Hello Ber, I planted 3 tubers in eack bucket and averaged 4lbs per bucket. The varieties were Charlotte, Nicola and Nadine. One lot of Nadine burst the bucket. I thought Charlotte had the best flavour.
I grew one bucket of Rooster, only one tuber in it, and got over 6lbs, so I think I'll grow some more of that.
I had Charlotte in the dustbin, 7 tubers, and got 7 lbs, so not as good as the buckets for all the extra compost. Also although I put a hollow pipe down to the bottom of the compost I found the watering difficult to judge, and was never sure if any water was getting to the bottom.
This year for all my containers I'm going to drill the holes round the outside edge, rather than just the bottom, and that way I can see if any water is running out.
Hope you get a great crop.
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