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

coolagarry

Just a tip. When you remove them from the bags to cook, you will see some very small - useless- potatoes remaining. Instead of throwing them away put them back in the bag with their original foliage (as undisturbed as possible) and let them carry on growing. Look again a few weeks later and you may well get another meal out of the bag

tlck9

is this a bag of seed potatoes, or a bag and you've put seed potatoes in, love to try this is it too late

and if not where do I get one from

tomsolomon

Ive just thrown a handful of spuds into a bag of compo.
They have been sat in the kitchen window for a fortnight spouting little green shoots.
They are sitting in the green house now, fingers crossed..............:D

PS. thats me with my fingers crossed not the spuds.....:rolleyes:

mark13

i would lke to do this as well.. sounds like it could be fun.

Chazpots

Have grown spuds for the first time this year. Just had my first crop of earlies and they are delicious! Really easy to grow, mine were in containers, buckets, crates - basically whatever I could find. Can recommend them. Plus the kids love "firkling" (I like that word!).

Chaz

teedy23

When it stops raining I,m going to have a firkle, some of mine have flowered and gone.

Ancalime

Is it possible to grow potato's that would be ready for christmas or would the colder winter weather kill them off? I would love to freshly "firkle" some tatties for Christmas day dinner but I've never grown potato's before. I have been picking up some tips from this board tho. I think I would like to have a go at growing them in a grow bag.

TIA

tomsolomon

Ancalime wrote: »

Is it possible to grow potato's that would be ready for christmas or would the colder winter weather kill them off? I would love to freshly "firkle" some tatties for Christmas day dinner but I've never grown potato's before. I have been picking up some tips from this board tho. I think I would like to have a go at growing them in a grow bag.

TIA

:rotfl: There used to be a saying "I cant wait till Christmas, I can have some nuts"

Now it will be "I cant wait till Christmas, I can do some firklin" :rotfl:

Dunno who said it though.......... Must be the home made moonshine.......

teedy23

firkled my first dinners worth of spuds today!!! I dont want to eat them now, they,re like my children lol. That will be right.... down the hatch with them.

Jack's_mummy

wooo hooo a firkling we all go.:rotfl:

We had the last of our pot potatoes today. mmmmmmmmm