Stryker
NES Member
Where did you get the potatoes from? I need some baby red potatoes. I am going to try them in a bucket.
on a side note I am jealous of you folks with the automatic watering systems. There is just no way I can get one to where my little garden is.
One of the best places to get seed potatoes is agway - usually a good choice of local varieties
For the potato tower I needed a good late setting potato (one that sets along its growth rather than just one set at the bottom) - so ended getting those online.
2.5 lb bag for about $8, but cost $10 to ship - LOL - I will save some potatoes this year to use next spring.
If you want to automate your watering - you could do a gravity feed system and some drip lines. You would have to fill the source tank but at least could minimize some of the hands on watering time
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To all gardeners who a raising asparagus (my favorite) for the first time. You DO know that if you snip them off, and leave the rest in the ground, they will come back every year! I've been eating it for about a month now! They started sprouting in March.
Hmm...might have to start some asparagus - the 1st year is just growing the plant right? Nothing to snip off an eat until year 2 and thereafter I seem to remember reading.