tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post5512528951467176206..comments2024-03-29T03:52:48.960-05:00Comments on MrBrownThumb: Growing Potatoes In Buckets Or Trash CansMrBrownThumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11326733084344581944noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-5242709641892525362014-11-21T04:22:34.954-06:002014-11-21T04:22:34.954-06:00Tried growing potatoes in containers (ca. 36 inch ...Tried growing potatoes in containers (ca. 36 inch high) this year and the yield was low compared to what I had hoped for/read online. I used a couple different varieties of seed potatoes and the plants grew up as I added more dirt and looked great, but the only potatoes I got were down in the very first 6-12 inches of soil; nothing above that. Had a lot of miniscule roots shooting off the main stems as the plants grew up but these didn’t send out more tubers. Any ideas on what I may have done wrong?Hanna Danielshttp://www.londongardeningservices.org.uk/W14-lawn-mowing-west-kensington/west-kensington-lawn-edging.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-41599809724189016802013-08-17T22:55:05.121-05:002013-08-17T22:55:05.121-05:00I've seen potatoes grown in buckets even in la...I've seen potatoes grown in buckets even in larger back yard gardens, the buckets were planted 3/4 into the ground to keep the soil cool and moist. The buckets protected the potatoes from insects, conserved space in the garden and could be pulled out of the ground for easy harvesting. Awesome ideas!Gentanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-79850696016850825522013-06-28T15:29:18.007-05:002013-06-28T15:29:18.007-05:00My husband is sick battling cancer so I got him st...My husband is sick battling cancer so I got him started growing potatoes in a wire cage and a trash can as a little project for him while I maintain our large garden. It is going well. He loves it and is so proud. The information I found here is so helpful. I would highly recomend growing potatoes in containers as a great project for the sick, handicapped and elderly. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-67292496536134841942013-04-21T20:44:14.597-05:002013-04-21T20:44:14.597-05:00Any tips for watering?Any tips for watering?Coryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681602381905461528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-33343529429715434252013-03-20T18:48:55.914-05:002013-03-20T18:48:55.914-05:00Thanks for sharing this! I think it is crazy that ...Thanks for sharing this! I think it is crazy that you grew potatoes in <a href="http://trashcansunlimited.com" rel="nofollow">trash containers</a>!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16623453053261837774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-61098420881855366502012-10-10T01:34:03.965-05:002012-10-10T01:34:03.965-05:00We also grew potatoes this year in a container. W...We also grew potatoes this year in a container. We harvested several and they tasted great. We'll try again next year hoping for a bigger yield! Did you get very many from your experiment?Sandie Annehttp://gardeningwormcomposting.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-75395138780671986732011-06-18T00:42:07.741-05:002011-06-18T00:42:07.741-05:00I am re-visiting your post here. I am going to tr...I am re-visiting your post here. I am going to try the potatoes in 5 gallon buckets...but I think I have to wait till winter here. I will check...I love my buckets!!! Thanks again for the potato growing ideas!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04402220963886597754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-75993805246311180282011-02-10T17:27:29.889-06:002011-02-10T17:27:29.889-06:00Potatoes are very heterozygotic (like apples), so ...Potatoes are very heterozygotic (like apples), so if you plant seeds you will not end up with the potatoes you planted. You may end with something tasty or something horrible. That's why spuds are always started from tubers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-4237194015071675502011-02-10T16:28:38.227-06:002011-02-10T16:28:38.227-06:00Hi MBT,
I grew potatoes many years ago. My kids ...Hi MBT,<br /><br />I grew potatoes many years ago. My kids loved seeing me pull them out of the ground. It would be fun to grow them in a big bucket or bag.<br /><br />EileenGatsbys Gardenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04228978705943696143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-41476037335730174212010-11-28T11:09:39.741-06:002010-11-28T11:09:39.741-06:00This is really amazing! I'm going to give this...This is really amazing! I'm going to give this a try next year, Mr. Brown Thumb. <br />Here on the Canadian Shield, it's impossible to dig more than a few inches without hitting rock.<br />I have raised beds, but this opens up many more possibilities. <br />Will share this with my local gardening friends, too.Wall Flower Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13072439895676818112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-86908348322678283462010-11-25T10:48:07.919-06:002010-11-25T10:48:07.919-06:00FYI for Garden Girl, my potatoes did amazingly wel...FYI for Garden Girl, my potatoes did amazingly well in very little sun.Monica the Garden Faeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06369882350990949968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-10583029586133536842010-11-17T14:34:15.839-06:002010-11-17T14:34:15.839-06:00@GardenBre, I was going to use something like pill...@GardenBre, I was going to use something like pillow cases, but couldn't source any freebies. Everything else (cloth) that I wanted to use turned out to be more expensive than this bucket. Hope your potato harvest is awesome.<br /><br />@Webb,Glad you found it useful and I hope you get a chance to grow more potatoes next year. <br /><br />@Monica, I wish I would've done a better job of documenting my potatoes too. But honestly, I forgot that I was growing them after a while. LOL. <br /><br />@MeemsNYC, Yeah, the burlap bags would probably work great and they'd be FREE. Come to think of it, there's a lot of vegetables you could grow in them. <br /><br />@Colleen, Thanks for the recommendation. I may try 'Yellow Fin' since I lurve me some mashed potatoes. The blue ones are really unsual, I think I'm adding one too.<br /><br />@Julie, Thanks for the info. I may try some in tires (if I ever find a space) because I've seen other people grow potatoes that way and always wanted to try them.<br /><br />@Garden Girl, Make it even cheaper by planting one of the small potatoes you buy at the grocer. If it grows well with your amount of shade, then you could try some of the fancy varieties. <br /><br />@Spice-is-Nice, Glad you liked the post. My Amaryllis bulbs are doing "Ok." They're still outside--I'm trying to get the foliage to die down more before I bring them indoors. <br /><br />@Vegetable Garden Cook, I hope to one day have a lot of land too to grow some more potatoes and sweet potatoes too. <br /><br />@Emmy, It is really, really easy! Give growing potatoes in a container a shot.MrBrownThumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11326733084344581944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-87344980763087890202010-11-15T12:39:48.073-06:002010-11-15T12:39:48.073-06:00Cool post. I've always wanted to grow potatoes...Cool post. I've always wanted to grow potatoes but I've never tried. It doesn't seem as hard as I thought it would be.Emmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18279182851594503774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-60954621580659691982010-11-15T11:20:42.146-06:002010-11-15T11:20:42.146-06:00I've grown potatoes in 5 gallon buckets when I...I've grown potatoes in 5 gallon buckets when I lived in the city. But thankfully, I have plenty of land now so don't need to limit the space.Vegetable Garden Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01641599988061148892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-72697364131156710852010-11-15T00:15:02.230-06:002010-11-15T00:15:02.230-06:00Mr Browtnthumb,
again, a wonderful post! Makes me ...Mr Browtnthumb,<br />again, a wonderful post! Makes me want to go get a bucket from a dollar store! :-) I am def. going to try growing potatoes..I like the part abt adding soil as they grow.. :-)<br /><br />Btw I looed at ure Amaryllis posting and planted a bulb soon after...its growing tall and straight! How r your bulbs doing?<br /><br />Thanks,<br />ShalmaliSpice-is-nicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17726522111070305339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-74258226970144644042010-11-13T06:01:07.878-06:002010-11-13T06:01:07.878-06:00Very cool MBT! I've never grown potatoes befo...Very cool MBT! I've never grown potatoes before and prolly don't have enough sun for them. Might be interesting to give them a try in a garbage can though. We have a bunch of extra cans stacked up in the garage, and I brought home a ton of potting soil from one of my clients' many, many containers, so all I'd need is the seed potatoes. It would be a cheap, and possibly rewarding experiment.garden girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284047851881823280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-11510279075560202452010-11-12T21:56:13.547-06:002010-11-12T21:56:13.547-06:00I just want to say thinks for posting about growin...I just want to say thinks for posting about growing the potatos in a bucket! I have been growing more and more in buckets lately because I don't trust the tires anymore for vegie growing. I have eight 5 gallon buckets now with eggplant, okra and carrots in them. I can't get any decent growth in the sand here! The buckets make it all worthwhile...a sure fire way to feel you will actually end up with something! I may try potatos both this way, and Claudes way. I became so interested in the Ruth Stout way of gardening after reading this post of his, that I found one of her books at the library and read it overnight! Very interesting stuff. Scroll down a ways in this post, and enjoy! <a href="http://lpfleamarket.blogspot.com/2010/06/update-im-alive-honest.html" rel="nofollow">Claudes way of growing potatos</a>. Have a load of fun whatever way you try nest season!!!<br /><br />Oh...P.S. I DID just set up a bunch of kale starts in a tire with all new soil/compost today. As long as I have fresh dirt each time, I feel OK with it. (Just sayin, since I had said above that I didn't really trust the vegoe tires anymore. :)Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04402220963886597754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-3476122983350247372010-11-12T21:43:54.381-06:002010-11-12T21:43:54.381-06:00There is a way to grow them on top of the ground.....There is a way to grow them on top of the ground...no digging...Claude over at Random Rants and Prickly Plants posted about doing it last year. I will find the post and bring it back here for you...be right back! I thought it sounded wonderful!!!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04402220963886597754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-63040283608834510372010-11-12T19:51:57.415-06:002010-11-12T19:51:57.415-06:00I grew potatoes in wire fence cylinders this year,...I grew potatoes in wire fence cylinders this year, and that worked pretty well -- I may try growing in a storage bin or trash can next year, just to see which method I like better. The soil dries out pretty quickly with the wire fencing method. <br /><br />'Yellow Fin' and 'Dark Red Norland' are two heirloom varieties I've grown that I've really liked. 'Yellow Fin' is really creamy and tasty -- good for mashed potatoes or just boiled and slathered in butter. I want to try some of the blue heirloom potatoes this year, I think.Colleen Vanderlindenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08396040906688814232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-48213120207609315872010-11-12T18:15:56.564-06:002010-11-12T18:15:56.564-06:00I grew Yukon gold this year, and the taste was awe...I grew Yukon gold this year, and the taste was awesome. I'm not sure if they have an heirloom variety. I've been thinking about possibly growing potatoes in containers. My friend owns a coffee company, I might beg her for some burlap bags. I was thinking of growing some potatoes in burlap.meemsnychttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584936035577822444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-5333413722494318522010-11-12T16:58:10.994-06:002010-11-12T16:58:10.994-06:00Wish I'd done a better job documenting my pota...Wish I'd done a better job documenting my potatoes in a plastic storage container. I have a ton of garden space, but my soil is hard and clay-y, and I loved having a single container I could fill with decent soil and compost. Digging the taters out in this medium was WAY WAY easier than it would have been digging in the ground. It's the only way I'll ever grow potatoes, and I'm getting a second bin next year. :) P.S. I got smaller-size ones for growing in the bin and that worked out well.Monica the Garden Faeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06369882350990949968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-8483521527672162052010-11-12T16:03:45.917-06:002010-11-12T16:03:45.917-06:00What a great idea. Altho we belong to a CSA, I fi...What a great idea. Altho we belong to a CSA, I find that I am growing more and more food in my garden and it's been years since I grew potatoes. Have stayed away because I didn't want to dig a bed and fight the wire grass. I am definitely going to try this next year. Great info - as always.webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168174623602308906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14573299.post-5354320478076878602010-11-12T15:37:34.160-06:002010-11-12T15:37:34.160-06:00Ya - I did mine this year on the roof in heavy cot...Ya - I did mine this year on the roof in heavy cotton pillow cases from thrift store and they worked really well - just kind of rotting & giving away now as I'm harvesting them ...gardenbrehttp://gardenbre3.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com