The traditional time for planting potatoes is May. Everything is favorable for hard work.
By this time, the soil warms up well, the weather becomes consistently warm, and at the beginning of May there are many days off.
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", an agronomist and landscape designer, told how to prepare potatoes for planting.
When to start
It is better to start preparations a month before planting.
How to proceed
1. Before leaving seed potatoes to germinate, they need to be sorted.
2. It is necessary to get rid of diseased and damaged tubers.
3. It would not hurt to carry out disinfection using a solution of 10 g of potassium permanganate and 2-3 g of copper sulfate (per 10 liters of water).
4. Then the potatoes are placed in boxes in one layer and left in a warm place and in the light.
Soon sprouts will appear on the tubers.
It is also recommended to periodically turn the tubers so that they turn greener.
Earlier we told you how to transplant elongated tomato seedlings.
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
