DaisyI said:What do they grow to when they are rooted to the entire earth?
Potato plants grown in the ground and in containers don't get more than a foot tall and are very bushy. That one is ginormous! Hopefully, little potatoes are growing down there - I can't imagine they aren't. I do think, normally, given the entire earth to root in, they only grow about a foot deep. Potato bags and boxes are only about 18 inches deep. So back to my question: Did you plant the seed potatoes at the very bottom of the first can?
But what a great experiment in potato growing! I can't wait until you dump that container. Take photos of the results and post them for us.
DaisyI said:Sandy, I have never seen a potato plant 3 feet tall (except for Britnay's ). You must be feeding them some kind of super-food! I wonder if different varieties have different sized and shaped plants. Just found this photo of a potato plant on the interweb:
https://www.google.com/search?...
Mine were always short and bushy; I was growing them in California in zone 8. Maybe that's the difference.
Weedwhacker said:Britnay, I can't wait to see photos of the potatoes you harvest!! (by that I don't mean that should should dump them out right now -- I mean when you DO harvest them) You might want to join us in the "Vegetables and Fruit" forum -- in the "What's going on in our summer/fall vegetable gardens?" thread (unless you want to start your own thread, that's certainly okay, too).
Newyorkrita said:
Yes, we have a good time and lots of fun on the veggies thread.
Weedwhacker said:
And every now and then even learn something new...