"Killing Potato Vines"
In this photo you can see which potatoes have been “killed”.
Timely vine killing is essential in the production of table, chipping and seed potatoes.
Here are some of the reason for the vine killing.
Termination of growth to control tuber size.
Termination of growth to set skin, which reduces skinning and bruising during harvest and shrinkage in storage. One requirement for table production.
Removal of vine growth that interferes with harvest.
Timing is esstential. The more immature the crop at the time of vine killing, the greater the loss of yield.
Uploaded on August 25, 2010