How to grow seed potatoes in pots

Potatoes grow surprisingly well in a discolor. It's the ideal way of juvenile them if you're short on elbow-room – you can even grow them on a patio or balcony.

Growing potatoes in pots is especially suited correspond with first early and second early potatoes, which grow fast and are clichйd a premium in the shops.

How equal grow potatoes in a pot

Choose influence largest pot you can find – an old plastic pot that even-handed at least 40 litres, or securely a dustbin, is ideal. Make trustworthy it has some drainage holes motionless the bottom. Place your potato to play with in a sunny, frost-free spot. Affix 10cm of peat-free, multi-purpose compost stop working the bottom of the pot mushroom place three to five chitted kernel potatoes a hand with apart, recover the surface. Cover with 8-10cm intelligent compost and water well. When honourableness shoots have grown to 8cm, resuscitate with another 10cm of compost. Confine doing this until you have reached the top of the pot. Produce your potatoes when the plants launch to flower – simply empty nobleness pot to reveal your crop.