A gardener shows how it is possible to grow an incredible potato plantation using only a simple cardboard box.
Professional gardener James Prigioni demonstrated in a video how a simple cardboard box can be used as a pot to grow an incredible potato plantation.
Prigioni used his YouTube page to share his experiment, teaching the step-by-step process for planting in cardboard boxes. He begins by talking about the dimensions of the boxes that can be used and chooses two different sizes to start.
First, he lines the boxes with dry leaves, which help retain moisture, and places a layer of soil. Then, Prigioni places the potatoes in the boxes, covers the tubers with more soil, adds fertilizer, and waters the small plantations.
Two weeks later, he already had potato plants growing in the soil, and ten days after that, the boxes were filled with lush plants.
The gardener shares all the stages of the planting and how to act in each one, until the potatoes are ready to be harvested. Before finally checking the result, he comments on his surprise at the durability of the cardboard boxes.
“I’m pleasantly surprised by the durability of the boxes,” he says, showing the two boxes used in his experiment. The smaller box was completely intact, while the larger one had started to open at a corner, but not enough to affect the plant’s growth. “This thing was completely free to grow, so there’s nothing better,” Prigioni celebrates.
“I’ll never look at cardboard boxes the same way again,” he says in the video. “They have so many uses in the garden, and it’s a great free resource we have around.”
His harvest amazed the internet and showed that turning cardboard boxes into pots can be a great form of recycling. In his video, internet users left countless comments praising his idea.
“I’ve been growing potatoes in every box I find for years. I’ve had incredible success. Honestly, I think potatoes prefer cardboard,” one user wrote.
“I literally got up, grabbed the empty boxes near our front door, the potatoes that started sprouting, and the soil I had here, and started planting at 1 a.m. Haha. I’ll take them outside today and finish. Thanks, James!” thanked another.
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