How much space do you need for potatoes?  I guess specifically what I am wondering is how much space shoud you put between rows in you had say a row of peppers, a row of potatoes and then a row of bush beans or whatnot.  Our garden is really small and I probally could only squeeze in one row of potatoes , but wouldn't mind giving them a try.

Pat:

The root system is spread out and fairly shallow. You can miss potatoes by not digging far enough away from the plant. If you plant potatoes in a feed bag with the bag lying down (splitting the center of the bag) it should be wide enough. If you planted with it upright, it's going to be rather narrow. You'll probably get a crop, but not as good a one than if you'd planted with more width than depth - just from my experience.

Mother Earth News has a pretty good article that might help: When and How to Plant Potaotes 

Thanks Pat.  Actually that M.E.N. article was one I read when thinking about planting potatoes.  Almost ordered from woodprairie.com, but decided to look at a locally-owned MI market store first, where I got my strawberry plants.  My one potatoe in a bag is w/the bag upright.  The intention was to roll up the bag sides as you mound up.  My potatoes in boxes are in larger sized boxes.  Hopefully I'll get a decent crop, and if they don't store that well... well I can always give some away to family/friends.

CharlieB:

Thanks Pat.  Actually that M.E.N. article was one I read when thinking about planting potatoes

You're ahead of me, then.

Let us know how the potatoes turn out. I'm especially interested in the one in the bag.  

AmyC:

 How much space do you need for potatoes?

This is not official, Amy, but I'v always allowed 2 to 3 feet between rows and more between the plants. The rows always get covered over with the plants so it's hard to walk down, but they grow ok like that. If you have room, give them a little more. They'll grow closer than is convenient to work with.  

I wa told about a tire method. You use tires put the dirt and potatoes in there when it greens up you put more dirt on top and you keep using more tires/dirt  until your done.

Dont know how well it works gonna try it so I will let you know.

Anne

I was going to try the tire method, but hubby didn't like the idea of tire piles in the yard (veggie garden is on the side of our backyard).  Don't know that the boxes looked much better, so I ended up making a row of strawbales, and the boxes sit behind them.  I think the tires would have been better because you can stack and add to hill up as you go, and the black rubber gives warmth.

Even though my potatoes were a little shaded down in the box at first, they are growing like gangbusters, even the one in the feed bag.  I need to add another "lasagne" layer of straw, newspaper pieces and dirt.  I've added & hilled up a few times already, but the leafy tops are at or above the tops of the boxes now.