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Home » Seed Potatoes » Potatoes

Victorian Style Potato Barrel with Free Potatoes.

Now comes with your choice of FREE Seed Potatoes!

A unique and brilliant Victorian style design in a decorative terrocotta finish. It is made from twinwall, frost resistant polypropylene for long life. It holds 80 litres of compost and is cabable of harvesting up to five plants.

Approx 60cm (24") high x 43cm (17") diameter.

Free Potatoes:

List Price: ~~Ł39.99~~ garden4less.co.uk: Ł23.99 You Save: Ł16.00 (40%)
Over 50 In Stock Usually 24hr Dispatch	UK Delivery: Estimated 1 to 2 Days


	potato barrel very good but potatoes were delivered very late in growing season for planting.
	Reviewer : eddie watson from east kilbride (Read more reviews)

	potato barrel arrived within 2 days.bought a potato barrrel last year and found it to be excellent.
	Reviewer : mr whitehouse from newport (Read more reviews)

	A great space saving idea, perfect for the smaller garden. Easy to put together, easy to use. AND FREE POTATOES FOR LIFE.
	Reviewer : Mandi from Horwich (Read more reviews)

	Potato Barrel received in good condition,didnt take long tro build,and had easy instructions. Looks quite nice with its own Victorian charm,and I am looking forward to planting my free potatoes for life. I will send you the resuls of my endeavors when I am able to say just what weight I managed to grow. My wife and I are both to disabled so to add some potatoes to our flower pots and planters will be off extra interest Cecil Brown,
	Reviewer : Cecil Brown from Barwell Leicestershire,East Midlands (Read more reviews)

	Cant comment on the item as it was a gift for someone, but the service was excellent and the lady on the phone couldnt have been more friendly and helpful.
	Reviewer : Mrs Benning from Wokingham, Berkshire (Read more reviews)

Planting

You will need 80 Litres of a good general purpose compost available from your garden centre.

Pour 6in. (150mm) of compost into the bottom of the barrel and plant the 5 seed potatoes (shoots or eyes uppermost), about 2in. (50mm) deep. Position one potato in the centre and the other 4 in opposite corners. Do not soak the compost at this stage as this will tend to rot the tubers. When the shoots have grown about 6in. (150mm) hifh, add a second layer of compost around the plants, leaving just the tips showing. Repeat this process in layers of about 4in. (100mm) until the compost and the shoots reach 1in. (25mm) below the top of the barrel.

As the main stem grows towards the top of the barrel, it sends out potato-bearing side shoots all the way up, which will eventually be crammed with delicious 'new' potatoes. the potato foilage will continue to grow until it is 1 or 2ft above the top of the barrel.

Watering and Feeding

Once the plants are well established the compost will need watering and feeding weekly with a high potash/low nitrogen soluable plant food. A propriety tomato fertiliser is ideal. Do not skimp on the feeding and watering as potatoes are very greedy, especially when confined in a tub.

Harvesting

Eventually the plants will produce tiny white or pink flowers. This is the time to see if yours are ready to harvest. lift up the slider using the hand holds provided, to reveal the 4 holes in the sides of the barrel. the compost will not fall out because the roots will by now be tightly packed together. you should be able to see the potatoes clearly and if they are big enough, gently ease them out with your fingers. The potatoes will keep on growing until you have harvested the whole barrel.

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