The tastiest potatoes are, of course, those grown on your own land. There comes a time when you can dig up a few “forty-day” bushes to fry or cook with dill.
Just do not rush and do it with a shovel or pitchfork. After all, it often happens that you dig a bush and there are two large potatoes, and the rest are still the size of a pigeon’s egg. They still have to grow and grow.
There is a simple digging technique that will allow you to get a rich harvest and only large potatoes.
Easy inclusion of undercuts
If the soil is soft, it is enough to penetrate deep into the soil near the bush with your hand and feel a large tuber, separate it from the bush and move on to the next one.
With this approach, the plant does not suffer and continues to grow. On the contrary, the remaining small potatoes now receive more nutrients and grow faster.
If the soil is hard, you need to use some kind of wooden shovel and rake the soil around the bush. Assess the situation and separate even the largest tubers. It is recommended to separate by unscrewing, rather than pulling strongly, so as not to disturb the root structure of the entire bush.
