Grow Potatoes in a 5 Gallon Bucket

So the purpose of this instructable is to grow potatoes in a 5 gallon bucket so that you can start them indoors and be able to transport them back and forth inside and out depending on the weather

The things that you are going to need is first off a 5 gallon bucket or similar, get a bunch of rocks or aquarium pebbles, some dirt or potting soil, next a black trash bag, then scissors and potatoes either from your local home and garden center or from your pantry if they start growing roots

First you add rocks or pebbles to the bottom of a bucket to allow for drainage. Add about 1-2 inches for proper drainage

Open your trash bag and put it in the bucket and figure out how much you will need to cut to Leave a 1" overhang, then with your scissors make a cut to mark it. Now lay the trash bag on the floor and cut a straight line out of the bag next put it back in the bucket and poke out maybe 20 drainage holes

Take your potting soil or other soil and add about 4 to 5 inches of dirt to the bottom of your bucket with the trash bag in it

Now take out your potatoes and place 3 in the bucket on top of the soil, Then add 2 inches of dirt on top

Now water them and hopefully by the fall you will have a crop of potatoes. Add more dirt as the potatoes start growing to increase yields I will update my photos as my potatoes begin to grow

I've since added dirt enough to cover the entire sprouts twice and then have grown 6" in a covered but not sealed bucket

So it's been a another week and the potatoes have grown taller than the bucket and I've added more soil so there will be a bigger root system, I've also planted a single potato to a second bucket and we will see how well it does alone in the bucket though so far it's grown bigger faster and stronger so maybe I will only plant one seed potato per bucket in the future