How to ensure healthy growth of potatoes?

Earthing up should be done to maintain proper aeration, proper soil temperature and moisture in soil for good growth of crop and proper development of tubers. After that provide 12:61:00 @ 3 kg per acre through drip. One of the most important aspects of cultivating potatoes is to avoid exposing their tubers (i.e., the potato crop) to too much sunlight. Exposed tubers turn green and release solanine, a poisonous chemical that renders them bitter, inedible, and possibly nausea-inducing.