What if I told you that you only need two ridges to feed you all winter? 🙈🌱 Forget the endless digging and back-breaking work. I found a way to grow a massive potato harvest with minimal effort! 💪🍠 Curious? Let me reveal the secret that changed my whole gardening game in the article below 💡👇
In this article, I’ll share with you a simple yet effective potato planting method that requires minimal effort but delivers great results. Instead of dealing with multiple beds and spending long hours working in the garden, you can just use a few beds and still enjoy a plentiful harvest of delicious potatoes.
We set up two beds, and by harvest time, we had 13 and 16 bushes, respectively. From those, we gathered 90 liters of potatoes, which is more than enough to last us through the winter, especially considering the young potatoes that start showing up in the spring.
The technique I used is called “Maximum Yield with Minimum Planting.” In March, I bought two types of potatoes, “Rodrigo” and “Ryabinushka.” As soon as I got them, I treated the tubers with a solution of “Maxim,” or alternatively, a weak manganese solution.
After treatment, I dried the potatoes and began the process of germination by placing them in containers, like those used for eggs, in a warm and bright spot.
The eyes of the potatoes soon began to sprout and grow. After a couple of weeks, I did something called kerbovka—making shallow cuts on the eyes to help them wake up and grow. This helps the stems become thicker, which in turn strengthens the root system and boosts the harvest.
Before planting, I treated the potatoes with “Prestige” to protect them from pests and diseases. During the summer, we had almost no beetles. In early May, I planted the potatoes on high ridges. In each hole, I added a tablespoon of “Orgavit” fertilizer (you can also use ash or bone meal), spacing the tubers about 25 cm apart and leaving 40 cm between the rows.
Once the plants grew to about 30 cm tall, I made a dip and covered them with a thick layer of cut grass. After that, no more care was needed.
During the summer, I treated the plants twice for phytophthora with products like “Previcur” and “Consento,” and I also did some foliar feeding with “monokaliy phosphate” (10g per 1 liter of water).
I was absolutely impressed with the results of this method. It wasn’t difficult at all, and I will definitely continue doing it in the future!
