Planting potatoes with seeds - advantages and difficulties
The usual method of planting potatoes is vegetative, when well-sprouted selected potatoes are planted in beds. This method is quite simple and accessible to everyone; under favorable conditions and good planting material, it makes it possible to obtain excellent harvests. But after some time, after a few years, potato yields of even the best variety begin to fall.
In this case, experts recommend replacing the planting material. You can buy it in stores for gardeners and gardeners. Of course, there is a certain amount of risk - potatoes that do not at all correspond to the concept of elite may be sold at a fairly high price, as a result - one can only dream of high yields and excellent quality tubers.
A more guaranteed way to obtain varietal super-elite potatoes is to plant potatoes with seeds. On the one hand, this method has a number of advantages:
- the price of seeds is significantly lower than planting mini-tubers
- Potato seeds are stored for a long period - up to 10 years
- no special conditions or storage space will be required.
The most important thing is that the yield grown using the method of planting potatoes with seeds will be 8-23% higher compared to the vegetative method of propagating tubers. Plants grown from seeds are more resistant to disease and less sensitive to adverse environmental influences.
Thus, planting potatoes with seeds will make it possible to obtain very high-quality elite material, which will make it possible to grow potatoes without problems.
It should also be noted that the process of independently growing elite mini tubers is quite painstaking work, requiring certain knowledge and patience.
