Our yard doesn't have a spot that is both big enough and gets enough sun, so I spent almost $10 for a few tomato plants for a couple of huge pots we have (previously used for tomatos at a previous home with similar garden limitations). One day later, the day I purchased screen and bird netting to keep critters away, the cherry tomatoes on one of the plants had already been eaten, along with plant damage. The screen/fence material alone was more than $50 (Home Depot is milking the "inflation/supply chain crisis" for maximum profit!). Bottom line: I spent around $75 for what might turn out to be about $5 worth of tomatoes :) (but store bought tomatoes are SOOOOO bad!)
It's true. I learned how hard farming was years ago when I had bought a tiller and planted some potatoes.
Fast forward to harvest and from the tiller and potato set purchase price I had harvested enough to make what would have been about a $5 bag of potatoes at the store lol. Fun but I see what these guys go thru.
I don't use a tiller anymore, since the tank rotted out of it, an actual blessing in disguise. We use cardboard, shovel, and grass clippings.
To grow more potatoes only a sliver of the original with an eye is needed.. I've seen many social media posts of people using whole potatoes. Wasteful. Slivers are all that's needed, the eyes will quickly root and take off from there.
I wish I still had a photo, but years ago my husband built a side by side double bin from pallets with the ability for the front to slide up. One side was for composting and the other side for potatoes. We alternated sides each year. There was an overhead beam from which we hung 3 litre bottles for upside down tomatoes.
Our yard doesn't have a spot that is both big enough and gets enough sun, so I spent almost $10 for a few tomato plants for a couple of huge pots we have (previously used for tomatos at a previous home with similar garden limitations). One day later, the day I purchased screen and bird netting to keep critters away, the cherry tomatoes on one of the plants had already been eaten, along with plant damage. The screen/fence material alone was more than $50 (Home Depot is milking the "inflation/supply chain crisis" for maximum profit!). Bottom line: I spent around $75 for what might turn out to be about $5 worth of tomatoes :) (but store bought tomatoes are SOOOOO bad!)
It's true. I learned how hard farming was years ago when I had bought a tiller and planted some potatoes.
Fast forward to harvest and from the tiller and potato set purchase price I had harvested enough to make what would have been about a $5 bag of potatoes at the store lol. Fun but I see what these guys go thru.
I don't use a tiller anymore, since the tank rotted out of it, an actual blessing in disguise. We use cardboard, shovel, and grass clippings.
To grow more potatoes only a sliver of the original with an eye is needed.. I've seen many social media posts of people using whole potatoes. Wasteful. Slivers are all that's needed, the eyes will quickly root and take off from there.
I wish I still had a photo, but years ago my husband built a side by side double bin from pallets with the ability for the front to slide up. One side was for composting and the other side for potatoes. We alternated sides each year. There was an overhead beam from which we hung 3 litre bottles for upside down tomatoes.