Novice growing potatoes in a bag

redmalc

Hi All
I have never attempted to grow my veg,just ordered four potato growing bags and am all set to plant them this weekend,any tips would be helpful.

madjackslam

Water, water, and more water.

colinS

I am also growing spuds in bags, but not purpose made growing bags. I am using old 25kilo plastic bags that my smokeless fuel comes in. I have them stuffed into concrete tubs that I made many years ago. This is my first year of trying this out, and I have quite a few bags on the go, with several different types of spud in them. I also have spuds on the go in plastic tubs.

I am also using the bags to try to grow parsnips in, I want to see if I can grow serveral parsnips in each bag. This is because I have used up all the room I had im my garden for growing the parsnips in plastic bottles - I have over 100 on the go.

I don't think water, water and more water will apply so much for me, because I think drainage might be a problem in my case. But I'll let you know how I get on.