one type of vegetables are very familiar in our tongue, anyone must have consumed. In the market too, many vegetable sellers who sell potatoes with an increasing price every year.
Not only used as a complementary food menu alone, potatoes are also used as a substitute for rice or bread as the main carbohydrate intake. In addition, potatoes also have a variety of types of substances that are very good for your body.
Nutritional Content of Potatoes
- Carbohydrate
- Fiber
- Antioxidants
- Calories
- Fat
- Vitamins A, E, and K
- Water and Minerals
That's the variety of substances contained in the potato. In addition to its benefits, potatoes also have a delicious taste and easy to cook, you can make a mixture of soup, vegetables, or just just frying it. To know more about potatoes, here is a brief explanation.
Potato itself has a scientific name of solanum tuberosum L. which is one type of plant from the tribe solanaceae, which is the type of tuber plants whose tubers are located on the stem or commonly referred to as stem tubers. And the potato itself is a kind of plant that has been famous and became one of the staple foods for the European community
Potato itself comes from South America region, and currently has been cultivated in various countries including in Indonesia. For those of you who want to plant their own potatoes on the home page, there are things you should know and one of them is potato plants are herbaceous plants that are short plants that are not woody, the same season as if you do How to Plant Durian, and is a good plant if planted in the tropics with a cool climate like in the highlands. And if you are still confused, here we will explain about how to grow potatoes from tubers.
1.Potato Seeds
- Buy some potatoes in the market or the nearest vegetable shop around your home.
- Choose the potato fruit that is old and qualified with the characteristics, the fruit has a large size with a smooth surface and not a slight flaw.
- After that, you can put the potato fruit in a cool place that is slightly moist and exposed to enough sunlight.
- Let for a few days approximately 7 to 14 days, then you can see some of the potato fruit is overgrown by new potatoes.
- Let for a moment until the shoots are as high as 5 to 10 cm and the roots have begun to form and grow.
- To take care of the shoots you can give him water spray every morning regularly and united
2.Planting Seeds of Potato Seeds
If your potatoes have sprouted about 5 to 10 cm high, then you should immediately prepare the planting area as if you were doing the Planting Nut suitable for the growth of potatoes. Because potatoes are very fond of the cool climate, then you should also consider the location of planting land. A suitable location for planting potatoes is a location that has full sun exposure but not heat, you must be very careful when choosing a suitable planting site.
Potato plants require a lot of sunlight but they should not be exposed to excessive sunlight, so try to plant in the surrounding land is overgrown by trees, but you are advised to plant is not obstructed or shaded trees.
Because the function of the tree is just to keep the climate cool only so that although the potatoes are fully illuminated, it will not feel the excessive heat or you can plant it in the highlands, this is more practical. And here is how to prepare the potato growing field;
- After you find the right location, see the condition of the soil on the planting area first.Grab the soil using a shovel or hoe and give organic fertilizer in accordance with the soil conditions. If the soil is very arid then when you menggemburkan soil, mixed with a lot of organic fertilizer so that the soil can be well nourish.But if the soil has a texture that is loose and in good condition, then you just need to add a little * * * fertilizer.Lembabkanlah land first, this to make it easier for the fertilizer to mix well.