How To Grow Potatoes In Pots

Potatoes has been grown since early 5th century B.C. and grown to be the 4th largest grown crop following wheat, rice, and maize.

When learning how to grow potatoes in pots you will probably want to start with one variety and to see how it works. Then you can try different varieties and have home grown potatoes for many months in a year. There are many varieties available for the home potato grower and growing them at home is an ideal way to try some different varieties.

When learning how to grow potatoes in pots, you need to remember that there are several type of potatoes that you would decide to grow, preparing the soil is still the same. Potatoes need to grow in moist, well-drained fertile soil and being dug deeply to allow the roots to spread and the potatoes to grow. The soil needs plenty of organic fertilizer in it that is well-composted. This will guarantee you a good yield of potatoes.

How to grow potatoes in pots needs a sunny site that is sheltered and out of frost pockets. Potatoes can be grown in a raised bed. Just put up some old scaffold planks and fence post at the corners. You can dig it over so much easily and dig in plenty to manure.

Prepare the potato bed in autumn, take any weeds and leave it. Dig in some mature, water it and leave it a bit longer.

There are three groups of potatoes. Earlies, second earlies and the maincrops.

The maincrops takes the longest time to grow and needs to be planted first. While the earlies needs that shortest amount of time to grow and should be planted last, although they will be ready and harvested first. Earlies will be ready in the middle of July and takes 15-16 weeks to mature.

Second earlies will be ready from June – August it depends on when you planted, and will take 16 -17 weeks to mature.

Maincrop potatoes takes 18-20 weeks until they are ready and will ripe from August-September. Theses are the best ones for storing into autumn.

How to grow potatoes in pots you need to start with your seed potatoes. If there are more than two sprouts gently rub off the weaker looking ones. The seed potatoes would need to be planted in furrows about 3-5 inches deep and covered with loose soil. As the shoots grow continually cover it with soil.

This helps the plant to grow upwards giving its roots room to grow and the potatoes to develop. Water the plants to keep the soil moist but not soggy.

Harvest your potatoes when the top has died. Store your harvested potatoes at a dry, cool and dark place. This will prevent the potatoes of becoming green.