"Vicky" wrote in message
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Has anyone tried the Bob Flowerdew method of growing potatoes in stacks of
tyres, adding a new tyre for each earthing-up of the plant?

How many tyres are the optimum height. I seem to remember Bob using tyres
that had been turned inside out in an attempt to make the thing look a
tiny
bit more attractive!

Vicky



Hiya,

I am trying it this year, with tyres stuffed with shredded paper in the tyre
wall, and then soil within the 'hole' in the centre. I plan to have two
stacks, maybe three tyres high (well, thats the amount of tyres I've got!)

We will see how they fare - mind you, I 'cheated' with some shop bought
grocery potatoes that had started to chit, rather than purchase a whole sack
of seed potatoes (I only wanted a few) so maybe I won't see anything at
all....

Nothing ventured, nothing gained!

Jo.