Growing Potatoes in Bags

Many farmers prefer to grow potatoes in field. But if you are city dweller, even a piece of dirt becomes a rarity. So how to grow potatoes in city? Growing potatoes in bags is your answer. (you can also grow them in a potato tub, I like this method better ). Growing potatoes at home is very interesting.

How to Grow Potatoes in Bags?

Get a bag of compost. Properly empty it in a place where it can be stored for a long time. This is because potatoes wouldn't need all the compost at once. Cut the compost bag properly because this is where your potatoes will be growing. Next you roll the top of the bag below half way mark. This shall give support to whatever compost that you are going to put in it. Don't roll it all the way down because that wouldn't be of any use.

Put a small layer of compost at the bottom of the bag. Now place some seed potatoes on top of this freshly put compost layer. Two or three seed potatoes will do. Now cover these seed potatoes with another layer of compost and water it for a while. See that it does not get wet too much. It only has to be adequately moist. With this all the preliminary stages for growing potatoes in a bag have been covered. Read more on growing sweet potatoes

After a few days (maybe a week), you will see that there is a shoot coming out of the compost. The time interval may depend on weather. Once these shoots come out you add some more compost to the bag so that they completely covered again. Well if you need to unroll the bag do it just so slightly. Again moist the compost just so that the newly formed shoots may sustain. Again allow these potatoes to grow.

Until now I have been repeating, not to soak the compost. But do not let it dry out as well. In every container gardening you shall find that the material in it dries very quickly when compared with actual ground. As water is needed for any life to grow you will need to moist the the compost every now and then. (I recommend once a day.) This way you will keep a close watch on potatoes also.

When the potato plants mature, you will see that they have distinctly come out of the bag and they can no more be called shoots. In some cases they become quite big also. Wait for them to flower. Once they have finished flowering, your baby potatoes in compost bag should be ready. If you want your potatoes to be grow, then you can wait for a week or so for them to grow.

Now that you have taken out the big plump potatoes, what will you do of the left over compost? Well spread it over your vegetable garden. Do not use the same compost again for new potatoes. This will not only spread diseases in potatoes, but your efforts will also be wasted. Growing potatoes in bags always requires fresh compost. Read more on growing potatoes in tires.

Growing potatoes in bags is not such a difficult task. All you need is patience and good care for the vegetable. When you have home grown potatoes, the satisfaction you will get is unparalleled. Hope that the above tips for planting potatoes are satisfactory.