Getting more potatoes from a single plant

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Ljc120802 North Pole, AK Feb 21, 2008

I had heard that you can increase the number of potatoes from a single potato plant by starting with a box and as the plant grows add another layer of dirt in the box till it's a couple feet tall, then just open a side and let the plant fall out of the column and voila! more potatoes. I've never tried it, has anyone else? and would it work for sweet potatoes?

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Mar 12, 2008

I saw an article like that. Seemed to work. Give it a try, and let us know! Sweet potatoes, too.

Good luck, and I might give it a go myself! Need to get 4 pieces of ?? plywood. It's all treated here. I don't want to garden in poison, and what they treat plywood and lumber with is really bad stuff.

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Mar 12, 2008

Giving it more thought, I think the article I saw had the bin going up in sections, to give the leaves sunlight.

Seems it'd need a careful monitoring for watering, also.

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Bubba_MoCity Missouri City, TX Mar 12, 2008

I have seen it done with tires and mulch.

Too much of mosquito magnets here to have that many tires laying around.

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