In last season’s container potato growing trial, we tested two different potato varieties in fabric and plastic containers. On the results page, I show you the growing equipment and methods we used, and compare the yields of our container grown potatoes with our field grown potatoes.
You can find those results here: https://www.vegetableacademy.com/post/growing-potatoes-in-containers
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It generally makes the most sense to grow potatoes in the ground but here are three cases when it might be reasonable to grow them in containers one case is to avoid scab potatoes are really susceptible to Common scab when grown in soil with a high pH but by growing potatoes in potting soil with a lower pH we can avoid this problem altogether last season I planted seed potatoes infected with scab and dug up nothing but 100 scab free potatoes at Harvest Time the second case is to grow potatoes that are portable a really early potato crop is a great way for us to make use of warmer spring temperatures in our high tunnel but we don’t have enough time to grow a full potato crop to maturity before our heat loving crops need this space with container grown potatoes though timing isn’t a problem when our tomatoes and peppers need the high tunnel we can just move the potatoes out to the field to grow to maturity and the third case is obvious if you don’t have access to land and you still want to sink your teeth into some fresh home-grown potatoes then know that you can still accomplish this with containers I’ve published the results from last season’s container potato growing trial on our website you can find a link to that in the description
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Tree planter for sure!
Thanks
That much potting soil costs much more than several sacks of potatoes, no?
We compost for potting soil and that gets us pretty close but it still doesn’t do what the ground can.
It's ALWAYS better to grow in containers.
Seems like it's working… well done
I've grown many potatoes in potato bags, same results of what you show above.
My God, you have a beautiful family all the success😊
So so much water
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Fourth reason – ground is too rocky to dig.
MEDIC!
There is nothing better than home grown spuds
When you grow potatoes in containers it gets really costly
That’s good advice. Thanks
Thanks for ,haw often we have to water them, and what ventrrliser? Thanks
I have access to the kill when food grade ice cream buckets. I have drilled holes in the bottom for container gardening before. How many potatoes or eyes of the potato do you put in each bucket and how much soil at the bottom to start? Filling up more soil as the leaves grow upward, correct? And what kind of yield can I expect from how many potatoes planted?
I have tried that 3 times and in different containers and have not had any luck, 😢
Thank you
I took a few notes
Where can i get those buckets for potatoes?
This is probably 1 of the best self sustaining food sources. The spores only take a few days to come in and you can have countless numbers of potatoes to eat for a long time
What size container do you recommend for those smaller baby-style potatoes?
Are those 15gal containers?
What size containers are those?
What size are those containers? R they material?
How long before you receive potatoes?
Approximately how long from planting the sprouted potatoes to harvest? And can I harvest sooner to get smaller potatoes or is that a different variety? Thank you for the informative and quick video. Very helpful ❤
How big are those containers? Would this work with 5 gallon buckets or are they to small
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What are heat loving crops?
Another good reason (my main motivation) is to get all the potatoes. Every time I've grown potatoes in the ground, I've left some, as evidenced by their volunteering the following year
Apartment life means containers.. after a lifetime of gardening in ground it was a big learning experience.. no major failures, a few, just .. meh.. 😅
The rest has been great..
when you figure out what your microclimate is you can work to the strengths..
I only bother with a handful of veg now, but I grow a bunch of them, plus herbs and perennials for pollination.. my fruit trees have done well all things considered! 😅 I’ve got flowers on the fruit trees this year so I’m hoping 🤞..lol
I'm impressed. I lift my 10gals fairly often and that's a heavy amount of soil. Yours look to be at least twice that. 💪🏼
I love potatoes. They are delicious.
I'm going to do container potatoes this year! Great little video.