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Grandpa's 5 Gallon Bucket Garden 2025! Container Gardening
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Grandpa’s 5 Gallon Bucket Garden 2025! Container Gardening



This is Grandpa’s 5 Gallon Bucket Garden for 2025. He is starting his garden this year with a big change. Let’s see what happens when he switches fertilizers and potting soil. Will his plants survive? Will his garden grow better with this new soil/fertilizer? Subscribe to find out what happens.

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good morning everyone this is Grandpa here this is my garden from last year and now we got to start a new one for this year but things a little bit different i’m using a different fertilizer for my plants versus what I had last year let’s see how the plants grow so the first thing I’ve got to do is take my covers off and I dug out six inches six to seven inches of the old soil that was in there with with the fertilizer that I was using last year Miracle Grow another one that I did and I’ve got to add this is the new fertilizer that I’ve got to add some more to this one to make it even as high as this one so all my pots I’ve added the new fertilizer to it already so more or less I’ve got 6 in out so I’ve got to replace it with my new fertilizer found out this is that there’s a better product out there to use and this Fox Farm potting soil is supposed to be it there’s not many nurseries on Long Island that sell it the closest one to my house is about 4 and a half miles away from me so I last week I went out there and got some it’s a little expensive but let’s see what happens at the end of the season does it work or doesn’t work plus trying to figure out what went wrong with my planting was it me not watering properly or the soil that that I was using for the plants we’ll find out this is called Fox Farm Soil and Fertilizer Company ocean Forest a unique blend of good things from the earth and sea potting soil i’ve cut open my one bag that I have left and took out some of the soil and filled up one of my buckets to about an inch from the top level it off now I’ve got two more to do i filled up my last three buckets with the new soil and went over and got my plants that I’m going to be planting in these buckets this year san Marzano heirloom tomato see how good that comes out and then I have a celebrity tomato ladybell sweet pepper see how they come out early girl tomatoes red bell pepper black beauty eggplant see how good they come out cuz I never have success with eggplants then we’ve got zucchini squash nice plants that have been growing got them from the nursery where I bought the new fertilizer called Mother’s Earth and let’s see how good my garden comes out this year now I’ve got to plant them into the buckets in my last two buckets here I will be planting Burpee carrots Nantz half longs and see how they come out last year my one carrot bucket gave me a nice little crop of carrots let’s see what happens this year so there we have it all my buckets have a new vegetable plant in them and let’s see how the season goes hopefully I’ll get a nice big harvest out of these plenty of peppers plenty of tomatoes some zucchini some carrots some eggplant and then I got to figure out the watering system how am I going to water these so they get proper hydration i just picked up these four buckets at the Dollar Tree they’re selfwatering buckets and I’m going to be filling them up 3/4 of the way with the top soil and then put my new fertilizer potting mix on top this is what the inside of these new pots look like with the reservoir on the bottom there i’ve got my planters filled up an inch from the top now I’ve got to put my plants inside each one of them in this bucket we’re going to have tomatoes that are called Rutgers Heirloom tomato in our second bucket we’re going to have slicing cucumber tasty green by Burpee in our third bucket we’re going to have cucumbers heirloom straight eight and cucumber burpless and in our fourth bucket we’re going to have cucumber heirloom Boston pickling cucumbers there’s my garden for this year 2025 i have 16 buckets filled up with vegetables peppers tomatoes cucumbers carrots eggplant zucchini let’s see how they grow this here plant is my elderberry plant it’s going on its second year have to wait another year before it starts producing berries that I could take and make elderberry jam out of so we’re waiting this is the second year and it’s really grown this past year [Music]

30 Comments

  4. @KerriMyrick

    Thank you for sharing how you organize your gardening. I am also starting a small garden. I have started some bell peppers from seeds from the peppers we consumed i’ve also started some tomatoes from the seeds that fall out when cutting the tomatoes. The plants have grown, but the heat seems to be a little strong for the leaves right now I’ve move the plants so they’re not in direct sunlight all day. I am in Florida.😊

  6. @GrumpytheGrower

    Some totally unsolicited advice. Ocean Forest can be a bit HOT for tender seedlings and sensitive plants. Often times used primarily for flowering, its often been recommended to mix 50/50 with the 'Happy Frog' mix to get off to a great start!
    How are you handling drainage in your buckets? We usually drill holes about 2" from the bottom to allow a nice 'pocket' of water on the bottom while allowing run off an opportunity to escape to avoid over watering

  8. @cyanide8344

    Hey grandpa. I’ve seen better growth in Lowe’s or Home Depot buckets work better. I think the white let too much sun to the root stunning the growth a bit

  9. @msb358

    I hope you keep us updated periodically this summer. This is my first year for container gardening. I decided to make a porch/yard garden. Where I usually plant flowers in the yard I planted Brandywine and Cherokee Purple tomatoes and beans. In the containers I planted sweet peppers, jalapenos, herbs, radishes, and Ghost peppers for my son. I hope we both get a wonderful crop this year.

  11. @jans2565

    Best of luck to you for your garden this year! I hope the weather settles down and you have a productive year. I've used Fox Farm products before, though not that particular soil, and it is good quality so I hope that helps you out in your lovely bucket garden.

  12. @grant4176

    Well done Grandpa! Looks great! We all know you gonna make Elderberry wine instead of jam! 😂😂 Lets get Grandma toasted! 🤭🤭🤭😂
    Thanks for showing us your new garden Grandpa! Its great! Just be careful around those buckets and watch your step coz we dont want ya kickin' them! 😂😂😂 😜😜

  14. @patriciamorgan6545

    Good luck with the bucket garden this year, Grandpa! I remember one of my Dad's favorite tomatoes was Celebrity. I think it held up nicely for market. He liked Rutgers, too, but perhaps for other reasons.
    Oh, thanks for the head's up on those self-watering pots at Dollar Tree. Most of mine are pretty broken down after so many years. Have some herb seeds and various chinese mustard and cabbage types yet to plant.

  18. @michigan1291

    We had to grow fewer plants per pot and research what plants do best in buckets. Turned out to be very different than our usual gardening. We learned to harvest smaller vegies than in our old garden. Love watching your garden ! Thanks😊😊😊😊

  21. @chrisg6240

    Thank you for the lovely video Grandma and Grandpa! You inspire me to start doing this in my garden too! I enjoy watching your videos during the night as they always seem to calm me down as they bring me lots of comfort. I appreciate all the videos on this channel. Thank you always❤️🤍🐈🐈‍⬛🌱🌿🥕🍅🥒

  25. @mikeorville8258

    We also do Bucket Gardening and we changed our soil this year. I hope it works for you. I would love to see videos of how you did. Good Luck.

  26. @desertdogscalifornia

    Very nice. We have tomatoes, zucchini, cucumber,peppers,herbs, strawberries and dwarf fruit trees in our container garden. I've expanded it this year since food prices are so high.

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