EARLY POTATO CULTIVATION METHOD Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture. SUBSTANCE: method involves providing germination of potato tubers by treating them with snow mixed with natural zeolite; periodically cleaning potato tubers with clean snow during the whole germination period and treating with thawing water at final stage, with feed syrup added into thawing water in an amount of 1.8-2% and corn filling - in an amount of 1-1.5%. Corn filling is preliminarily prepared from snow water having temperature of 75 C and corn starch in an amount of 10-15%. Method allows sprouts to be prevented from injure during mechanized planting. EFFECT: increased efficiency and reduced cost by cultivation without usage of fertilizers. 1 tbl, 2 ex