How to grow potatoes in the city, on concrete or other instances where dirt can’t be found.
NBNT reader, organic farmer and all-around good guy, Daniel Barber, commented on the last post about growing potatoes in old flower pots. He explained quite well the tuber-in-tire method of growing potatoes above ground in a comment. I thought I’d make into a guest post of sorts.
Old tires work especially well, I’ve heard. You put down a tire and put dirt in it. Place your potato on top and stack another tire on top and fill that with dirt. As the potato plant pops up and grows a foot or so, stack another tire and fill with dirt so that the top two inches of the plant are showing. The stem will sprout roots and grow even more tubers. In the end, you can take apart the tires and have potatoes aplenty without digging! Try getting the stack to four tall. I just grow em in the dirt, but if you are short on space or don’t have any “ground” to work with, this would be a great way to grow taters.
