For watering, I use at least quart sized bottles (wine bottle probably the best). I fill them with water, invert them and quickly shove them in and out of the soil so the opening doesn't get clogged. As soil dries out, air is drawn into the bottle and water released, thus giving a more even moisture. Plastic bottles collapse and degrade in sunlight.
I have been growing in buckets for the last 7 years. Each year I grow tomatoes, tomatillos, ground cherries, jalapenos, kale, red and green peppers, thai hot pepper, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and this year I will try for the first time potatoes and lettuce (lettuce seed spread all over and, as it grows to be trimmed weekly). I would love to try growing grapes and onions in buckets, do you have any suggestions. **** note, tomatillos have huge root systems that will completely take over the entire bucket and a massive amount of huge leaves that make the plant in the bucket really easy for the wind to blow over.
Thanks for watching! Leave a comment below on what you're planning on growing this year. Here are timestamps for quick reference: 0:00 Intro 0:42 How to set up a 5 gallon bucket to grow vegetables in 1:45 Ideal vegetables to grow in a 5 gallon bucket 2:16 Growing Tomatoes in 5 gallon buckets 2:58 Growing Peppers in 5 gallon buckets 3:42 Growing Eggplant in 5 gallon buckets 4:15 Growing Cucumbers in 5 gallon buckets 4:51 Growing Cabbages in 5 gallon buckets 5:48 Outro
Tomato. Cucumbers. Peppers. I have 7 buckets, an 8x10 raised garden, a 3 by 5 raised garden, a greenhouse.....and a crappie load of seeds from last year's harvest. I have potaos starting to chit. So I have a lot to grow thus season.
Thanks for the suggestion. In case you're looking for when each of these is mentioned in the video, you can refer to the timestamps in the video description!
I want to grow zucchini and we seem to always get the bore weevil. Can I plant a zucchini in a 5 gal bucket and will the bore weevil still get to the zucchini? Thanks for your ideas for the plants. Hope to do this idea this year.
Hai!! A fan from India. We have tomato plants in grow bags. They are growing well but the size of the flower was small... Please tell me any tip for that. Thanks in advance...!
that has to do with the type of tomato plant..the genetics of the strain...there is no growing tip that will give you bigger flowers.....growing tips can give you a different amount of blooms but it will not change the size.. only genetics does that
How did that many holes in the bottom work for you because I'm thinking you wanted to go up the side about an inch or 2 so that all the water does not drain out and will keep your roots moist Just curious because I am getting my bucket garden ready to go for the Spring
I make holes in the bottom about 8 to 10 of them and just like you begged with your question, about 1 inch up from the bottom I make 5 or 6 holes around the bucket as well. I have been growing in buckets for years now. At the end of the season, I wash those buckets and rinse them. The mistake I make every year is spacing between my tomato plants and my tomatillos, I like to plant lots of tomatoes and tomatillos and built like a wall.
@@pamelapruett7833 100% reusing sister. I add all kinds of food scraps, vegetable PEELINGS, coffee grinds, egg shells, shrimp peels, etc. I throw in the compost I get for free,
Did you try the holes-in-the-side method (no holes in the bottom)? Seems that it should keep the upper soil moist exactly like the self-watering system advocated by many, but without the added cost and assembly time.
My name is Kenny from northern Kentucky look up the history of biochar for gardening tell everyone you know passed it on it's good for bad clay soil ok for good soil barn wood to char douse it with water then dry it out then activate it with worm castings or compost liquids first I also like rocket store Mas s heaters couches earthships homes are nice too
gravel or any rock in the bottom is actually far worse than just using your grow medium, the "saturation zone" works its way to the top, which is exactly what you don't want in a bucket, you can actually see it happen in a clear container, try without the rock maybe....
You have to be very careful with your feet when you use buckets for gardening because the last thing you want to do is kick the bucket. Lol 😂
Haha good pun, make sure you have those steel toed boots on to keep your feet safe
Dad joke of the day😂❤
For watering, I use at least quart sized bottles (wine bottle probably the best).
I fill them with water, invert them and quickly shove them in and out of the soil so the opening doesn't get clogged.
As soil dries out, air is drawn into the bottle and water released, thus giving a more even moisture.
Plastic bottles collapse and degrade in sunlight.
Love this I plan on tomatoes cucumbers and Peppers
Thank you for another informative video! I’ve just got my first allotment and I’ve got a lot to learn!
Ever consider drilling holes on the walls right at the rock line height? Self wicking style.
I have been growing in buckets for the last 7 years. Each year I grow tomatoes, tomatillos, ground cherries, jalapenos, kale, red and green peppers, thai hot pepper, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and this year I will try for the first time potatoes and lettuce (lettuce seed spread all over and, as it grows to be trimmed weekly). I would love to try growing grapes and onions in buckets, do you have any suggestions. **** note, tomatillos have huge root systems that will completely take over the entire bucket and a massive amount of huge leaves that make the plant in the bucket really easy for the wind to blow over.
There are several videos on this channel about growing grapes in buckets
Thanks for watching! Leave a comment below on what you're planning on growing this year.
Here are timestamps for quick reference:
0:00 Intro
0:42 How to set up a 5 gallon bucket to grow vegetables in
1:45 Ideal vegetables to grow in a 5 gallon bucket
2:16 Growing Tomatoes in 5 gallon buckets
2:58 Growing Peppers in 5 gallon buckets
3:42 Growing Eggplant in 5 gallon buckets
4:15 Growing Cucumbers in 5 gallon buckets
4:51 Growing Cabbages in 5 gallon buckets
5:48 Outro
How big of drill bit do you use for your drainage holes on the buckets?
@@jakerz406 I do not remember off the top of my head but I'd do 5/16" or less
Tomato. Cucumbers. Peppers.
I have 7 buckets, an 8x10 raised garden, a 3 by 5 raised garden, a greenhouse.....and a crappie load of seeds from last year's harvest. I have potaos starting to chit. So I have a lot to grow thus season.
Food grade buckets would be best. Plasic #1 or #5
1's shouldn't be exposed to direct sunlight.
Thanks for the video
Tomatoes, peppers, bell peppers, eggplants, cucumbers, cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower. You're welcome.
Thanks for the suggestion. In case you're looking for when each of these is mentioned in the video, you can refer to the timestamps in the video description!
very nice information👌👌👌
I want to grow zucchini and we seem to always get the bore weevil. Can I plant a zucchini in a 5 gal bucket and will the bore weevil still get to the zucchini? Thanks for your ideas for the plants. Hope to do this idea this year.
You can grow a zucchini in a 5 gallon bucket, but being in the bucket alone is not a way to guarantee safety from pests.
Hai!! A fan from India. We have tomato plants in grow bags. They are growing well but the size of the flower was small...
Please tell me any tip for that.
Thanks in advance...!
that has to do with the type of tomato plant..the genetics of the strain...there is no growing tip that will give you bigger flowers.....growing tips can give you a different amount of blooms but it will not change the size.. only genetics does that
How did that many holes in the bottom work for you because I'm thinking you wanted to go up the side about an inch or 2 so that all the water does not drain out and will keep your roots moist Just curious because I am getting my bucket garden ready to go for the Spring
I make holes in the bottom about 8 to 10 of them and just like you begged with your question, about 1 inch up from the bottom I make 5 or 6 holes around the bucket as well. I have been growing in buckets for years now. At the end of the season, I wash those buckets and rinse them. The mistake I make every year is spacing between my tomato plants and my tomatillos, I like to plant lots of tomatoes and tomatillos and built like a wall.
I'm glad to see that smart minds are thinking unlike! So please tell me you're reusing the dirt every year and replenishing the nutrients In the soil?
@@pamelapruett7833 100% reusing sister. I add all kinds of food scraps, vegetable PEELINGS, coffee grinds, egg shells, shrimp peels, etc. I throw in the compost I get for free,
Awesome!
Did you try the holes-in-the-side method (no holes in the bottom)? Seems that it should keep the upper soil moist exactly like the self-watering system advocated by many, but without the added cost and assembly time.
Enlightening…
Should add peat moss to the buckets, because containers tend to dry out quickly, 50% of each is a good mix
@@acp865 What are you talking about
I use cat litter buckets for my contaner garden
Me too
My name is Kenny from northern Kentucky look up the history of biochar for gardening tell everyone you know passed it on it's good for bad clay soil ok for good soil barn wood to char douse it with water then dry it out then activate it with worm castings or compost liquids first I also like rocket store Mas s heaters couches earthships homes are nice too
I tried tomatoes in a 5 gallon buckets and only got maybe 3 tomatoes per plant. They hardly produced at all
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Can you have multiple plants in one bucket?
It depends on what you're growing. Something as big as a tomato, I wouldn't recommend
gravel or any rock in the bottom is actually far worse than just using your grow medium, the "saturation zone" works its way to the top, which is exactly what you don't want in a bucket, you can actually see it happen in a clear container, try without the rock maybe....
Where I can buy the soundtrack to this video?
The link to DJ Petesake's soundcloud is in the video description:
soundcloud.com/djpetesake/sets/greens-and-machines-soundtrack
So odd question why not use a bucket that has been used for oil I work in a mechanic shop and I get them for free
Do you want your vegetables to be grown in soil that is in contact with motor oil?
Can we grown zucchini in buckets?
You can but you'll more than likely need to hand pollinate the female flowers to get any zucchinis to form
Won't let me give a thumb up. Fyi
Tomatoes are fruits not vegetables
Is that going to stop you from growing or eating them?
Do you think it should?
With that logic, cucumbers, eggplants and peppers are fruits too
@@angrybees8122 cucumbers are a fruit.
pdgeman yeah we know...