Allotments 4 All

I've got a dustbin off freecycle - one of the old black plastic ones we all used before wheelie bins came along.

I reckon it's about 90ltrs.

I'm going to plant spuds in it - anyone have a guesstimate of how many spuds to put in it? & I guess I put one layer of spuds in rather than place them at different levels?

apologies - I should have googled 1st - just found this.

http://www.self-sufficient.co.uk/Grow-Potatoes-in-Containers.htm

Thanks for that.  Now find somewhere who will sell you just 5 seed potatoes!

poundland or 99p stores sell bags of very few potatoes, not counted them but no more than 10?

I've heaps of spuds chitting away - I was hoping that the bin would take more than five.  The rest will be going in sacks (no allotment  :'(  )

Thanks L'loo will look out for those.  I  think it laughable that Suttons sell potato started kits.  Three buckets and 15 potatoes then the instructions tell you to put 2-3 potatoes per bucket!

Most purpose built spud bags seem to be about 50-60 litres and say 3-5 tubers depending on their size, so you could probably scale up a bit

A potato day like Ryton Shirley ... Saturday... can buy five single different tubers.. or any number you feel like!
;D

Quote from: Barnowl on January 29, 2008, 17:51:48
Most purpose built spud bags seem to be about 50-60 litres and say 3-5 tubers depending on their size, so you could probably scale up a bit

just to clarify, that's the size of the seed potatoes they're talking about

JRP should be able to HELP with tHIS!

Cut a B&Q growbag in half and plant 3 seeds in each half.