Potatoes are delicious edible tubers. They can be eaten cooked or fried, and in all cases they are very easy to prepare. In addition, their cultivation and maintenance is not difficult, since they can also be planted in the ground or in large pots (at least 40 centimeters in diameter).
Now, What are seed potatoes? How are they different from those that are for consumption? I will talk to you about this and more below.
What is a biosimilar
Seed potatoes they are normal potatoes; that is, they could be perfectly for consumption. What happens is that either because they do not look good (they have some unsightly stains, for example, or they are very small) they choose to bury them in the ground in order to produce new plants, which in turn will produce new ones. tubers.
When are they planted?
The best time to plant them is or late winter or just as spring begins. We must bear in mind that they are plants originating in warm areas and, therefore, the flower season will allow them to have good growth and better development, especially if where we live those weeks coincide with the rainy season.
How are they planted?
Orchard
The way to proceed is the next:
- First, all the grass and stones that are on the ground must be removed.
- Second, it is advisable to fertilize with chicken manure (if you can get it fresh, let it dry in the sun for a week or ten days), pouring a layer of about 5 cm on the surface and mixing it with a rake.
- Third, trenches 10cm deep are dug leaving a 30cm separation between them.
- Fourth, seed potatoes are planted and trenches filled.
- Fifth and last, the irrigation system is installed and started to water.
Pots
If you want to have them in a pot you have to follow this step by step:
- First, a pot of about 40cm (minimum) must be filled with universal growing substrate.
- Second, a potato is planted by burying it about 5cm.
- Third, it is placed outside, in full sun.
- Fourth, it is watered.
Thus, keeping the soil moist but not waterlogged, we can harvest our potatoes shortly before summer starts or shortly after, depending on when we have planted them.