How Do You Grow Potatoes In A Wire Cage?
Homegrown potatoes usually taste better than the bagged ones you purchase at the grocery store. If you have limited space or your garden suffers with poor soil, you can grow potatoes in wire cages. You can assemble the cages yourself. Make your cages from a piece of chicken wire that is 5-feet wide and 3-feet high. Connect the ends with small lengths of wire, twisting them and clipping them off with wire cutters. Dig a circular trench that’s 8- inches deep, and a little larger than the cage. Place wire mesh with 1-inch squares in the bottom of the hole, bending it up along the sides of the hole. When you’ve finished, the edges of the wire bottom should be above ground level. This wire bottom prevents gophers from getting into the potato cage. Put four pieces of seed potato in a 1-inch square, leaving 18 inches between each planting. Cover the seed potatoes with soil up to ground level. If you don’t use the wire bottom, just plant your seed potato groupings 18 inches apart. Position the
