Vegetation period 60-150 days

Vegetation period 60-150 days. Potatoes, depending on the ripening period, are divided into early (60-65 days from sowing to ripening), medium-early (70-80 days), medium-late (PO-120 days) and late-ripening (130-150 days). period. Propagated by cuttings and seeds. Gives abundant yields on black or sandy soils. Potatoes are grown in a vegetable rotation system on lands freed from cabbages, cucumbers, turnips and legumes. With further cultivation of potatoes, the seeds hibernate for 20-40 days (they ensure germination in a special bright room). On a hectare of land on which potatoes are planted, 60-150 kg of nitrogen are applied (in terms of batteries), 100-200 kg of phosphorus and 30-60 kg of potassium mineral fertilizer, 15-20 tons of manure, plowed deeply. Mostly medium-sized (50-80 g) potatoes are taken for planting. Planted to a depth of 8-12 cm, making the distance between rows 60, 70, 90 cm, and the distance between bushes in a row 25, 30 or 35 cm. Seeding rate 2.5-4 t/ha.

Potatoes are used as food and feed raw materials, as well as raw materials for the production of starch, alcohol, glucose, dextrins and other products. Potato tubers contain 75-80% water, 23.7% dry matter, including 17.5% starch, 1-2% protein, 0.5% sugar, 1% mineral salts, and vitamins B,, B2, B6, C, PP, D. and provitamin A (carotene), and the skin contains a poisonous substance - corned beef. Potato plays an important role in the human diet. According to physiological recommendations, the annual consumption of potatoes per person is 45 kg.

Potato (lat. Solanum tuberosum L.) is a perennial herbaceous plant with tuberous fruits belonging to the family; Some of the staple foods are annual foodstuffs, machinery and hayfields. Homeland - South America. About 150 wild and cultivated species grow mainly in South and Central America. In agriculture, two types of Andean potatoes (S.andigenum) and chili potatoes or European potatoes (S.tuberosum) are grown as annual crops.
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