Tuesday 10 May 2011

How to Grow Potatoes by Kevin Lee Jacobs

Potatoes are generous plants. Give them full sun, loose, fertile soil, and an inch of water per week, and believe me, they will accept almost any planting situation you offer them. You can grow potatoes in a plastic bucket, a plastic trash can, or special “grow bag.” But in my experience, containers like these require constant attention to watering, and yield only tiny harvests. A better plan is to grow your crop in a raised bed.
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