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Potato Yields

Last post 24-08-2008 6:14 PM by Mr Green Fuse. 3 replies.

• 16/08/2008 02:02 PM
  irenton Location: Renfrewshire Joined on: 16 Aug 2008 Posts: 1	Reply | Contact What sort of yield is the norm for growing potatoes in pots in compost?. I average just over 2lbs per seed for Pentland Javelin and Maris Piper.

• 16/08/2008 02:33 PM	In reply to
  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743	Reply | Contact There really isn't a "norm", it depends on the compost,feed,location etc.. of course in a container the tubers are limited by the size of the container and the quality of the compost and feed regime. digger

• 16/08/2008 02:52 PM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 5,200	Reply | Contact  Although I didn't weigh ours, the first early 'Rocket' yielded between 10 and 16 spuds per plant, they were grown two to a bucket. sue1002

• 24/08/2008 06:14 PM	In reply to
  Mr Green Fuse Location: Hampshire Joined on: 24 Aug 2008 Posts: 25	Reply | Contact At the risk of starting fishermens' tales... I planted Maxine in an old nettle-infested manure heap this year (poor thing!), and hauled an amazing 80kg from the original 2kg bag. Charlie