Growing Potatoes in a Bag

Jay Mullaky wrote:I'm wondering could you grow potatoes directly out off the bag? Just stick some in maybe with a shovel of soil, then when the spuds are ready you tip the bag and get spuds and composted leaves

I saw a video on this concept just yesterday.  The grower had spindly but viable plants, he amended leaves with some fertilizer.  The crop result was maybe 5/1 with 3 different types of potatoes but your added shovels of dirt will definitely make a big difference in the quality of the crop.

I'm growing indoors at high altitude, south window + solar grow lights. This winter 2025/26 features a TOTE chaos with old horse fym, grass cuttings, ASPEN LEAVES 2 yrs old .  It's set near woodstove.
 Last yr and prior year Aspen Leaves are outside commingling with more old fym, coop poop, Coors beer barley fields straw, and will go with me to New Mexico, my spot there is sandy, with pine duff so I will have to travel for deciduous leaves.
  The chaos tote is succeeding well I'm counting on it for staples going into long term living Colorado Plateau in New Mexico
This winter is pared down to best chances and succeeding with
*3 sisters
*Wheat grass successions
*Sunflower sprouts successions
*Cabbage leaves

I added a pot with burpee coir for wheatgrass thankfully obtained hard red winter wheat berries last week.  Sprouting in 4 days the south window is a big factor.  The Aspen leaves are doing a great job for us.

The wheat grass and sunflower sprouts have been a huge benefit for hens and my stirfry.  I was surprised at the beneficials of sunflower sprouts!

I grew up on a potato farm. I still grow a lot of spuds. 5:1 yield is poor. 10:1 is very good. Lots of folks struggle growing spuds in a bad because they were misled. I made this video to help those folks.