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#202749 Apr 19th, 2008 at 06:10 PM
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You may have seen these potato towers. They are way too expensive for such a basic piece of plastic (and I just bought 4 earth boxes which hub wasn't too happy about). So I have killed two birds with one stone! I had pliable plastic shelf liners on the shelves of my seed starting shelf and finally took them down last week to have more air movement -duh! I should have done that sooner. Then I was trying to figure out what I could use for potato towers so I could save money and voila! I can put two shelf liners together, put holes on the edges and tie them together with quick ties. So I have saved about $30 each! clap I am going to make 3 and use two for potatoes and try one out for leeks. I think I will have the longest leeks ever! I will post a photo after we get the holes in them and potatoes planted inside and tell you how it is going. I just knew I would find something to put potatoes in to save space!

(I haven't gotten a rental garden after all so I am making due this year as best as I can. badday)

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Since I did get land to rent I don't have to grow my taters in the 'towers'. I was thinking about trying leeks in one. I wonder if it would be too hot for them. Leeks for me have been very easy to grow and seem to be ok with hot or cold weather, but maybe ideally they wouldn't like it too hot. Any thoughts on that? The shelf liners are light grey and I could partially bury them. The tower would just make it easier to get the leeks covered with soil much higher. What do you think?


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