If an adult male requires the equivalent of 9 large, 369g potatoes per day to survive (2550 calories, 3285 large potatoes required yearly) along with water then how are they able to grow the equivalent of 3285 potatoes on a quarter of an acre? Are each of these sections growing the equivalent of 1095 large potatoes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KpZ5wX47okhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato#Nutritionhttps://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list?qlookup=113521 large potato being around 3" to 4-1/4" in diameter, 369g, 284 calories per
Is this too inaccurate a simplification?
Are there any soil problems which arise from growing potatoes every year without fail on the same area of land? How small a fraction of an acre of arable land could you realistically healthily live on, novelty of different/better tasting meals aside?
