Growing potatoes

Planting potatoes under straw is an old and undeservedly forgotten method that has become popular again in recent years.

Despite the fact that many people grow potatoes, not every gardener knows how and when to properly hill potatoes.

Potatoes are an easy-to-grow crop, but they do require regular and timely hilling. So, is it possible to make your own potato hiller?

It's hard to overestimate the importance of potatoes—everyone eats more than 110 kg of them per year. But how do you properly water potatoes to ensure a superb harvest?

The potato ripening period directly depends on the variety you choose. Moreover, the variety of varieties can be confusing for the inexperienced gardener.

Beginning gardeners always have a mountain of questions about potato flowering. Why does it bloom at all? Why don't potatoes bloom? What are the reasons?

You can grow a wide variety of crops in your garden, but potatoes are the most popular. How do you plant potatoes to ensure a good harvest?

As a rule, the average potato yield per hectare rarely exceeds 25 tons, but with proper care, it is possible to achieve yields of 45 tons or more!

Everyone knows that potatoes need to be hilled. But not everyone knows how to properly hill potatoes by hand without causing damage.

No garden plot is complete without a potato patch. What do you think about growing potatoes from seeds?

Many people believe that the plant expends too much energy on flowers that could otherwise be used for root vegetables. So, should you pluck potato flowers or not?