Potato is one of the most popular table and fodder crops. It’s grown in traditional extensive and intensive farmings, and it’s also the most common crop in household plots.
Potato
Potato
Potato
Peculiarities
Potato doesn’t tolerate acid soils with poor aeration, but is unpretentious to predecessors in crop rotation, with the exception of other solanaceous, shows a higher yield after cereals, corn and legumes.
Potato requires access to oxygen, starting from the budding and flowering stage and up to the ripening of root crops. Soil improvers SatoSoil® prevent the soils from over compacting, keep the top layer loose, and facilitate access and absorption of nutrients.
For optimal yield, potatoes require periodic application of organo-mineral fertilizers to increase their own immunity, stimulate seedling growth and green biomass gain. Sato® Turbo formulations release minerals gradually, which promotes even saturation and efficient transport of macronutrients to all parts of the plant. Humic and fulvic acids delay the leaching of beneficial nutrients and serve as a natural barrier to pathogenic bacteria and fungi.
Potatoes are susceptible to a number of diseases caused by protozoan microorganisms that enter the tuber with excess moisture and lack of air. Dry and wet rot, scab and late blight are the most common of them. Potatoes also have a lot of natural pests, the fight against which takes a lot of time and targeted investment. Root and foliar treatment of potatoes with amino acids-containing humate SatoHum® Complex demonstrates excellent results: it extends biochemical plant defenses against insects and larvae, protects cell walls from the penetration of fungal and bacterial infections.
Signs of nutrient deficiency in potato
- interveinal chlorosis - a lack of magnesium or an excess of potassium salts;
- the leaves are brittle and thin, wrapped downwards - a lack of phosphorus, a possible excess of iron;
- leaves thickening and wrinkling, a brown border along the edge of the leaves - an excess of nitrogen or calcium, a lack of boron;
- lightening of leaves, insufficient photosynthesis - lack of molybdenum;
- fruit deformation and browning inside the root vegetable - lack of calcium;
- fast wilting - lack of copper, excess of nitrogen.
4 Sato® Steps – recommendations for fertilization and top dressing for potato
| SOILS | SEEDS | GROWTH | HARVEST | ||
SatoSoil® Biome Preparation of crop rotation after cereals or legumes Incorporation to a depth of 15 cm SatoSoil® pHoenix Converting fallow for growing potatoes Correction of saline and acidic soils Deep plowing up to 16 cm SatoHum® K or Watering the soil improver | SatoHum® K Treatment of seed tubers Pre-sowing germination Sato® Turbo NPK Protection against mineral burns Prolonged effect | SatoHum® Complex Complex top-dressing Bud development SatoHum® K Enhances vegetative mass growth Sato® Turbo NPK Growth intensification Reduction of plant diseases Bud development | Sato® TurboK-B / Correcting deficiencies of potassium and micronutrients SatoHum® Complex Even weight gain of root vegetables Tuber formation phase | SatoHum® K Treatment of seed tubers before harvesting | |
WARNING AND GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS: 4 Sato® Steps is a comprehensive crop care system that provides the basic crop needs for the main 12 macro, meso and micronutrients for an optimal growing cycle and unlocking the potential of each crop.
SOILS: In pre-sowing application of SatoSoil® improvers, the minimum rate is introduced; when autumn applying, the maximum rate is recommended. When applying Sato® Turbo organo-mineral fertilizers after SatoSoil® improvers, the minimum rate is applied; if the soil hasn’t been treated, the maximum rate is applied. For irrigation, it’s recommended to activate granulates (soil improvers) with SatoHum® K liquid formulation or Sato® Turbo NPK liquid organo-mineral product.
SEEDS/SEEDLINGS/VEGETATION BEGINNING: Treatment of seeds and seedlings with SatoHum® K formulation is compatible with treatment by classical protectants without reducing the rates of their application, and helps to increase the viability of seedlings, the development of the plant and its fruitfulness.
GROWTH: Our SatoHum® solutions have a guaranteed composition with high content of humic and fulvic acids with amino acids of plant origin. It is not recommended to exceed the total applying dose of SatoHum® liquid formulations over 6 l/ha/season, starting from the germination/seedlings phase. If SatoHum® K is used for prophylactic purposes, it is recommended to apply the minimum dose.
HARVEST: Simultaneous fertilization with several SatoHum® products is not expected, excepting the soil improver’s activation. It’s not recommended to exceed the specified application rates. For single, not systemic application of SatoHum® products, the maximum dosage of the product is recommended.
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