Pototoes - observation

[Figarosmom]

The potatoes I planted in the ground are growing okay.

But the ones in the bags are twice as big in their growth and look as though in a week or two will have flowers. Same two types of potatoes in the bags as in the ground, two different ones 1 russet and 1 yellow, 2 bags of each and 4 rows of each.

If the bounty is about the same or more in the bags I think next year I'll do all bags.

[rampartd]

1. i'm growing potatoes for the first time

in a container . foliage seems healthy enough.

[Figarosmom]

2. Yeah i tried a big storage container last year

And got a decent crop, but did better the year before in the ground.

[rampartd]

3. i guess storage container is what i use

the plastic tubs anyway. i add a few drain holes with a soldering iron.

tomatoes ("celebrity" and "early girl&quot growing great , and a few brussel sprouts are still growing from winter. other than onions and blue lake beans thats about it this summer.

[Figarosmom]

4. I got a bunch of heirloom tomatoes

And still have broccoli starts to get in the garden, just finished hardening them off.

Didn't do Brussells though I wihlsh I did they are so good freshly picked, but so is the broccoli ( just so much better then in the store)

[rampartd]

6. s/e Louisiana. i usually do collards and kale in the winter

3 nice cauliflowers fit in one of those tubs.

[catchnrelease]

5. Me too!

I think I may have tried potatoes years ago but I don't remember the result. This time I'm growing them in a big 24" pot. I've just got maybe one more layer of soil to top them off with. The foliage looks great and it's so tempting to poke down in the dirt to see if there's anything growing under there. I just spotted the first little flower starting today. These are red potatoes.

And I'm trying a crazy thing I saw on youtube, growing some in a cardboard box! I have a bunch of Amazon boxes and one seemed about right to try this as described in the video. It's about 18" long, 8" wide and maybe 12" tall or so. I put 3 red potatoes in, in a row, and all are growing foliage that looks good so far. One was way slower to come up, but it's getting there now. Once the potatoes are (hopefully) harvested the box can go into the recycle bin.

[soldierant]

7. Size isn't everything.

Potatoes are on the nightshade family and can become toxic if not grown underground.

https://theconversation.com/can-you-really-be-poisoned-by-green-or-sprouting-potatoes-63437

[Emile]

8. I have a row 40 feet long, two feet high. Ten foot for sweet potatoes,

and 30 feet of Yukon Gold. I been growing potatoes in this same hill for at least 10 years. I mix goat manure with the soil every year all over the garden. I dig up my potatoes with a bucket on my small John Deere tractor by scooping and flipping the dirt over. When all is done I end up with at least one heaping big wheelbarrow full of potatoes.