Potato Planting in Tire Stacks?

[NiceTimeForSomethin'New]

I have been working to turn my brown thumb green this year now that we bought a farm...

I have read about planting potatoes in stacks of tires...

A) Fill one tire with soil or compost or straw or some combination (I've heard all of these...)
B) Plant Seed Potatoes in first tire
C) When the plant emerges, add another tire
D) cover with more soil (or whatever)
E) repeat until you get a stack (number varies)

Anywho..."they" say you'll get a whole bunch of potatoes this way...

Anyone tried it? How did you do it? Was is a success? What would you do different next time? Do you cut the tires (the side walls)? How high did you stack? What did you use for soil? How many "starters"/seed potatoes per stack? Any other potato related wisdom to share?

I have:

A) about 16 tires (came with the farm)
B) straw & hay
C) farm compost (from the chickens, horses & goats...mix of hay/straw/poop)
D) yard compost (grass, leaves, yard waste, veggies)
E) black dirt/potting soil
F) Yukon Gold Seed Potatoes

Perhaps I shoulod be posting at "theeasygarden.com"...? I haven't checked it out yet.

Thanks in advance!

 

[ChickenToes]

I don't know if I would go through all that work for potatoes...I had luck just planting potato eyes in the ground and letting 'em go.

 

[natsum1978]

Growing potatoes in old tires works well. I start with one tire and put a couple inches of soil in it. Then add your potato chunks and cover to the top with soil. When the potato plant breaks through the top ad another tire and cover with soil and so on until it is as tall as you want it. When you go to harvest you just remove the tires and collect your potatoes. It really saves you a lot of digging.