potatoes in sacks

hi
ive decided togive potatoes a go in a potato sach, ive chosen "rocket" a first early, anyone got any tips/advice about planting, aftercare etc, is it possible to get a good crop this way
thanks arwyn

 

yep good yield is perfectly possible in sacks! Half fill the sacks with a mix of topsoil (or john innes 3) and compost put in the spuds (id say three or four for a 75 litre sack) add another six inches of the mix/topsil keeep watered as the shhots grow keeep topping up with the mix till the bag is full.

You may want to chit the spuds first, thats put them a cool light spot in some seed trays or egg boxes for six weeks, this lets little shoots form to give them a head start. Its not essential especially if your sacks are going in a greenhouse.

 

When we took over our allotment last year, there were many different potatoes already growing - so we got lots there. But, we also had already started several sacks here at home - and I'm not going to bother with the ground again - much less work in the harvesting of them with the sacks, and we got loads and loads!

 

is it safe to chit the pots now in a cold greenhouse

 

no not this week forcast is potentially very cold the week and perhaps next ( i hope not i loved the snow but im itching for spring now).. Hang on see what next couple of weeks bring/

 

My mum used a worn out large 'ikea' type shopping bag (the huge blue ones that make excellent car boot liners or garden tidy bags) last year and got a good crop. Must say, having a small veggie area, the lure of saving 'space' has tempted me before

 

Another way that has worked well for us in the past is old stacked tires - they keep the warmth in tremendously and you simply remove the tires one at a time to get to your potatoes

 

I like it ....you could add tire or tires as part of the earthing up process