On 15 May, 16:44, Pam Moore wrote:
I tried using tyres for potatoes when Bob Flowerdew first showed it on
GQT. My problem was that the soil in the tyres made a wonderful home
for ants and I had more ants than potatoes!

I had a few tyres from the quad bike club my kids go to in the summer,
but the tyres of the Go Kart which are tiny. I grew herbs in them and
out of all of them only the thyme survived - because under the rims
where the perfect place for huge extended families of snails!!! I've
given them to someone on the lotty who fancied a tried, even after my
warning she wanted them. Which prove each one of us have to experience
the successes and failures ourselves to be convinced.

Surely baking potatoes are just the large ones from any crop of
potatoes which are suitable for baking. Just grow 'em big!

Well, I've never had a potato as big as a baking one! Can you grow
them *that* big?

Incidentally, I have planted potatoes from those I buy to eat. If I
find a new variety which I like I try growing one.
I am trying a potato bag this year. It's bigger than a bucket and I
have 3, all different varieties, and am earthing the bag up gradually.
The bag is one of those being sold for the purpose in garden centres
etc.

Yes - the growing bag is great. I haven't tried it but there was a lot
of interest last year about them, especially in Kenya - they are
perfect for the climate, the bugs etc. I remember seeing a happy
smiling family with lots of bags with food stuff growing out of them.
I had a surplus of pink fir seeds - I got a huge plastic bucket. I
should have thought about the bags ( Do remind me next year!