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Thus combining several Grapes' desire for a Container Gardening thread and a Project Thread.
I did a little experiment earlier in the year.
Firstly, I chucked some potato peelings in one small container [5 litre size], they were the peelings that had eyes on them.
Secondly, there were potatoes growing where I didn't want them to grow, so I dug them up and put them in the same size container.
I filled the pots with earth and left them alone until last weekend. I watered them once, after a very dry spell, but that was it.
By now, one of the plants was dry and crispy, and the other had completely withered away.
I emptied them out at the weekend and the crop was:
263g of rooster potatoes, grown from the peelings
285g of the Red Duke of York, grown from the uprooted plant.
Not a huge amount, but not huge pots either, and minimal work and space used up. Both of these would usually go onto the compost heap rather than being left to grow.
The pots used were 5l black plant pots.
I'd say that was a result, and the remaining compost was shipped up to the lottie to be used as mulch around some late beans.
NO slug damage whatsoever either.
I did a little experiment earlier in the year.
Firstly, I chucked some potato peelings in one small container [5 litre size], they were the peelings that had eyes on them.
Secondly, there were potatoes growing where I didn't want them to grow, so I dug them up and put them in the same size container.
I filled the pots with earth and left them alone until last weekend. I watered them once, after a very dry spell, but that was it.
By now, one of the plants was dry and crispy, and the other had completely withered away.
I emptied them out at the weekend and the crop was:
263g of rooster potatoes, grown from the peelings
285g of the Red Duke of York, grown from the uprooted plant.
Not a huge amount, but not huge pots either, and minimal work and space used up. Both of these would usually go onto the compost heap rather than being left to grow.
The pots used were 5l black plant pots.
I'd say that was a result, and the remaining compost was shipped up to the lottie to be used as mulch around some late beans.
NO slug damage whatsoever either.
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