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

Step 1: Get Your Supplies

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

Step 2: Add Rocks or Pebbles

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

Step 3: Fit Trash Bag to Bucket

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

Step 4: Add Soil

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

Step 5: Potatoes

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

Step 6: Water Them

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

Step 7: 4/9/13

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

Step 8: 4/16/13

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