Comments on: How to Grow 100 Pounds of Potatoes in 4 Sq Feet

By: Sigo

Sigo — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 00:45:24 +0000

In reply to Dolphin Puncher-Baby Seal Beater. I used this method. You do not have to add potatoes as you add dirt. I ended up with 10 lbs of potatoes from each tower/box. Of course you can, but like another person said, the dirt will get crowded, limiting your harvest potential.

By: JoAnn

JoAnn — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 23:13:38 +0000

My husband and I built the box 4 ft x 4 ft, filled with top soil and mushroom soil and planted as instructed. Planted Yukon Gold and at the end of season dug 2 to 3 lbs of very small potatoes from the 7 lbs planted. Terribly disappointed! Glad to read all your comments and am motivated to try again next year armed with all your suggestions. Onward and upward! Thank you all for your advice!

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 07 May 2020 23:24:36 +0000

What about watering? When we get a few boards in height how do we get water to the roots?

By: Bernadette

Bernadette — Sat, 15 Feb 2020 05:28:51 +0000

In reply to Andy Hawkins.

Actually… it depends on the type of potatoe you grow.

Some potatoes are more like “indeterminant tomatoes” and they keep growing up and producing… while other spuds are more like short tomatoes, that just grow to a certain height.

You need to know that you have the right variety that will keep setting tubers (the potatoes you harvest) off of the stalk that keeps growing.

By: Karen Carver

Karen Carver — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:04:43 +0000

In reply to Robert Bender. My husband and I grew and sold vegetables for 16+ years at our local farmers market. We planted over 200 #'s of potatoes (several varieties). Yukon golds produced less than any other kind but they get huge if you let them grow longer. We always planted deep and mounded dirt up around them as they grew. They will produce all up through that mound. People have been doing that for hundreds of years and it's hard work. They wouldn't do it if they didn't get potatoes for all their work.

By: jessica jessi

jessica jessi — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:09:37 +0000

For this method, indeterminate type potatoes must be used! Nobody explains this! There are determinate and indeterminate types. I am using Carola this year.
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By: Mahir

Mahir — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 18:52:53 +0000

nice post.

By: Evan Luke

Evan Luke — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 06:32:34 +0000

wow very good information about potatoes Thanks for sharing this and keep sharing an article like this

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 00:51:27 +0000

I didn’t read all the posts so don’t know if someone finally answered the question…But ‘determinate’ potatoes are tubers that only grow one layer of potatoes and will produce in about 2 1/2 to 3 months. Super fast! However you will need more garden space.
‘Indeterminate’ potatoes, my favorite, will produce potatoes all along the stem. Best grown in towers of some sort. As you add more soil the tops will grow upward, sprouting more roots from which more potatoes will sprout from. Let the tops grow up 6″, cover with soil until the tops are 2″ out of the soil, let them grow another 6″, and so on. Its best not to compact the soil down. Although these take 6-8 months, you can grow them in a very small space and they will keep for months. I think the flavor is well worth the wait!
I always buy my favorite potatoes from the grocery store and plant those. I always buy organic potatoes and they always sprout! I’ve never tried regular ones. Have grown some pretty great gold potatoes. I’m guessing that the organic potatoes are not chemically treated? Yuck…