Main Crop Potato Harvest Yield | No Dig Gardening | Self Sufficiency | Smallholding UK

[@sowgroweat6987]

Nice crop from the bucket, I didn't get around to self watering so I suffered with a lesser crop. Must get this sorted next year

[@michaelcrawford2094]

Great to have some updates from you, potatoes have done well! I have major ant issues in my beds too, really tough to deal with without chemicals.

[@SmallholdingUK]

I’ve got so many ant nests their in almost every bed I’m sure they mess with germination of seeds sometimes I had an environmental survey done for our planning appeal and the lady said she’s never seen so many meadow ants 😆 that’s good I suppose but the hills make any mowing difficult

[@donalclarke1505]

You would need at least 1/4 acre of potatoes to feed a family. Earlies and late varieties.

[@SmallholdingUK]

I think it depends on the size of the family, 1/4 acre is just over 1000 sq/m there was a study in the 70’s that said 370 sq/m would keep one person in all vegetables for a year so x4 say is 1480 but that’s all veg not just potatoes, I could grow enough potatoes for my family of 4 in buckets judging by what I’m getting so far this year in about 100 sq/m