How to choose planting potatoes?

Potato - This is the most common planting crop, which is in great demand among summer residents and gardeners. Potatoes are most often propagated by tubers, which is why the quality of planting material plays an undoubted role.

Choosing planting potatoes, you need to pay attention to color, taste, yield, ripening time (early, middle, late). The characteristics of the variety are also taken into account, this resistance to various diseases, nematodes, etc.

You should not use your own planting potatoes all the time; they should be renewed every three years. This is due to the fact that the variety degenerates over time.

For planting, it is advisable to use tubers that have weight 50-100 grams, they can grow into strong plants that will provide you with a good harvest. Planting material must be selected healthy, whole, dry, having a strengthened peel, the shape and color must correspond to the variety.

Many summer residents use their own planting materials. It is important to prepare and harvest them correctly to maintain the quality of the potatoes. During flowering, you need to examine the area and note the most developed and large plants. Two weeks after flowering they are removed. This time is enough to form tubers up to 80 grams.

If you buy elite potato seeds, always check with the seller about the presence of a quality certificate and documents confirming the characteristics of the variety. When purchasing seeds in the spring, sprouts of up to 5 millimeters are allowed on tubers.The characteristics of planting material directly affect the quality and yield of potatoes.