A couple of months ago I transplanted three or four potato volunteers from last year's bed into a big pot on the deck. I wasn't going to grow any more potatoes after last year's problem. But I learned it was a calcium deficiency, so I added some bone meal and decided to give it a try. There was a small sprinkler in the pot, which was hooked into the deck watering system, so it got plenty of regular water.
I was pleased with how many potatoes we got. None were huge, but that's o.k. And it sure was easy to harvest them. We just dumped the pot on a tarp and sifted through the soil with our hands. And no damaged potatoes from the spading fork. This is definitely the way I'll grow potatoes next year.
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