Given seed potato and no idea what to do - Help please

[happyhumph]

OH has suddenly mentioned a desire to grow potatoes as something fun for the children. I know several of you grow them in flower buckets, bit they don't seem big enough - how many do you put in each one? Flower buckets I have are about 1 litre....

[veggiechicken]

1 litre!! What sort of flowers fit in those

[happyhumph]

Think I've either found very small ones or I got my sizes wrong and it's more like 2 litre...... maybe I should measure them

[veggiechicken]

The flower buckets are ordinary household bucket size. I put one decent size spud in each or 2/3 small ones.
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[happyhumph]

Yeah, mine aren't that big.

[veggiechicken]

Never mind, perhaps they'll grow

[happyhumph]

I have alternative buckets I shall use.

[Snadger]

I have always found that spuds grow better in the soil if you have enough room. It is also costly to grow them in buckets unlwess you make your own compost.
I have all my tatties planted at the allotment so gave an allotment heighbour a large box full of buckshee seed tatties. There must have been at least 100 spuds and I notice he has got little holes dug all over his plot in amongst other veg and is popping them in.