Potatoes

annie123

frazzbo wrote: »

My soil in the ground has a lot of clay, so I don't think potatoes would grow very well there and so I'll probably stick to bags again next year.

I haven't been growing anything that goes down into the ground too far, because I think the clay would be a problem - hence potatoes and carrots in sacks! But my things that grow above ground (courgettes and tomatoes) are doing really well in that soil.

I have clay soil and spuds are very good for breaking it up for you;)

Not carrots though, unless you want really odd unusable shapes!

dollparts

When I have emptied the bags (and hopefully found something worth the effort) can the compost be used elsewhere?

rhiwfield

I grow potatoes in the ground and also in builders buckets using compost. This year yields on both were down probably due to the very dry weather earlier. That said, a local kids potato bucket competition, with yields per bucket of up to 1.5kg, put mine to shame

Potatoes grown in the ground, if you have the space, are generally easier, cheaper and higher yielding, unless you really pamper the container grown ones. Container potatoes are usually easier to yield an earlier crop, as the containers can warm up quicker and be given late frost cover easier.

annie123

dollparts wrote: »

When I have emptied the bags (and hopefully found something worth the effort) can the compost be used elsewhere?

Yep, far too expensive to use once, but you must add some plant food to it.
When I do it I mix it with a bit of homemade compost,soil or new compost.
If you don't have anything else to grow/plant in pots then add it to your borders or a compost heap