How do you water potatoes?

[Purple Strawberry]

None of my books say anything about it?

 

[vfem]

Good question! I just spray down the soil while I'm watering everything else. Sometimes I forget them since they are in a huge pot off to the side.

I haven't read anything about how much water they need either?!

 

[theOEGBman]

I've got mine buried about 1-1.5 ft into the ground. I have just been filling it for a few minutes, not letting it get too high and it seems to be working. The other day I forgot about my water and it overflowed into all of my rows! I expected them to rot in the ground, but pretty much all have shown up! I'd like to hear this answer too.

 

[homesteadmom]

Mine are in tires so I just fill the top of the tire with water & let it soak in a few times a week.

 

[sparkles2307]

I just watered them with all the other plants... and once they came up i read taht the period when they flower it is crucial that they get LOTS of water if you want a good harvest so I doubled their water during the flowering time.