are used in the village to increase crop yields.
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
