New Method of Potato Cultivation

    Written by: Ferishta Sahak

Many Afghans have tried some new methods in their daily works and have gotten a good result. One of these methods is the cultivation of potato in sacks.

Writer/producer AEPO has talked to some residents of Dogh Abad area of Kabul city about this issue.

Suraya says: I don’t have any land for cultivation in my home yard. I bought 4 kilograms of potato and cut them into four pieces. Then I cultivated them in a big sack. The sack should have holes for fresh air. After passing 120 days, I got about 10 kilograms potatoes.

fawzia is another resident of Dogh Abad. She has learned the new method of potato cultivation from a Home Garden Course held for women. She says that after cultivation potato in sacks, she has no need to buy potato from the market.

Abdul Samad Kamawi, an agricultural specialist says:

One of the new methods is the cultivation of potatoes in plastic dishes, sack, and buckets. At the beginning, one should mix an equal portion of the soil, manure, and sand and then fill the sacks with the above-mentioned mixture of soil, sand and manure and they should be irrigated normally.

In order to prevent insects, boil some tomatoes and keep it for 24 hours in boiled water and then spray on the plants of potato. The mixture of washing powder and ash is also useful for killing insect of the potato plant.