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Nature is wise and provident, and it has long had answers to the questions that breeders frown upon.
As is known, any variety is prone to degeneration and loss of its qualities, and therefore requires periodic renewal of the seed fund. Potatoes are no exception.
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Instead of leaving small tubers for seed every year, try renewing your seed bank naturally.
How to grow potatoes from seeds
Potatoes are mainly planted as tubers. They often transmit diseases, which affects the taste and quality of the crop.
Gradually, the quantitative and qualitative indicators fall, and this is the first sign of the complete degeneration of the variety.
Farmers know that this is inevitable, but they solve the problem in different ways, updating the seed fund every 5 years.
But unlike tubers, potato seeds are not prone to degeneration and infection.
You can easily store it in a paper package in the kitchen and not be afraid that the seeds will be eaten by mice or rot over the winter.
Gardeners also assure that potatoes grown from seeds do not get sick for at least 3 years, and the yield increases noticeably.
What you need to grow potatoes from seeds
You don't need much:
- loose soil;
- care during the emergence of seedlings and after transplantation.
How to prepare seeds
It is better to collect seeds from the strongest and strongest bushes.
These should be ripe berries, which after harvesting are dried in gauze bags while suspended in a bright, dry, and warm room.
When the berries become soft and light, they need to be carefully crushed, the pulp washed in gauze, dried and the seeds placed in bags for future sowing.
Seeds are stored for no longer than 2 years.
