<;P>;PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manuring method in potato cultivation by which yield of potato per a unit area is increased. <;P>;SOLUTION: The manuring method in potato cultivation comprises a process of applying 40-60 wt.% of nitrogen fertilizer components and 30-80 wt.% of potassium fertilizer components respectively based on the total nitrogen fertilizer components and the total nitrogen fertilizer components in chemical fertilizer applied as initial mature, as coated granular fertilizers which preferably require 60-140 days for eluting 80 wt.% of the nitrogen fertilizer components into water at 25°;C. <;P>;COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT