Posted: 4/14/2011 6:54:21 PM EDT
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Any one grow potatos in 20 gal trash cans? I have googled this and found alot of info but wanted to here how your harvast turned out.
I ordered Yokon gold, Red pontiac and Russet Norkatoh from Burpee seed catalog today. |
This is what I am doing this year. These have been planted for two weeks. The tubs come from a friend that gets them with a mineral supplement for his cattle in them. The raised stone bed is 2.5ft x 5ft. It is holding red onions. The red tub has garlic planted in it and the 5 green tubs have yukon gold potatoes in them. The tubs are 2'x1.5'.
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| I'm trying the 4x4 box method this year. You have a 4x4 area that's boxed off with planks. As the plants grow you keep adding more dirt and covering them up, adding more boards as needed. The plants keep adding more potatoes as the dirt level rises. Supposedly by the end of the year you have a box that's 3 feet high and several layers of potatoes. I've read that this only works with late maturing varieties, but they say you can get up to 100 lbs in a 4x4 area with the right variety. I planted purple peruvian and russian banana fingerlings so I probably won't have nearly as heavy of a yield. |
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I'm using black planter bags this year. However at $13 per bag, and no clear hints that they will be reusable, mounds of dirt might be the cheaper option.
I looked for pictures of the brand I bought from the local store, to no avail. The material is a neoprene like black fabric that is supposed to do nice things to roots as they grow towards the edges of the bag. We shall see. |