Matthew323
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Anybody grow potatoes in large, 30-gallon, breathable fabric grow bags? Using chopped leaves, or clean straw, to mulch/hill the potatoes in the bag as the plant grows upwards? Allowing for a clean potato when harvested?
Reason I asked is I got an e-mail from Amazon for all different sizes of fabric grow bags. When I saw the 30-gallon one's at 5 for $34.99, I immediately thought about growing potatoes, something I never have done, but have always wanted to do.
Mulching them in the 30-gallon fabric bag would keep the rodents out of the mulch. Which, I have read, is the MAJOR issue with using mulch to "hill up" potatoes.
Bottom watering the 30-gallon bags in a plastic kiddie swimming pool would keep the foliage dry from hand watering.
I would use 1" diameter galvanized steel plumbing pipe pounded into the ground, with 1/2" PVC conduit bent into a hoop; to create a miniature hoop house to surround the kiddie pool.
Cover the PVC with REMAY fabric to keep out the Colorado Potato Beetles. Fertilize well, as I have read that potatoes are heavy feeders?
Any thoughts?
Reason I asked is I got an e-mail from Amazon for all different sizes of fabric grow bags. When I saw the 30-gallon one's at 5 for $34.99, I immediately thought about growing potatoes, something I never have done, but have always wanted to do.
Mulching them in the 30-gallon fabric bag would keep the rodents out of the mulch. Which, I have read, is the MAJOR issue with using mulch to "hill up" potatoes.
Bottom watering the 30-gallon bags in a plastic kiddie swimming pool would keep the foliage dry from hand watering.
I would use 1" diameter galvanized steel plumbing pipe pounded into the ground, with 1/2" PVC conduit bent into a hoop; to create a miniature hoop house to surround the kiddie pool.
Cover the PVC with REMAY fabric to keep out the Colorado Potato Beetles. Fertilize well, as I have read that potatoes are heavy feeders?
Any thoughts?
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