Beginner Gardening: Potatoes, 1 by fremar

fremar wrote:
Gina this is my first year growing potatoes but I had a neighbor that grew them years ago. He did his in long rows but he mounded the dirt till Sept. or later. This is how I decided to try and grow mine,I had these plastic barrels that we used to store plumbing fittings so we had holes drilled in the bottom.The first one I used the whole barrel then decided I could cut the lower third off and use it like a big pot.Thus I have carrots growing in the short white barrel pieces and potatoes growing in the others ( they actually are basically the sides with both ends removed) I have 8-12 inches of straw and soil over them now with maybe room for another 12 to 18 inches to add. Best I can understand the potatoes will grow as long as you continue to mound dirt over them.