We had a thread going in the spring about growing potatoes in a bag. I have finished using up the ones I grew and I was wondering how everyone else did.
I have mixed feelings about the bag. I had only one bag and got 3 meals worth of potatoes out of it. That was it! So while it worked, I'm not sure it was worth it.
That does sound a bit disappointing. I didn't grow along with you this year as I couldn't get everyting together in time. I did see a report on the news that Colorado potato growers (ranked 4th in the Nation) were having a miserable year due to some bug that literally blew in on the southern winds. The are harvesting nothing but small potatoes and few of them.
I think you did pretty good Dawn. Some plants do better then others in the garden. I got huge potatoes on some, and small on others. I bet you didn't have to deal with any slugs in your bag either. Nice to try a different way of growing things.
I'm growin in Indiana, so I'm close to you somewhat. My potatoes are in garden rows and didn't do well at all. The weather was a major problem this year. None of my family who grew them got much either. So you might be in the norm for your production for this year. I would give it a try one more year and see what happens.
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I did get beautiful potatoes without any bug problems, but I sure wish there would have been more of them. Maybe you are right about some of the plants not producing much Michele.
Sorry you didn't have a good crop either Angela. I think it was too rainy, hot and steamy for us Midwestern farmgirls!
Have fun planting next year Audrey. You can report how you did next fall.
Dawn, I had 6 potato bags going this year. They produced very well. The plants were beautiful and very nice looking potatoes. I got about 20-25 lbs per bag. The problems I had were ants and these little bugs that look like worms but they're not they have a hard shell. I find them alot with what we call the rolly polly bug. I don't really know what they are. They didn't seem to harm the potatoes but the ants darn near ate me up. I also have mixed feelings. I got a good crop but here in Texas where we get little rain and went 21 days straight with the temp above 100 I was watering constantly. Don't know that I will use them again next year. Still undecided.
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Edited by - EastTXFarmgirl on Sep 07 2010 12:52:04 PM
I hear ya Victoria! I will probably take all winter to decide if I want to bother with growing in the bag again too. Fortunately I didn't have any bugs in my bag! We had a very hot summer, especially for the Chicago area, and I had to water twice a day.
Potato Bag Growers Report
Posted - Sep 04 2010 : 07:26:21 AM
