Potatoes

[Scout19075]

SmallBoy and I just harvested one of our two grow-bags of potatoes. Not a bad little crop and it provided a springtime full of fun (planting, regular watering, checking the top of the plants, more watering, etc.). However, the soil in the grow bag was full of ants and what I think are ant larva. Very little freaks me out but the quantity of ants gave me the jeebies and every time I think about it I itch. I stopped SmallBoy (aged 3.7) from digging in the bag to stop the spread of ants, so they didn't crawl up him, etc. and put all of the used soil and tops of the plants in the brown (food & garden waste) bin.

Did I do something wrong with the potatoes or is it the nature of the beast to get lots of ants like that? If it makes a difference the bags were on a concrete path that had grass on one side and my house on the other (though there's a small space with rocks between the path and my house).

We still have one more bag to do but now I'm worried about letting SmallBoy dig around again.

[CheeryCherry]

I grow my potatoes in bags on the patio too. I think you were just unlucky, that they found a nice place to live. Doesn't mean any other bags will have them. Being popular with slugs is worse, they eat all your spuds too!