Spuds in tubs ?

[salilah]

I've got the potato growbags (green things) and put 3 tubers in each - they are lined up by the garage area, and get topped up by anything I can find (Madingley Mulch near me do a lovely mix called Denise's delight which is a mix of black fenland soil and well rotted horse manure) - they do need a lot of watering, though, so they won't be down the new allotment (not too far away but no hoses, so one watering can at a time would take ages!!)

[Penellype]

Got a good supply of 70 litre tubs in a heavy gauge plastic coloured green/red or blue. from a farmer friend. They were used for supplement feed for the cattle. Now i buy the proper potato compost as i get a far better and cleaner crop than using old compost. Trouble is i have loads of clean dry compost with no where to use it.
Bob.

Sieve it and grow carrots in the containers. Cover with a net to keep out carrot fly and you will have lovely clean carrots.

[Penellype]

I grow all my potatoes in 30 litre pots, 2 or 3 to a pot. Most are in fresh home made compost with some bfb added at planting time, some are in previously used compost from other crops, again with bfb added. The ones in the fresh compost grow somewhat better. They need supplementary feeding occasionally (I use tomato feed) and plenty of water, but they are so easy to harvest as you just turn the whole thing out onto a tarpaulin and pick out the potatoes.

I have no issues with maincrop potatoes using this method - in fact more than half of my crop is Desiree, but I have also grown Sarpo Mira this way with excellent results. Some of the Sarpo Mira were so big that they actually distorted the buckets. You need to be very aware of watering for larger potatoes as they can get hollow heart (brown edged cavities in the middle) if they get too dry.

[Nikkinak]

I've grown in tubs last 3 years. I now have an allotment so will be growing in ground so don't have that to compare to but they've always done well. But the pots do dry out quite quickly in the warmer weather good luck

[Dorothyrouse]

I grew Pink Fir Apple in bags last year, they are small anyway so I thought maybe easier than trying to find them all in the ground. They were really good, and lovely and clean as grown in compost. Am doing the same this year.

[SimpleSimon]

Growing potatoes in buckets seems to be all the rage on YouTube. I tried 4 buckets last year and lost the will to live with the watering. The yield was great but I’ve plenty of space in the ground so can just plant more potatoes to balance it out. I don’t really even dig trenches anymore. Just use a bulb planter drop em in a just pile whatever I can on top to earth them up. Usually grass clippings mixed with rotted wood chip/leaves.

[Bren In Pots]

Simon you're right about watering being a drawback i know I'd grow more in the ground if I had the space. Being a back garden grower its all about compromise.

[Dorothyrouse]

I grew Pink Fir Apple in containers last year, which I know aren’t earlies, but they did really well especially as they are a small variety, so very easy to harvest and obviously very clean