How to fertilize potatoes?

Potatoes are a product that is important for the human diet and is grown by many, both for themselves, for food, and for sale. On the one hand, potatoes are easy to grow, on the other hand, they require care and good, competent feeding. Taking into account the fact that potatoes are usually planted in the same place for several years in a row, their quality and yield decrease, so fertilizing potatoes is an important part of the work and this is very important for private owners.

How to fertilize potatoes?

Now you can find all kinds of fertilizers for it, which are sold in all specialized stores. But the most popular means remains animal waste - manure. There are two ways to use this fertilizer: topical and broadcast. Local means placing manure directly in a hole or furrow, where the tuber will then be placed. The broadcast method is when manure is spread evenly over the entire area and then covered.

When there is no manure or little of it is used, composts consisting of plant residues, household waste, ponds (silt, sapropel) or chicken manure, but you need to be extremely careful with the latter, its excess leads to a decrease in potato yield and loss of its taste.

The owner decides how to fertilize the potatoes, but in the absence of the above-mentioned means, they turn to fertilizers created by various companies. To increase the yield, it is better to use mineral fertilizers.

It is worth considering the type of soil in which the potatoes will grow, like this:

- on loamy, sandy, sandy soil, potatoes need nitrogen;

- on chernozem in phosphorus;

- on drained peatlands and floodplains in potassium.

Early potatoes consume all nutrients more intensively and therefore require more feeding than late ones.

The best option is when both types of fertilizers are used: organic and mineral.