How many potatoes?

[gojiberry]

So much depends on growing conditions and varieties, as to the yield that you get. I had a huge success this year with charlotte, one particular plant producing 35 med to large sized potatoes. I think it was 6.5lb in weight. However the majority usually produced about 6/8 potatoes. The Charlottes were grown in the ground but with a collar and earthed up in the callar, seemed to work a treat and will be enlarging the experiment this year. I use black builders buckets with the bottom cut out for the collar. The buckets only cost 87p each and will last indefinitely so other than initial outlay not a huge cost.

Ian

[BrideXIII]

So much depends on growing conditions and varieties, as to the yield that you get. I had a huge success this year with charlotte, one particular plant producing 35 med to large sized potatoes. I think it was 6.5lb in weight. However the majority usually produced about 6/8 potatoes. The Charlottes were grown in the ground but with a collar and earthed up in the callar, seemed to work a treat and will be enlarging the experiment this year. I use black builders buckets with the bottom cut out for the collar. The buckets only cost 87p each and will last indefinitely so other than initial outlay not a huge cost.

Ian

another use for my millions of flower buckets then!
will make earthing up a lot easier in a small plot like mine, saving room in between for other stuff, like radishes and lettuce.

[crazy_red]

Do you firm the earth that you 'earth up' with or just pile it on or in loose?


Also does anyone know of a step by step with piccies for growing in containers or using collars - I don't think i'm visualising what you do with them right.


Thanks,
Red