Typically, the period of active potato harvesting occurs at the end of summer and the beginning of autumn.
However, many summer residents ask themselves the question: “On what day exactly should I start digging up the tubers?”
It turns out there is a specific date. You shouldn't start harvesting before that date. But you can do it later.
If the owner of a country plot does not ignore the recommendation, he will get the highest quality nightshade harvest.
Until what day should you not dig up potatoes?
Regularly analyze the condition of the potato tops.
The important day will be when the first yellow leaf blades appear. Add exactly two weeks to this date.
As a result, you will get a day when you can start harvesting potatoes.
It is permissible to dig up tubers later than the given date. But in no case do this earlier, otherwise the vegetables will not be large in size, of good quality and will not keep well.
Why you can't harvest potatoes before this day
The fact is that before this date the tubers will not have time to grow normally and acquire a thick skin.
But if you start harvesting on the resulting date (remember, you need to add 14 days to the day the first yellow leaves appear) or later than this date, then the vegetables will become as large as possible.
The potatoes will develop a thick skin: the vegetables will be stored for a very long time.
