Comments on: Is it worthwhile growing potatoes? https://ecothriftyliving.com/2013/08/is-it-worthwhile-growing-potatoes.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-it-worthwhile-growing-potatoes Change your life by saving money and the environment! Wed, 23 Sep 2020 16:04:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Wendy Ogden https://ecothriftyliving.com/2013/08/is-it-worthwhile-growing-potatoes.html#comment-369 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 06:52:37 +0000 http://ecothriftyliving.com/wp3/uncategorized/is-it-worthwhile-growing-potatoes/#comment-369 Hello, nice blog.

I had a dire harvest the one year I grew new potatoes in pots. I think I put too many in and didn't water enough. I was told spuds need a LOT of water.

Also I've had bad years in the ground. This year my new pots are lovely and plentiful which really puzzles me. I was depressed in the cold spring so didn't chit the tubers. I just left them hanging in the bag I bought them in, in the lean-to. So they were neglected, cold, but I planted them and earthed up once. Then the heatwave lol. They are the best in years.

Scientific analysis suggests luck is the answer.

]]> By: Zoe https://ecothriftyliving.com/2013/08/is-it-worthwhile-growing-potatoes.html#comment-366 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 09:58:49 +0000 http://ecothriftyliving.com/wp3/uncategorized/is-it-worthwhile-growing-potatoes/#comment-366 You are lucky! I have friends with apple trees and at the right time of year I get given lots of apples – not made any friends with excess potatoes though 🙂 Buying bags of potatoes from a local farm does sound like a good alternative if you don't have the space to grow your own – thanks for the tip!

]]> By: Zoe https://ecothriftyliving.com/2013/08/is-it-worthwhile-growing-potatoes.html#comment-365 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:33:16 +0000 http://ecothriftyliving.com/wp3/uncategorized/is-it-worthwhile-growing-potatoes/#comment-365 I'm sorry to hear that growing potatoes has not gone well for you. I have not grown them myself before as I do not have my own garden but I have been lucky enough to recieve gifts from my friends huge bounty's of potatoes. Even if I did have a garden- maybe I will stick with buying bags from the local farm.

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