Re: potatoes in plastic

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• Subject: Re: potatoes in plastic
• From: p*@mindspring.com (polenta-brain)
• Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 19:28:28 GMT
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On Thu, 5 Mar 1998 10:00:28 -0800, you wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>I was wondering if anyone has any comments from their sqft or in this case
>round-foot garden on growing potatoes in a large plastic garbage can, well
>drained, and using the cover as they grow method.  Our really small garden
>space doesn't have the room to put them in the ground, and I like the idea
>of increasing harvest with the mulching method, and of course the ease of
>harvesting, and not having those volunteer potatoes all over the place for
>the rest of time.  I know this works well with wooden containers (for
>instance old wine barrels), but would there be problems with outgassing
>from the plastic leaching into the soil?  Would too much heat be generated
>by the dark plastic color?  I'd like to take advantage of the cheap and
>available container.  Thanks so much for any suggestions.
>
>Regards,
>
>Laurie
>San Francisco, zone 9
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>
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or what about one of those compost "bins"?  the kind that come rolled
up, you unroll & set it up in a circle.  It has a bunch of biggish
holes all over it.  is black plastic.
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