Potato in big containers

Hi Smilydog,

If my maths is any good you have a surface of about 12.5 sqft.

Working on the area that shopbought spud sacks give I reckon you could set about 10-12 spuds and still get good results.

Dont forget to make drainage holes in the bottom of the tank.

Hope this helps.

Mark

I am trying to imagine you tipping it over to get the spuds out when it is full of wet compost. Right idea but maybe just too big.

Sorry to disagree dave but if the spuds are set on 6 inches of compost and covered with another 6 inches when they come through thats only 3feet and as you would then earth them up all the while the lack of direct light should not affect too much.

Iain, how often do we tip our garden over to get the spuds out. at least no one is going to pinch the tub

I have some large maybe 2ft wide by 30" deep, I put a brick under one side to tilt towards light.  guess that would be difficult though with a 4ft tank.

  ::)G.day smiley i av already done what you said but i used a big compost bin 4ft across x 3ft deep had good result,i,am now on my second batch,10 to 12 spuds is good,av you cut bottom tank of if not do it.when spuds are ready just push tank over yummie nice white spuds,small ones boil with some mint strain add some butter yummie,makes nice chippies aswell.a bottom of tank looseing the dirt with a fork add some compost make 6 inchs deep add some blood and bone bit of potash push in ya spuds make sure they got some eyes started,when they start shooting keep adding ya manuer compost mix,water onece aweek,goodluck matey seeya.