Photo for VJD (Potato growing bag)
By Paulspatch
- 26 Jul, 2016
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These bags are sold over here VJD for growing potatoes although I have used other plastic/polypropylene bags and made holes in for drainage.This one is quite small and I grew two tubers in it this year .
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This year has been disappointing Linda but I ve grown potatoes in bags for quite a few years now and worth it , I think because they free up space in the veg patch for other crops!
26 Jul, 2016
going to try it next yr paul thanks a lot so i use compost what about some manure, ?
27 Jul, 2016
I don't usually put manure in the bags or in the ground when I grow potatoes on the veg patch. Just compost or compost soil and mixed and I add chicken manure pellets or fish/blood/bone when planting but not in the soil generally.
27 Jul, 2016
sounds good paul thanks for the input am definitely going to do it next yr compost it will be! that way it will free up my veg garden for more squash.
27 Jul, 2016
Yes, worth a try.
28 Jul, 2016
so as it grows you add more compost? do u move it around for the sun?
28 Jul, 2016
I don't move them around but, yes, I earth them up by adding a few handfuls of compost every so often as they grow!
29 Jul, 2016
so just a couple of potatoes in a bag is all i need? this time i'll go to a nursery for them, even though i had good luck with store bought ones , lucky i guess
29 Jul, 2016
Depends on the size....I've had different size bags .thos year. I only had two in each of these smaller ones but I. Previous years I have had three.
29 Jul, 2016
thanks paul so say 3 potatoes in a bag what can i get for yield?
30 Jul, 2016
Two or three......I have never weighed them but some years better than others......I've just commented on your sedum blog regarding my harvest as I emptied two bags today!
31 Jul, 2016
thanks paul
31 Jul, 2016
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Is it worth trying Paul? I grow a few veg in pots each year but never grown potatoes.
26 Jul, 2016