Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Ma's Growing Potatoes in a Container Experiment

I thought this was fun and wanted to share... In May Ma cut up some old soft baby yellow potatoes that had eyes and tossed them into a basket, then placed the basket inside a larger container with holes in the bottom for drainage, and filled it with potting soil and dirt. Then watered and treated it like all of the other planters in the yard.

This pic was on June 6th:

She took the basket out so we could see it, 
then put it back into the planter and let it grow for a couple more months...

They were harvested when the greens died back towards the end of August.
How fun to have some very fresh gourmet baby yellow potatoes...
Literally from something headed to the trash can months ago!

Here's a pic of the large 24" planter and Dollar Tree basket she used.

Thank you Ma for taking the time to take some pics of this fun project!
I hope it inspires someone else to give it a try next year.
Oh and, did she share some of the potatoes??? Stay tuned:@)

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