Growing potatoes

It is very fun and simple way to grow your own potatoes in buckets. You can do it with your children.

All what you need for growing good yield of potatoes are buckets about 50 cm (20 inches), compost or soil and seed potatoes.

Certainly, you need to drill holes in your bucket for drainage. Also you should drill the holes about 2-3 inches from the bottom of the container on the side of the container at least six inches apart.

Then you need to prepare potatoes seed. Place the potatoes which you want to plant in a warm site with plenty of light so that their shoots start growing. It should be done about ten days before planting.

Cut the potatoes on pieces with at least 3 eyes on each. Do not cut them if your potatoes are less than 2 inches long.

Put the seed potatoes with the eyes facing up. Then fill the bucket near to the top with compost or soil.

When you grow potatoes in a bucket you can use garden soil, potting soil, pure compost, or a combination of peat moss, wood chips, compost, and perlite. You’ll want to be sure your potting medium, whatever you choose, will allow for enough aeration so that the soil does not become compacted. Put about 4 to 6 inches of potting medium into your bucket.

Place the bucket in a spot that has reasonable light on bricks for drainage. The ideal temperature to grow potato in buckets is 10-15° C (or 50-60° F).

Don’t forget to turn the bucket regularly so the plant grows straight, and keep the soil moist.

There are many premade containers and buckets you can buy that are specifically meant for this purpose. Your own using wood, plastic buckets with the bottom cut out are also good when you decide to grow potatoes in buckets.