How to grow potatoes in bags

[sami91969]

Potatoes from the supermarket will cost a fraction of the cost of buying seeds, bags compost and fertilizer

[seocom]

great idea.. we tried doing this with wood frames and didn't have much luck but looks like you have a good system

[dtvm7469]

Great Video, I have done this in used tires as the plants grow just keep adding tires. Can reach 4 ft easily. Use straw and bedding mix to fill tires. I grew up on a Idaho Spud farm, I spent my youth digging corragates to water the plants.

Hint spuds stop growing in size when the soil around them dries, to have larger spuds, keep the soil damp don't worry much about the green stuff, keep the soil damp. If you let the soil dry then water again it causes knobs on spuds as spud thinks time to grow

[jdolani]

Very cool!

[dinnerandashow]

She is so positive.

Heidi.

[lengher5]

do u use the potatoes from the grocery store?

[joernone]

I'm a late-comer to this great vid. Good job all around. I plan to try that next year using a stack of old tires.

Hint: Planting potato eyes, rather than the whole potato, will yield larger potatoes.

Regards,

John

[erinlaver]

Thank you - I will bury the little ones. You're videos and blog is influencing my garden in Brantford Ontario, Canada.

[erinlaver]

I have 6 bags of potatoes happily growing - thanks to your tutorial.  My question is: the plants are growing at different rates in the same bag - do I wait for the smallest one to be large enough to add more compost or just bury it when I add compost to the height of the tallest one? Thanks for the great video!

[jonathanwallace]

@erinlaver You should be okay to bury smaller shoots when the larger ones are ready. As long as the smaller ones are growing, they should be fine.

[kokosam1959]

@jonathanwallace nice video put can u use the soil again after u haverst the potatos

[jonathanwallace]

@kokosam1959 Yes, you can reuse the soil. We put it onto one of the beds on our allotment. A couple of times previously we have put the soil/compost back into the bag and used it to grow radishes.

[kokosam1959]

@jonathanwallace thanks 4 that u girl she so happy take care family the best think

[CODBESTPLAYER]

@ 1mactavish2

Because the shoots wouldn't grow that far up and the plant would die

[cardboardgiraffe29]

they look like council recycling bags. your council normally provides them free. i'm currently filling mine with waste and soil which is on the turn to good compost

[1MacTavish2]

This may seem a daft question, but instead of putting a few inches of compost in the bag when the shoots appear, why not just fill it to the top in the first place?

[LetsCook2gether]

I like your grow bags. they look very steady

how many times can you use them

and where did you buy those grow bags

thanks for sharing

[stanleywf3]

did you chit your potatoes before planting them? If so, how long do you leave them before planting

[jonathanwallace]

@stanleywf3 Yes, we always chit them. Length of time varies, typically a month however

[MsPennyPincher2U]

Very nice....



[MadSkeelz16]

hahahaha why the fuck was this in my recomended videos??

[williamgdunbar]

It really works! I live in Aberdeen and use heavy duty plastic sacks with small draining holes on the base against a south facing wall and plantede early, second early and late potatoes. The yield was reasonable. By the way, when you have harvested the potatoes you can let the compost dry out , store it and then use it the following year after you add some fertiliser.

[jonathanwallace]

A balcony should be fine as long as it gets a reasonable amount of light and you water the bag regularly

[litameadows]

Do potatoes need a certain environment to grow. I live in CA but do not have a yard. I have a balcony with our apt and am considering growing some veggies and/or fruits. Any advice?

[epgrimes]

Enjoyed your video ! Cheers from Mississippi !

[kwunnenberg]

can you use that yield somehow to sow for next years crop? If so, how do you store them without going off? cheers

[AlcoholLevel]

ya know you dont have to use the whole potato .. right ?

[the1969info]

I was wondering what was the average amount of potatoes you received from each bag, compared to how many potatoes you planted to get them.

[opticstar2000]

just one thing i gotta ask if you grow lots of potatoes and i mean lots whats the best way to store them? just a thought that came into my head! btw great video

[jonathanwallace]

store in hessian or paper sacks in a cool dark and dry room. We keep ours in our garage. Quite well chilled in there!

[Mari443Garrett]

It doesn't look like you had alot of yield.

[bigbossman8]

For cheap good grow bags go to wilkinsons x2 for under a £ 4.00 .. cheers ....

[markcumbriauk]

@bigbossman8 nice 1, i need to get some :-)

[Swithenban]

Thanks for posting this interesting video, what kind of bags were used, plastic or fabric or does it make a difference?

[jonathanwallace]

The bags are woven plastic. they need to be waterproof and reusable. Various garden centres sell them.

[Swithenban]

Thanks for the info, look forward to trying out some of your ideas.

[ABOM420]

Yeah i like how u mention using collected rainwater...

the first thing i thought of when i saw this was how to turn 1 potatoe into unlimited potatoes with just natural ingrediants

[jihadacadien]

awsome!!!!