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Old 06-12-2009, 03:57 PM
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Default Re: Grow potatoes in a garbage can
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Originally Posted by mmandjsmom View Post
I had given up on my garbage can potatoes....until this morning. I walked past the can & saw something green. I have 7 potato plants! About 4 inches high! I hope they are not just some sort of weed I've never seen before! I'll keep you posted!

I thought it was a weed too at first - I kept pulling it, and they kept coming back. It's potatoes! They can take a long time to get going, but then once they do, they grow fast. I hilled most of mine last night, but I ran out of dirt.
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