Nightshade

Advantages and disadvantages of growing potatoes using Dutch technology
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Dutch farmers, despite the small amount of land available for growing crops, have managed to achieve high potato yields even on small plots. From 1 hectare, they manage to collect up to 50 tons of selected ...

Classification of potatoes by type
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There are about 4,000 different varieties of potatoes in the world. The State Register of Russia includes about 300 varieties that are approved for cultivation in the country. They all differ from each other, so choose the right one ...

How to make a shovel for digging potatoes with your own hands
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The main tool of summer residents for digging up the earth during planting and harvesting potatoes has always been a shovel. Regardless of the area, the process requires a lot of time and effort. Therefore, to facilitate labor, people have improved ...

Useful properties, cultivation features and description of the purple potato variety
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An unusual purple color, a composition rich in minerals, vitamins and flavonoids, a delicious nutty taste of potatoes - all this seems incredible for a Russian gardener. However, purple potatoes are becoming more popular ...

The advantages of a manual potato digger and how to do it yourself
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Harvesting is troublesome and laborious. Removing potato tubers and various root crops from the ground by hand involves a lot of physical effort, which somewhat darkens the joy of getting a good harvest. Therefore ...

Review of potato planters for a walk-behind tractor and how to make it yourself
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A potato planter is an agricultural unit that can significantly increase labor productivity when planting potatoes. The process requires less effort and time than manual planting. As a means of small-scale mechanization of labor ...

Overview of the model of mounted potato planter SN 4B
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To increase the productivity of planting potatoes, as well as to reduce labor and time costs, farmers use potato planters. Most often, such a unit is an attachment (module), which is mounted on the base of a walk-behind tractor, ...

Review of potato planter KSM 4: characteristics, instructions for use and reviews
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The potato planter KSM-4 is a modern semi-mounted unit designed for planting sprouted and non-sprouted potatoes weighing 30–110 g each. Works together with tractors of drawbar category 1.4. Allows you to plant 4 rows of vegetables at once, at the same time ...

What is a potato tuber: botanical description, development and application
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The scientific name for potatoes is tuberous nightshade. But usually both the tubers and the plant as a whole are called potatoes. We will tell you about the anatomical structure of potato tubers. This information will help budding farmers spend wisely ...

How to make a two-row potato planter yourself
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Owners of farms and small plots know that planting potatoes is a very laborious process. But modern technology makes this work easier. The unit called potato planter simplifies and ...

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