We have seen articles on growing vegetables in tyres but never tried it ourselves until now. Neil had kept old tyres when buying new ones for the car and this year upon finding some of last years potatoes that had sprouted, decided to try growing potatoes in tyres.
First he filled the tyres with soil, then placed a few potatoes in each and covered them with soil.
As they grew he added more soil, then another tyre or stones to make up the height.
The warmth from the sunshine on the tyres kept the soil warm and the potatoes grew quicker than those in the ground, grown the traditional way.
They flourished, then died back and we thought it was time to harvest.
A great yield of new potatoes both red and white was produced by this method.
When we change the tyres on the car in future we shall definitely keep the tyres for this method of growing.
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