No-Dig Potatoes

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Comment by Lotte on August 2, 2009 at 9:01pm

That looks pro. Can you please tell me how you did this? I tried earlier in the year, to grow potatoes in hessian sacks, but failed miserably. They rotted so badly that in the end, that there was nothing left of the seed potatoes, what so ever!

Comment by Donna on July 8, 2009 at 7:39am

When did you plant the potatoes? I thought they were to be planted in another month or so for Brisbane ...

Comment by Lyn H on July 7, 2009 at 9:10pm

Hi there, I'm involved in our school vege garden. We use old car tyres to grow spuds in. As the spuds grow, we throw another tyre on, add more soil and more spuds. Seems to be working well :)

Comment by Steve & Paula Franken on July 7, 2009 at 9:00pm

Hi Elaine, our potato tower is constructed of various bits and pieces we had in the shed! We used 4 old curtain rods in a square, then wrapped chicken wire around it. As the plants grew, we noticed that they started growing out of the sides on the sunnier side, so we wrapped some thick black material we had around it, which forced the plants upwards again. It seems to be growing really strongly, so hopefully we'll get a good harvest!

Comment by Elaine de Saxe on July 6, 2009 at 1:13pm

Hi Steve and Paula ... great idea for the potato tower. I'm planning on doing something similar and wonder what kind of frame you used and what type of material you've draped it with. The plants look fabulous! Thank you for the photos and for sharing your garden with us :-) - Elaine