Fan-shaped cultivation of potatoes is a method that many gardeners turn to in order to protect the crop and guarantee it ideal conditions for growth while minimizing the influence of negative external factors.Hilling is different and auxiliary materials are used for carrying out, each of which has features and advantages. Fan hilling is carried out more often using straw. It is an ideal material that can hold moisture and provide additional nutrition to potatoes.
The advantages and disadvantages of hilling
Fans of the procedure are sure that when the stems are covered with soil, they form additional roots, which guarantees the formation of tubers. But the formation of tubers depends on the moisture level of the soil. At the time of hilling, and in the future, the earth should be moist, which is a guarantee of the development of additional tubers, an increase in yield. Watering the beds is not possible for everyone. For this reason, gardeners turn to such tricks as hilling with straw.
Fanning can bring harm during a dry period. A specific percentage of moisture evaporates daily from a flat surface of the soil. After hilling, the level of evaporation in hot weather rises three times. In the heat, the swollen potatoes will overheat, which leads to a slow development of tubers and a suspension in the development of fruits.
When hilling, the gardener makes a deep furrow, raking the soil to the bushes from the aisles. Tubers are crowded formed right under the bush, such conditions minimize the quantity and quality of fruits. Gardeners can use hilling only in a well-lit area, since the material reduces the amount of sunlight entering the soil under the bush. Fortunately, this is a problem of exclusively ordinary hilling, and not fan.
How to carry out fan hilling
Fan hilling of potatoes is easy, especially if you use instructional videos.
- It is necessary to overlay the bush of culture starting from the center, and not as with normal hilling, where work begins from the edges.
- All shoots are laid out in the shape of a fan.
- Mulch is laid out on top, this helps each shoot to grow stepsons, which will have enough space on the aisle. This hilling allows the potato to receive full nutrients, which affects the quality of the crop. If the hilling is carried out in the fan way correctly, then the yield will increase from one and a half to two times.
- When laying mulch, ends sticking out in different directions, only the tops of the bush remain. They will stretch upward, looking down at the bush, such a position of the tops will form a "nest". The location of the shoots solves the problem of hilling - the receipt of a sufficient amount of light. The bush will have enough light to start abundantly scrubbing. This affects the increase in yield.
Gardeners who use fan hilling know that during planting it is necessary to indent between each bush at least 60 cm. This allows you to easily fan out the shoots and increase the quality and quantity of the crop. Fan-shaped hilling of potatoes, according to reviews, leads to a stable harvest, the tubers will be large and even.
Straw as a material for earthing up guarantees constant, but not excessive humidity.Moisture is retained; potatoes do not suffer from overheating due to fan swelling. Under the straw, the spongy structure of the soil is preserved, which does not allow it to be wet and moist, which in theory leads to various diseases.
Gardeners also noticed a significant reduction in pest attacks on a fan-processed crop. It is known that the fan-like method of growing potatoes does not allow the development of a large number of weeds that attract various parasites and insects that devour the tops or tubers of the potato, infecting them with viruses.
Reviews
Sergey:
“I have been using fan hilling for the third year, the potatoes are mostly large without deformations. "Harvest began to increase only with time, when he got used to the hilling technique and stopped making mistakes.”
Pavel:
“Thanks to fan hilling, I doubled the volume of potatoes. My wife and I bought a plot, but the soil on it was not prepared. The neighbor advised to grow potatoes using fan hilling. "They didn’t believe in the result, but with a hundred part, almost 140 buckets were collected.”
Maria:
“There is not enough free time to go to the cottage and monitor the soil moisture. Previously carried out the usual hilling, but the results were not the best. This year for the first time I tested the fan way. So far, everyone is happy. The main thing is not to forget to keep a large distance between the holes, so that it is more convenient to spread the bushes and mulch. ”
Anna:
“We plant some potatoes, the plot no longer allows. Nevertheless, I would like to grow a little different cultures. Used once fan hilling. The crop grew one and a half times. A real miracle! It’s important not to forget to loosen the earth. ”
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