[penance]

Has anyone had success with maincrop spuds in containers?
I have some red king edwards for this year but as i have a smallish garden plot i dont want to use up a bed for so long with just one crop.
I have an old dustbin that i was thinking i could use, just bang some holes in the bottom.
Only problem is, most sites i look at say maincrops dont do so well in containers?

[WG.]

I don't see why not.  I've grown Kerr's Pink in one tonne builders bags and they did alright.  Five tubers to a bag.   I'd suggest one tuber only in your dustbin and pay attention to watering since the heavier foliage will take a lot of moisture out.

[penance]

Shame, i used the last builders bag i had for weed control.
I have around 10 tubers to plant, 10 dustbins would take up an awful lot of room.

[muntjac]

plant 5 in the middle layer and then 5 more in the top third layer, werks for my cobbles of the beach my gd says are taters for nandad

[WG.]

I have around 10 tubers to plant, 10 dustbins would take up an awful lot of room.

Its the amount you harvest that matters!  

[WG.]

plant 5 in the middle layer and then 5 more in the top

10 maincrop spuds in a dustbin? Surely not, mj?

[muntjac]

if they are going to do nothing id use em up .i did it with some cobbles my granddaughter  brought home from the beach last year . planted the cobbles with her  . when she was inbed i swapped em for spuds .got 11 lbs in all lol

[shaun]

i planted some earlies in buckets last week 3 sets in each bucket and guess what they are just popping there heads up,they were well chitted though
1st time ive done it so dont know what they will be like

[cornykev]

Likewise Shaun 3x3 buckets/pots just see some of them edging thru.

[penance]

OK, so it seems like its worth a try.
looks like i may have some spare seed spuds. I may try a bit of both and compare yield, thats if i have a spare bed at the time.
Any thought on pumpkins in containers?

[WG.]

... some spare seed spuds. I may try a bit of both and compare yield

Two dustbins: put one King Edward in one dustbin, put three or more in the other.  Treat identically and compare yields.

You probably know this but fill the dustbins gradually as the plants grow.  This encourages them to put out roots which will bear tatties.

[penance]

Good idea, i'll track down another bin and give it a try.

[GrannieAnnie]

If you've got the room penance, I did some earlies last year in 12" pots, one tuber per pot.  The yields weren't high, but even if you only get say 6 potatoes from each one, its 6 times as many as you started with!

Don't waste them tubers mate!

[frazzy]

a friend gave me a stack of old tires i heard there great for growing spuds in but i was worried about the rubber leaching chemicles into the soil is that possible ?

[muntjac]

line em with bin liners if ya worried