How to Grow Potatoes in Pots or Growing Bags

Sometimes, living in an apartment can make it difficult to grow your own vegetables. Potatoes, however, are one vegetable that you can grow as long as you have a patio or balcony with a little room. By using the “earthing up” technique, you can grow potatoes above ground in a pot or bag fairly easily. It is best to use seed potatoes from a gardening center. You bury them in shallow dirt, and add more dirt as the plant continues to grow. This is an easy way to turn a couple potatoes into a couple dozen.

Key Takeaways:

• Given the underground nature of tubers, you might think you need a lot of space in your garden where you can dig deeply if you want to successfully grow edible potatoes.
• Burying a potato from the grocery store isn’t going to cut it, though; the most likely way to be successful with your harvest is to buy seed potatoes at a gardening center for this specific purpose.
• Keep them well-watered, and once they start to flower, you’ll likely have a decent crop of potatoes.

“Given the underground nature of tubers, you might think you need a lot of space in your garden where you can dig deeply if you want to successfully grow edible potatoes. Actually, though, you can pretty easily grow potatoes above ground in a pot or bag.”

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