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Growing potatoes is not rocket science. In this article you will learn how to grow twice the number of potatoes in a small space than usual. You just need to follow a few rules to achieve this result. It is a special technique that will give you double the yield without you spending twice as much time in the garden.
Do you want a big harvest? Fill in the spaces between the rows
On an area of one hundred square meters you can grow so many potatoes that they won’t even fit into 80 buckets. And what is the secret of such a harvest? You must use the spaces that are left when planting potatoes. Most gardeners plant potatoes in rows, leaving a large area empty and therefore unused. According to our method you can grow tubers in two double rows 30 cm wide.
Plant the potatoes in a checkerboard pattern. A tuber in the left row will then be between two tubers of the right row and vice versa. The distance between the double rows will be about 80 centimeters. You can prepare the potatoes so that the upper part of the potatoes points toward the center of the double row. And after planting you only need to use a hoe to cover them deeper into the ground. The potatoes will be almost on the surface of the soil, but that is how it should be.
The soil around the potatoes should be loosened several times
You will need to loosen the soil about three or four times; it is best to do this after rain or watering so that the soil remains moist for a long time. Only then will you achieve a large crop that you will have to give away. In the end you will simply harvest twice as many potatoes than you are used to. You should not grow potatoes on the same plot for several years.
Rotate crops in the garden so that early potatoes are not in the same place for three years. If you do not have that option, use green manure to improve the soil. Instead of potatoes you can grow, for example, peas or beans. Early potatoes are harvested early, so in their place you can plant cauliflower, kohlrabi, or carrots.
