🔥►► Help the channel - donate: https://www.donationalerts.com/r/gordeevy ► BTC: 1MPHxbhGXaotXhkBU5rCRpfK9npMDoWVBg 🍠 Growing sweet potatoes with planting tubers. Sweet #potato variety - “Vinnitsa pink”. #Experiment - checking which sweet potato tubers and planting schemes give the best #harvest. We plant sweet potatoes without forming ridges on clay soil. We conduct experiments in the hot, arid climate of the Rostov/Lugansk steppes. ► All our films about growing sweet potatoes are here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbFIe_G0gp05oiWpcsE6E-KxNuzvzrRhq
📖 Movie content:
00:00 Introduction.
00:27 Gluing the jumper at the side of the greenhouse with waterproof tape.
00:29 Snow apocalypse in mid-spring.
00:32 Welding a polyethylene greenhouse film with a soldering iron.
00:34 Installation of a greenhouse in the garden.
00:39 Deep cultivation of clay soil with a hand cultivator.
00:46 Preparing planting sweet potato tubers.
00:58 Planting sweet potatoes last season with tubers and long cuttings.
01:02 The main goals of experiments with sweet potatoes this season.
01:07 What size sweet potato tubers are best for planting?
01:24 How many rows of sweet potato tubers should I plant in a 120 cm wide bed?
01:42 How many rows of long cuttings should I plant in a 120 cm wide bed?
01:59 Is it better to plant sweet potatoes with tubers or long cuttings?
02:21 We travel regularly.
02:36 We don’t plan to plant sweet potatoes with short cuttings this season.
02:47 Table of sweet potato yields last season.
03:10 We have a risky farming zone.
03:19 Snow after planting heat-loving plants.
03:22 Swimming in an ice hole - humor. 😊
03:41 Region – Rostov/Lugansk steppes.
04:02 March 21 - sweet potato tubers after 3 weeks of germination.
05:12 Snowfall 2 weeks ago.
05:30 An example of long sweet potato cuttings from last season.
05:49 Last season's harvest after planting sweet potato tubers.
05:50 Sweet potato variety “Vinnitsa pink”.
05:58 Table of last season's yields for different planting methods.
06:07 The “Vinnitsa Pink” variety has preserved small tubers better than the “La” variety.
06:40 Does water restore wilted sweet potato tubers?
06:45 The result of the July planting of sweet potato variety “La”.
08:30 April 7 - planting sweet potatoes in a greenhouse - condition of the tubers.
09:42 The result of the soaking experiment is that the tubers have recovered.
10:48 We make grooves with a manual hiller.
10:55 The depth of the grooves is for large tubers.
11:04 The width of the bed is 120 cm.
11:08 There are 3 rows in the garden bed.
11:16 The distance between the rows is 40 cm.
11:22 The distance from the outer rows to the paths is 20 cm.
11:26 The width of the paths is 30–40 cm.
11:35 Watering the soil before planting tubers.
11:42 The distance between greenhouse arcs is 100 cm.
11:48 Irrigation water is cold.
11:55 Sweet potatoes need more than +20 °C to grow.
12:02 Optimal storage temperature for sweet potatoes: +10–16 °C.
12:43 Snow apocalypse a week before planting sweet potatoes.
13:00 Reserve water supply for irrigation.
13:15 Watering using the siphon method without electricity.
13:19 Planting tubers.
13:55 The distance in the row between the centers of the tubers is 25 cm.
14:13 The length of the bed is 3 meters.
14:26 A total of 36 sweet potato tubers were planted.
14:34 Large sweet potato tubers.
14:47 Medium-sized tubers.
15:00 Small sweet potato tubers.
16:21 We bury the tubers with soil, leaving the leaves above the ground.
16:49 Mulching sweet potatoes with sawdust and hay.
17:01 Methods for preparing loose organic mulch.
17:36 An example of mulching tomatoes with dark mulch.
17:44 Dark mulch is used to warm the soil and germinate seeds.
17:58 For the germination of tubers and greens, use light mulch.
18:02 Last year's hay for mulching.
19:22 We close the greenhouse.
19:29 You need to water in a timely manner.
19:59 We fix the side of the greenhouse with stakes.
20:09 We seal the greenhouse with soil.
20:39 The greenhouses are covered with spunbond to protect against cold and heat.
21:13 Watering again on April 9.
21:21 Multi-day trip.
22:49 Subscription reminder.
22:59 Channel support.
23:24 Watering sweet potato tuber seedlings using the siphon method without a pump.
23:36 Wishes for sharing experience in the comments.
23:40 Harvest sweet potatoes from short cuttings.
23:43 Planting sweet potatoes with short cuttings.
24:00 Watering sweet potato seedlings.
24:27 End of the film.