How to Grow Potatoes in Tires

Potatoes are a great vegetable to grow at home because they are relatively easy to plant and can produce a good crop. If you are considering planting this yummy tuber, but do not have enough room in your garden, you can grow them in old tires.

Things You'll Need

• Garden hoe
• Tires
• Seed potatoes
• Topsoil

Instructions

1. Pick a location that will give your plants full sun. Loosen the top layer of the ground with the garden hoe.

2. Lay down one tire on your chosen spot and loosely fill up the entire inside with topsoil. Take four seed potatoes and place them 2 inches down in the soil.

3. Watch your plants and when they have produced 8 inches of growth add another tire to the top. Fill the tire with topsoil leaving a couple inches of the top of the plant sticking out.

4. Repeat this process with the third and fourth tires, remembering to keep the top of the plant out of the soil.

5. Remove your potatoes 2 to 3 weeks after the plant has flowered. If you want new potatoes or for matured potatoes, keep them in the ground and dig them up after the foliage has died. Enjoy your homegrown potatoes.

Tips & Warnings

• You can purchase seed potatoes from most garden centers or seed catalogs.

• Make sure soil stays moist throughout the growing season.

• Store your potatoes in a cool, dry place for up to six months.