Potato Towers: More Work for Fewer Potatoes

We decided to try our hand at growing potatoes in potato towers this year. After all the hype, we were hoping that potato towers would be an ideal solution for a survival garden. We are really glad that we experimented when we still had the ability to still purchase potatoes from local farmers.

Yes, you can grow potatoes in potato towers. However, the yield is low, the quality poor, and it takes a lot of hard work. One year of experimenting with potato towers is all I need to convince me that there are much better ways to grow potatoes.

Potato towers keep the soil too warm for the potatoes to thrive in our climate. However, potatoes grow amazingly well in the ground in our traditional garden beds.

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