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Is it necessary to pick flowers from potatoes or not?
Ogorodniki and even scientists-potato growers can not come to a single opinion - whether it is necessary to tear flowers from potatoes or not. Some advocate for their removal, because the bush spends its energy on the formation of berries and seeds, while the tubers themselves do not have time to grow large and healthy. Others argue that each plant has its own development cycle, to intervene in which it is not necessary to interrupt it.
This experiment answered the question "Should we tear flowers from potatoes". When the plant is injured, it affects the growth of tubers. If you really want to stimulate them, you should cut off only flowers and buds, and not shoots, peduncles. In this case, new shoots are not formed, and nutrients go directly to the tubers, which, in turn, grow large. There are varieties that do not bloom at all or form little inflorescences, in this case it is not worth interfering with the development of the plant.
First, it takes unnecessarily a lot of time to correct the plant. Secondly, as a result of walking between the rows, the soil is trampled, which negatively affects the yield. Third, a person can tolerate the causative agents of fungal, viral or bacterial diseases, he will infect all the bushes and spoil the tubers, tearing away the flowers of potatoes. Photos of beautiful and healthy potatoes induce gardeners to various experiments, but not all of them are successful. Before you deal with tearing flowers, you should check the result on several bushes, as each variety reacts differently.
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