How To Grow 100 Pounds Of Potatoes In 4 Sq Feet
Potatoes are genuinely low maintenance, can be grown in a pot or in the ground, last pretty long time if you store them properly, and can be extremely nutritious (high in potassium and vitamin C). Here’s more motivation: as per this article, you can grow 100 pounds of potatoes in 4 sq. feet. See how…
Potatoes planted inside a box
According to this article from the Seattle Times, potatoes planted inside a box with this strategy can grow up to 100 pounds of potatoes in only 4 square feet.
All you need is:
- Lumber
- Seed potatoes
- Soil
- Careful attention to watering
The Times’ guide for building a potato growing box yields up to a 100 lbs. of potatoes in a mere 4 square feet is shown below:
Here are some pointers:
- Cut apart larger seed potatoes, making sure there are at least two eyes in each piece you plant.
- Dust the cut pieces with fir dust, which seals the open ends from bacteria.
- Fertilize with 10-20-20 fertilizer at planting and a couple of times during the season.
- Water so that the plants are kept at an even level of moisture.
- Don’t plant in the same area in consecutive years. Don’t even use the same soil to fill your potato box, as potatoes can attract various diseases.
“To save space, Lutovsky recommends building a box and planting inside it, adding sides to the box as the plant grows and filling the new space with mulch or soil. When the plant blossoms, it starts setting potatoes in this added soil. Soon after that, you can start removing the bottom boards from your box and “robbing” the plant, reaching in carefully and pulling out new potatoes.”
