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这是第一次，我尝试在家里种一些植物，动物是已经有一只了，于是琢磨着种点吃的。正好有一对夫妻朋友喜欢在家里种菜养鸡——最近他们真的在家里养了两只老母鸡，只下过一次鸡蛋，他们正在为让它们下更多的蛋而犯愁。他们通过网络找到了一家可以教你在麻袋里种土豆的小餐厅，于是大家一起奔赴前往。

这些土豆苗是老板自己从农场里拿来的。他们在浦东有个大有机农场，出品的蔬菜都供给自己餐厅食用。这些苗分成两类，一种是普通的土豆，就是我们常见的，还有一种是紫色的土豆，当然是国外品种，不过我自己从来没吃到过。麻袋是事先他们帮我们缝好的，哎，其实下次应该从缝麻袋开始教我们。我这样一袋带回家，下次还是不知怎么缝。

先在麻袋里放进培养土，这玩意在花鸟市场里有卖，6-8元人民币一大袋，如果种一次土豆，买一袋土足够用了。用培养土将麻袋的角落里塞满，哦，忘记说了，先要把麻袋边往外翻折几次，高度比土豆苗高一些即可。

呶，如图所示，这个女店主除了喜欢种菜之外，还喜欢跳舞，据说每天要跳6个小时，不过全部是基本步伐，只是为了锻炼身体。精神可嘉。她说种土豆很简单，浇水晒太阳就好了，用麻袋种土豆的好处是它能够透水，过多的水可以通过袋子自己流掉，这样就不会烂根了。至于晒太阳，越多越好。当然，也可弄点有营养的肥料堆在上面，比如说菜场里杀鱼之后的鱼内脏，堆上去之后再在上头堆层土那就更好了，橘子皮苹果皮也能堆在上面。我问：那么狗便便能不能堆？她说不能直接堆，要发酵之后才能用，这样我只能打消这个念头了。

这是我捣腾的一袋土豆苗。老板说其实一袋种2个比较好，但是她比较贪心，大家就都种三个苗苗吧。随着土豆苗的长大，要不断地堆土上去，麻袋边可不断往上翻，等到开花了，叶子都变黄了，土豆就算结好了，大约是6月份的样子吧。我家没有花园，所以我就把土豆放在大盆里，放在窗口上晒太阳，哈哈，这样子养的话，浇水就要注意点了，否则很容易烂根的。在袋子里可以种根较短的植物，黄瓜、草莓、莴苣都可以，如果土豆种成功了，明年春天我就再试验种点别的。

各自种完土豆之后，就坐下来吃一些午餐。蘑菇汤和蔬菜色拉，蘑菇汤很棒，新鲜的食材做出来的东西怎么会不好吃呢？

色拉的sauce很简单，甜椒也很好吃，可是我没有吃完，还留了几片叶子，至今都还在谴责自己：浪费啊，孩子。活动结束之后，老板娘还发来了关于如何在袋子里种土豆的tips，服务很周到。现在贴上来，给有兴趣捣腾这个的朋友们看看：

The super-easy bagged potato project

• Potatoes are a perfect vegetable crop to grow in containers—in fact, in some ways they are even easier to grow in containers than in the ground. And if thinking "potato" doesn't make your mouth water, chances are you've never tasted the difference between store-bought and fresh-from-the-garden potatoes.

Watering

Pots and containers always require more frequent watering than plants in the ground. As the season progresses and your plants mature, their root system will expand and require even more water. Don't wait until you see the plants wilting. Check your containers daily to judge the need for water.

Harvesting

When flowers start to pop up on your potato plants, you can pull out a few "new" potatoes by rooting gently around in the soil with your fingers. Or harvest the whole lot anytime, before the plants start to turn yellow. Harvesting is easy: Just tip over the bag onto a sheet of plastic and pick out the fruits of your labor (no digging required). If you have space, you may want to start a new bag every few weeks from very early spring through early summer, to extend your harvest.

Tips:

· Potatoes – Chit tubers (to produce sturdy shoots) in a cool light place before planting to encourage quicker establishment and growth.

· Where to grow potatoes – All potatoes do best grown in a light, warm sunny spot.

· Soil / Compost – use a good proprietary compost or an equal mix of compost and soil and place a layer 4-6 inches in the bottom. Place potatoes on compost and cover with a further 4-6 inches of compost.

· Earthing Up Potatoes – Potatoes grow from the stem beneath the surface. So keep covering the foliage with more compost as it grows until the sacks are full to within 4 inches of the top.

· Feeding and Irrigation – This really is the big the secret. Mix potato fertiliser or a good general purpose fertiliser with the compost during planting and earthing up. Keep compost consistently moist (but not over wet) and you will reap dividends for your crop.

What else can you grow in a bag?

Growing bags are ideal for plants that don't have deep roots, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet peppers, chilli peppers, aubergines and courgettes. Plant two to three plants in each bag during spring. Alternatively, cut a long panel in the top of the bag and sow salads in rows. Endive, lettuce, basil and rocket can be sown from spring to late summer.

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以后市面上的蔬菜如果都不能吃了，至少我们还能自己搞点菜种着自己吃。在中国吃饭，真是一件惊险的事，明明花的是正常的价格，却吃不到应得的好东西，这是最痛苦、不公的情况。前几天有个厨师朋友建议：你们不如弄个地沟油专题吧，保证大卖，人手一本——这还真是个有良心的选题。