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How and from what to sprout potatoes before planting
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Germination of planting material is one of the mandatory procedures for cultivating potatoes. The event allows you to reject low-quality seeds, calibrate by size and weight, accelerate the formation of stolons and tubers, prevent the development of viral and ...

How and when to dig potatoes for storage
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Almost not a single dish of Russian cuisine can do without potatoes, so growing it is a priority for many summer residents. However, not everyone is happy with the harvest. In addition to the nuances of agricultural technology, on ...

When and how to pinch eggplants: a step-by-step guide for novice summer residents
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For a rich eggplant harvest, you need competent and regular care for this very whimsical vegetable crop. An important component of it is pinching. Subject to the rules, the procedure stimulates the full development of the bush, strengthens it ...

How to make a box for storing potatoes with your own hands
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Sometimes it is easier to grow a potato than it is to create conditions for its winter storage. This problem is especially urgent for the townspeople. You can buy a device for storing potatoes in an apartment, or you can make your own ...

How to form eggplants in a greenhouse correctly: instructions for beginner gardeners
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Beloved by many gardeners, eggplant is a heat-loving plant that needs calm weather, high ambient temperatures and competent care. Shrub formation is an important process to get a good harvest. We will tell you in detail how ...

How to feed tomato seedlings so that there are plump stems and how to do it right
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The key to obtaining a bountiful harvest of tomatoes is competent and timely feeding of seedlings. Thanks to the use of fertilizers according to special schemes, the stems will become more powerful, which in the future will have a beneficial effect on the quality of the fruit. How to feed ...

The best potato diet options
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The potato diet is one of the most affordable and inexpensive ways to reduce annoying pounds. The product is available for consumption all year round, contains 77 kcal raw and 82 kcal baked and boiled ...

High-yielding potato variety with excellent taste
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Potato Bogatyr is a high-yielding variety with excellent taste of tubers, which does not require special agrotechnical efforts when growing. Each bush yields 20 to 40 even medium to large tubers at ...

The time-tested oldest potato variety
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From the time of Peter I, who brought a sack of potatoes to Russia from Holland for cultivation, to our time, this vegetable has gone through a kind of "evolution". At first, they did not take it, considering it poisonous and ...

The history of the origin and distribution of potatoes: where the potatoes come from and how they gained their popularity
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The history of the appearance of potatoes in Europe and Russia is shrouded in legends and resembles an adventure novel. Culture did not immediately conquer the love of people due to the fear of everything new and exotic. There were rumors in Germany about ...

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