Nice recipe for infinite potatoes. Ta!
You know.. that's such a good idea. Thanks Llew, that sounds easy enough to do!
Llew ive been doing the same kind of thing for years but instead of a bucket I use old car tyres.....start off with one, and then add another -going up about 3 tyres high - get a good return most times.....regards to you 
Yeah, tyres work well too - bigger & expandable.
I am trying this on the weekend. Brilliant.
Actually, I inadvertently did the same thing with yams years ago.
Planted a yam from the fridge to see what it looked like as a plant. Had a HUGE pot of yams (utterly surprised the whole flat) when it died.
Brillian Llew!
Any time of year? I'm in Dunedin, so it gets a tad frosty.
And of course I meant to say Brilliant.
Actually, I think I have a potato plant growing in my compost heap. I should keep and eye on that.
ahem excuse me Llew, I just need a word with Andrew above lol......
Andrew: I used to live in Dunedin and as long as you throw a 'frost blanket' over your plant, it will be just fine - site your bucket or whatever on the northside of the shed or house and then the southern weather dont get it!!!...as for your compost heap - throw in some pumpkin seeds and you will get a good crop of them as well.....
Cheers Llew
I recommend making the bottom layer of compost a little deeper and using straw to cover the spuds - they grow just as well and you can lift the straw to remove the spud one at a time with minimal disturbance. It also deals with the frost problem.
Oh and use good spuds as seed spuds.There's no difference other than the fact a lot of "seed" spuds are actually the second grade ones. Before I got too busy to keep a garden I always keep the best of my vege as seed stock - otherwise you are just breeding a continually worsening strain.
Excellent tips there Robinsod - I confess I've heard the straw one before, will have to try it out.
And remeber folks - this trick works just as well with yams & kumara.
No worries, I've read the straw also promotes beneficial fungi - kumara and yams don't do so well down south but then again northerners don't do so well with that great delicacy the swede!
You'll be pleased to know that my grandmother used to feed us raw swede as a treat.
And we used to eat it.
Bro, you have my sympathies...
Thanks a lot, Llew. I'm going to give this a go.
Wow - fantastic!
Is it quite obvious when they're ready? And about how long til they are? And can you really just put straw on the top, no soil? Sorry for all the questions, but what a fabulous idea this is!
Yep, when the leaves & flowers start dying, they're ready. And how long... um... good question! I think it's 2 or 3 months.
Many thanks. A great project for the kids!
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