There is not much difference in the quantity and quality of the potato crop if whole medium-sized tubers that have undergone a full selection or chopped large potatoes are used for planting. The correct preplant preparation of both one and the other is important.
It is clear that the quality of the seed material will certainly affect the abundance and quality of the crop itself. This axiom is also true in the case of planting potatoes, which has been equated for some time in Russia with second bread. At first glance, it might seem that such an unpretentious plant like potatoes does not require a special approach to growing, but it wasn’t there.
Prepare the seeds in the fall
First of all, you need to make it a rule to plant in the spring not the potatoes that remained after the winter, but specially selected for this purpose in the fall. It is necessary to pay attention already during the digging of potatoes to good bushes with the largest number of even tubers. Surely from this family even small potatoes will be prolific. To ensure their safety throughout the winter will allow landscaping, which is necessary to achieve not in direct sunlight, but in partial shade.
The corned beef produced during this process will allow the tubers to survive longer. If there are few such productive bushes, then the rest of the whole potato is better to choose according to such a feature as a large number of eyes. It is important that they are located over the entire surface of the tuber.
Potatoes can be grown from whole tubers, from chopped and even from potato peelings, if eyes have been preserved on them. As a rule, medium-sized or even smaller tubers are selected for planting. But if you plant small potatoes from year to year, then it will gradually degenerate. Experts advise not to get hung up on the size of potatoes, but at the same time recognize that large tubers can produce a much larger crop. But then more seed potatoes will be needed. This is the case when you should seriously think about cutting tubers.
