Potatoes alongside other veg

I have used bags for a few years now and am doing so again this year. The only down sides are the need for regular watering and also what to fill them with. The bags hold about 40l of compost each so it can be pricey if your buying it all new. Last year I stuffed my compost bins with stuff and chucked in some horse poo so I have about 400l of compost enriched with horse much that I am hoping will do my bagged spuds this year. If you have the room for bags somewhere and can get cheap stuff for to fill them I would be tempted to use them and use your bed space for something else. You can also then use the bags to grow other stuff one the spuds have been dug up. Last year I mixed a couple with some sand and did carrots but you might be able to get courgettes or squash in them.

I have only gone for first and second earlies, being penland javelin, rocket and charlottes, only have about 6 of each, did'nt want to do too many as it is my first time and there are only 2/3 of us at home. Would prefer to put them in one of the beds otherwise I will end up spending so much money on compost for bag growing that it will not be cost effective. How much distance do you recommend I leave between pots and other veg?

I also would leave 2 foot between your pots and other veg as the pot haulms are quite wide, unless you plan to plant sweetcorn then leave about a foot as they will grow above the haulms. Re- earthing up in raised beds - as I understand from some sources, it's just to stop the upper pots going green - I earthed up my two pot ridges once last year then used mulch - you could just cover them with added compost and/or straw/grass cuttings as they grow. Others will agree or disagree and I would be interested to know what they say when referring to growing pots in raised beds.

MOS - thanks for posting this my beds are 12 x 4 and after reading this post earlier I was starting to wonder if I would struggle will do like you and plant width ways

Missy