June Hughes wrote:
As promised, here is an update on my potato query of last month. I
still couldn't find any at the bottom of the plastic container, so
started at the top, using a trowel. I have just dug out about 5 pounds
of good sized potatoes (around the size of small baking pots) and am
quite pleased although I expected more. Next time, I shall go back to
planting them in the earth. More digging but probably more potatoes. At
least I had _some_. Thanks to all those who advised.

Yep, toms like to grow up not down. That is why I like to
plant and hill with soil and then add hay from a bail or two
until the plants start to die off in the fall. Or some times
get the new potatoes as they are just a month old.
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Bud, who lurks from ID in USA