HOW TO GROW POTATOES!!

 Hello and welcome to or back to my blog!! This week We had to write an explanation text and I chose to write about how to grow potatoes in a bucket. 

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How to Grow Potatoes In A bucket

Do you know how to grow potatoes in a bucket? If not this is the place for you. I am going to be explaining how growing potatoes in a bucket is very easy and similar to growing them in a garden. First we need to learn what potatoes can be planted and when to plant them.  

When your potatoes are ready to be picked the potato plant above the soil will be wilting so don’t get worried if it starts to, it just means the potatoes are ready. Pull out your plant by the stem and there will be one big moldy potato that was the one you started with, that one is definitely not safe to be eaten. There will probably be some really small potatoes. If they are really small don’t eat them because they aren’t safe. But unless they look moldy, wrinkled or mushy, all the other potatoes are okay. 

Planting potatoes: 

When you are growing potatoes you can’t just throw a potato into some soil. You need to make sure the potato is a seeding potato. If it is a seeding potato it will have small green sprouts coming out of the potato. Once you have your seeding potato, grab a bucket then drill small holes in the bottom of it. These are drainage holes. Fill your bucket 15cm high with planting mix. Then plant your potato and cover it with more soil. Water it every 4-5 days when you have just planted, this will stop it from drowning. After 6 weeks water it every day or two. 

When it starts growing: 

When it starts germinating a small green sprout come out of the dirt that means it's alive. Just keep doing what you're doing. It takes about 3-4 weeks for it to start sprouting if It’s not sprouting you might be over watering it, under watering or it might be too cold. If it is under watered the soil will become dehydrated and it won’t grow. If the soil is too wet then the plant roots will drown and die. The same goes for if it's too cold. If it is growing, it should be done in 12 to 16 days. 

 

Once it’s ready to be picked:

 When your potatoes are ready to be picked the potato plant above the soil will be wilting so don’t get worried if it starts to, it just means the potatoes are ready. Pull out your plant by the stem and there will be one big moldy potato that was the one you started with, that one is definitely not safe to be eaten. There will probably be some really small potatoes. If they are really small don’t eat them because they aren’t safe. But unless they look moldy, wrinkled or mushy, all the other potatoes are okay. 

I hope this helped you learn how to grow potatoes. Potatoes are very easy to grow, probably one of the simplest because they don’t need much care. Just make sure they don’t get too cold, too wet or too dry.

   

Glossary:

Germinating - Starting to grow or shoot roots after a period of time

Dehydrated - Having lost a large amount of water 

Wilting - A plant will become limp because of heat, loss of water or disease 

Seeding potato - A potato that is intended to replant to produce a new plant 

Planting mix - Is a soil with all organic matter

Under Watered - It hasn’t been getting enough water 

Simplest - No difficulty 

I hope you learnt something you new. What are you good at explaining.