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Potatoes in Costco Banana Boxes


I decided to skip growbags this year and try growing red Norland potatoes in used (free) Costco Dole Banana boxes on the gravel area on the south side of my house.

Anyone done this? Zone 5b, Colorado, 5800ft

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8 Comments

  2. Jaded_Hurry_3014

    I have not but yeaaaahhhh, this could work, coming from someone who is only just contemplating slips, and how to. What if you built them deeper/more soil: cut all but 1” of the bottom out of a box and stack it. Will they last a season? They’re pretty sturdy corrugated. I like the ready-made nature and that they’ll discard easily after harvest. Composting: unbleached paper here, dunno about glue, ink toxicity. Are their staples? Dole, do us right!

  3. California__girl

    My concern would be evaporation. Lots of exposure. Good luck! Let us know how it goes

  5. Calm_One_1228

    Awesome re-use of boxes! I would guess that you are going to need to fill the boxes to the top as the potatoes grow. Also, you are likely going to need to fertilize during the growing season more often than if they were in ground.

  6. Reasonable_Cat_4550

    Maybe we just get a lot more rain than you (a crazy 10” in the last few days), but I think the cardboard would turn to mush… at least where I am.

  7. abc123rgb

    I’m sure it’s just fine, but I used to work for a few different food and marijuana processing facilities, and it is actually a very strict rule we had to follow, at a state level, that no food or consumable product ever touches cardboard, due to the ridiculously high heavy metal and microbe content.

  8. monkee67

    great idea but seem a bit shallow. i use 5 gallon buckets and wooden boxes i have made for that crop. This year i am doing an experiment using a 40 gallon debris bag, i burned holes in the bottom for drainage and plan on hilling the spuds as they grow. cost me 7 dollars, i have 3 plants in them

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