What are you growing here? Are the buckets food grade? Do you have drainage holes?
Stunning-West-8672
well done
SLiverofJade
Good luck!
Likely_Unlucky_420
This is awesome! What are the little pots in the front for?
Phatbetbruh80
I tried potatoes in 5 gallon buckets, the yield wasn’t worth the effort and energy
TheDreadP
Looks like a cool setup. Regardless of what you may be growing, you’ll probably want some kind of stakes, trellis and/or cages as most food plants will grow much wider than those buckets unless they’re trained to grow vertically.
Definitely going to want a soul mix that drains well and be careful not to overwater whatever little plants you put in to start. Their roots can only absorb water that they can reach so in a bucket that size it’ll be easy to swamp out little baby plants.
Oh and fill those buckets to the very top with soil. I saw comments talking about mulch. Mulch is great to help keep the soil wet. If you fill to the top with soil, it will sink down as you water. Over time, you’ll have enough room to add mulch, and by that time your plants should be big enough to actually benefit from that water retention rather than drown in it.
cnelsonsic
This looks great and I hope it works out well for you!
Are your buckets UV-resistant?
I ask because I’ve got two raspberry plants in cheap 5 gallon buckets, but after a couple years in the sun they’re shattering when I touch em.
t0mt0mt0m
Sub irrigated planters/bottom watering/self watering
Google,YouTube, basically two buckets stacked to get a small reservoir for the either. Makes life easier, rather than watering every day.
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What are you growing here? Are the buckets food grade? Do you have drainage holes?
well done
Good luck!
This is awesome! What are the little pots in the front for?
I tried potatoes in 5 gallon buckets, the yield wasn’t worth the effort and energy
Looks like a cool setup. Regardless of what you may be growing, you’ll probably want some kind of stakes, trellis and/or cages as most food plants will grow much wider than those buckets unless they’re trained to grow vertically.
Definitely going to want a soul mix that drains well and be careful not to overwater whatever little plants you put in to start. Their roots can only absorb water that they can reach so in a bucket that size it’ll be easy to swamp out little baby plants.
Oh and fill those buckets to the very top with soil. I saw comments talking about mulch. Mulch is great to help keep the soil wet. If you fill to the top with soil, it will sink down as you water. Over time, you’ll have enough room to add mulch, and by that time your plants should be big enough to actually benefit from that water retention rather than drown in it.
This looks great and I hope it works out well for you!
Are your buckets UV-resistant?
I ask because I’ve got two raspberry plants in cheap 5 gallon buckets, but after a couple years in the sun they’re shattering when I touch em.
Sub irrigated planters/bottom watering/self watering
Google,YouTube, basically two buckets stacked to get a small reservoir for the either. Makes life easier, rather than watering every day.