Taters in a Bucket results

Well, my experiment with taters in a bucket was not such a great success. I personally have not figured out why, but I can guess.

First, did you know that you shouldn't replant potatoes where you last put them? They will probably get a disease and die, I do not know why. So, you have to rotate that crop every year. So, my most logical assumption is that there was a disease of some sort that liked to eat my taters instead of letting me do it. The next assumption I put out there was that the soil was too heavy. I really don't think much of that idea, but there you go. Oh, and yeah, I probably didn't water them enough too.

My friend Laura did the same thing with much the same results. We planted the potatoes and they grew, but then just kind of wilted away. Her red potatoes did the same as mine and produced just enough for one meal for 2 people. The yukon gold potatoes just didn't do anything. Oh, well. More research might help for next year, we will see.......