Allotment Dairy : Growing potatoes in containers,how to boost your yield to get a bumper crop

A quick video of how I go about planting potatoes in containers and then taking up a little soil space on the bed the roots are allowed to grow through the holes into the soil beneath. This is how I did it last year and had some amazing crops of 11 pounds of spuds from just 2 seed potatoes. I use 30 litre pots and add about 4oz of fertilizer to the bottom quarter such as Blood Fish & Bone or whatever your fert of choice is. The amount of room each pot takes up is minimal,around 2square feet so the yield per
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