Allotment Diary : How to Plant / Grow potatoes in containers

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Decided that it had warmed up enough to start to plant out this years potatoes. As I have limited room, growing in pots gets me more spuds per square foot than growing in the ground plus it's a lot easier to harvest if the weather is foul. I just plant 2 seed potatoes into a 30 litre pot on top of 3-4" of multipurpose compost with an additional 3 oz of blood fish and bone fertiliser added. Then as the plant grows just keep topping up the pot leaving some leaves above the surface. I have had ten pounds of potatoes from just one pot in the past using this method,and because the roots are allowed to grow through the drainage holes in the pot into the soil below the plant gets added nutrients and moisture. Compost may be expensive but I haven't enough room to grow rows of spuds outdoors in the soil. http://www.allotment-diary.co.uk

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What a marvellous idea mate! Thanks for the advice :-)

Excellent and informative . Better than all the other vague crap on here

Thanks lad, that was simple and too the point, ill use that here down under. Good luck to you.

Awesome, thanks for answering. Maybe ill try growing some potatoes in pots this year.

Tip I just learned. Line the tubs with thick layer bubble wrap and losely fold into base (not to block drainage holes) then plant and this will protect against frost

I hope you get some great spuds in a few months time Dan.

Should say Dan not Day :-(

Hi Day great advice again. noticed you had a mic on, what system do you use? Regards Glyn

Filmed in glorious zoOM-O-Vision, Sack the cameraman.!! Good audio though,sounding good.

Always a good video Dan.

Evening Dan, what do you do with the spent compost? do you dig it into your raised beds.

I've got a spare pot so will try the way you do :-) What runner beans do you like to grow by the way?

That's an excellent idea I have cats so I'm definitely going to do try pots this year Thank you for sharing Lets hope we get some good weather this year

Why do you grow them in buckets and not straight into the soil?

Nice video, put mine in a few weeks ago. Hoping to get a crop next month, leaves are 4" above soil and won't be covering any more. Its my first-year using bags in a polytunnel.

great vid, we only have a hard standing garden, no soil. Can we grow potatoes in the tubs without the soil underneath?. Cheers

Nice planting technique. Plan to try this method myself if the snow ever melts away. Can you tell me what is going on in the field in the background? What is with all the stakes?

Thank you for sharing. I am looking forward to your updates and the potato harvest!!!

Good stuff, I'm trying pots & bags as well as the ground but I have smaller pots as those 30ltr ones seem bit pricey. I may get a couple of bigger ones and see if it makes a big difference.

Good method and the pots will help keep them warm. Which is a bad thing for us in the desert but you guys up in the UK don't need to worry about that.