growing potatoes in an empty compost bag? (Merged Thread)

relay

First earlies i usually plant mid to late march because if you plant them too early while the soil is still cold & wet they often rot & maincrop i don't plant until april.

My first ealies are still in trays chitting & i wont me putting them in the ground for a couple of weeks yet.

gt568

A nice easy question for all you geniuses.

I'm growing spuds in a bin this year and I've put some bottles in the bottom to aid drainage, drilled some holes in the base and half filled it with compost. Do I need to do anything else (apart from plant the spuds obviously) ?

MTIA:o

Farway

No, thats all that is required

Ephemera

Just remember to top up the compost as the plants grow, it will support the stems, feed the potato plants (they are greedy feeders) and encourage more tubers to grow.

Good luck - there are no tastier and fresher potatoes than home grown!

Teacher2301

Put in lots of good quality - rotted manure in the bottom - pots are very hungry and need all the nutrients they can get

Shoey1610

:beer: Wow thanks for this idea, I have an old bin sitting outside so now I know what to do with it!

chalkswindon

I was watching Janie at home the other night and grew spuds in just a bag of compost and cut the top off and made some splits lower down to put the starter spuds into the bag ?

Is it really that easy ?

Lotus-eater

chalkswindon wrote: »

I was watching Janie at home the other night and grew spuds in just a bag of compost and cut the top off and made some splits lower down to put the starter spuds into the bag ?

Is it really that easy ?

Yes Although Jamie knows absolutely squat about growing stuff, his gardener does

noonesperfect

Re manure - would it be the same if I put some.....erm horse droppings in the the bootom of my bins? A few riders come past my house, could get some free maybe!!

Lotus-eater

Manure needs a year of rotting down before you can use it, stick it in your compost bin.