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Uploaded by on Mar 30, 2009

A video about how easy it is to grow potatoes in potato planter bags and enjoy your own home grown potatoes.

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  • Some of my early potatoes are starting to flower. If I remove the flowers will it increase the size of the potatoes?

  • @1MacTavish2 If you have time to do it then yes it will help the plant to divert all of its energy into the potatoes rather than trying to produce berrys above the ground.

  • 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?

  • @1MacTavish2

    Not a stupid question as I am sure more people wonder the same thing. The potato tuber is normally planted 6-8 inches below the ground and as it comes through the surface you normally place soil over them in a ridge to protect from frost. It is the same idea with the grow bag. My bags are 18 inches high and if I planted them at the bottom of the bag I don't think they would ever make it to the top in one go.

  • So I presume the potatoes need a day or two with the green shoots showing before banking up again.

  • @1MacTavish2

    Yes it would help them to get some sunlight and then cover over to make them grow again. I think if you can get the soil 8-10 inches above the potato then you have gone far enough and you should just let the plant develop so that the potatoes start to form quicker.

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  • does it matter which direction you place the potato?

  • thanks, this is very useful and i have used it for my h/w

  • @potatospecialist Are the berries edible?

  • thanks for sharing, good clear video

  • really good video thanks

  • Very useful thank you! :-)

  • There's a new guide on this very subject on the JBA site at: jbaseedpotatoes.co.uk / growing_potatoes_in_bags

  • how to know when to harvest ?

  • will those five potatoes grow a lot of potatoes??

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