>>1734981There are 3 types of potato towers.
Type 1(pic): Wire cage/wire fence lined with straw, with determinate potato cultivars planted around the edge of the inside all the way up the tower. The potatoes grow out the sides of the straw and out the wire holes. This is the most productive and highest yield potato tower.
Type: 2: Tall raised bed tower. This is merely a raised bed with walls that you can easily remove to get to the tubers without much digging. Any potato type can be used for these. Alternatives are very large pots or bags.
Type 3: The meme'd potato tower is the one you see posted all over the internet. It is the one that continually raised the side walls of the tower and fills in with soil. It can only use indeterminate potato cultivars. If you try using determinate potato cultivars you'll kill the plant or simply not get any potatoes. When using indeterminate potatoes, the yield will not be as much as what is stated on the infographic image for that type of potato tower. This tower only works "okay" in very long season climates that exceed 150 growing days.
Use Type 1 or Type 2, but not Type 3.
