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Take a large garbage can, 34 gallon, drill holes in it for good drainage. Place 1 foot of good compost on the bottom with your potatoes of choice and as they grow towards the light, keep adding compost till you reach the top. When the potatoes bloom and finish, dump the garbage can over and harvest the potatoes. Save the plants and replant back in the barrel and start over, within 3 months you will have more potatoes on the same plants. The largest potato I got was a four pound red potato that was over 6 inches long and wide.
Take a large garbage can, 34 gallon, drill holes in it for good drainage. Place 1 foot of good compost on the bottom with your potatoes of choice and as they grow towards the light, keep adding compost till you reach the top. When the potatoes bloom and finish, dump the garbage can over and harvest the potatoes. Save the plants and replant back in the barrel and start over, within 3 months you will have more potatoes on the same plants. The largest potato I got was a four pound red potato that was over 6 inches long and wide.
Do you trim the roots on a re-plant? My growing season here is a bit shorter, so I'm not sure that would work, but I've got an extra garbage can, so I think I'll give it a shot.
Do you trim the roots on a re-plant? My growing season here is a bit shorter, so I'm not sure that would work, but I've got an extra garbage can, so I think I'll give it a shot.
Use a dark garbage can and place it in a good exposure and it should lengthen your growing season. I am in far northern California 80 miles from the Oregon border. When you tip the barrel over, just remove the potatoes from the roots and replant the plant, no need to trim the roots when you replant. I have potatoes in my cold compost heap and when I turn the heap and remove the potatoes I find, I just drape the plants across the heap and recover with compost. The roots overwinter and keep making potatoes on them.
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