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How to make a shovel for digging potatoes yourself
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The main tool used by summer residents for digging up soil during planting and harvesting potatoes has always been a shovel. Regardless of the area, the process requires a lot of effort and time. Therefore, to make work easier, people have improved...

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

Advantages of a manual potato digger and how to make it yourself
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Harvesting is a troublesome and time-consuming task. Extracting potato tubers and various root crops from the ground manually involves a lot of physical effort, which somewhat overshadows the joy of getting a good harvest. That's why ...

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, unlike manual planting. As a means of small-scale labor mechanization...

Review 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) that 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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Potato planter KSM-4 is a modern semi-mounted unit designed for planting sprouted and unsprouted potatoes weighing 30–110 g each. Works together with tractors of traction class 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 nightshade. But usually both the tubers and the plant as a whole are called potatoes. We will talk about the anatomical structure of potato tubers. This information will help novice farmers spend wisely...

How to make a two-row potato planter yourself
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Owners of farms and small plots of land know that planting potatoes is a very labor-intensive process. But modern technology makes this work easier. A device called a potato planter greatly simplifies and...

Is it possible to eat soft potatoes and why do they wither in the ground?
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If, when harvesting potatoes, you come across limp, wrinkled tubers, the reason for this may be both weather conditions and fungal diseases. Gardeners say: the potatoes are boiled in the ground. With whatever...

How to plant potatoes correctly, a description of the best ways to sow potatoes
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Potatoes are cultivated in different climatic zones. To adapt to the conditions of their region, gardeners and vegetable growers have invented many methods of planting and growing vegetables. A correctly selected method will ensure increased yield and justify...

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