Planting potatoes in a composting bin?
Question:I have aquired a lidless compost bin. it is about 1 meter high and wider at the bottom than the top. I'd like to grow potatoes for a late autumn crop. Someone said you can put some seed potatoes in the base and then add more compost as the leaves grow through and then add more seed potatoes in layers.
Would this work? and would it be a good way of maximising the space? I don't have enough garden to plant them in the usual way.
Answers:
yes that is the way to grow potoes in a bin but there is no need to add any more seed potatoes to the bin.just keep adding more compost as the plant grows higher and keep the bin well watered.a small ammount of bone meal would be advantagous from time to time.when the hulms die down you can carefully start removing the crop.
I'm not sure how this could work; potatoes need sunlight to grow just like anything else. If you keep covering them up, they're not going to get it. Maybe I just don't understand what you're saying, but to me, this doesn't make much sense.
yes as long as you don't get them too deep, remember you have to dig them out.
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This will work great so long as the compost bin doesn't get too hot. If it is in the later stages it will be cool enough to grow great spuds. If you add a bunch of green material it may get too hot for the plants.
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