Just wondering if anyone here has ever tried a bucket garden using 5 gallon plastic buckets? I grew my first one last year and I must say it came out quite nice. The benefits of a bucket garden are many but to name a few you never have to worry about weeds, you can dial in the proper soil nutrients for each variety of plant you grow in each bucket. You can move the buckets for more or less sun and controlling bugs is much easier in buckets for some reason. Anyone else ever try one?
I haven't tried using the 5 gallon buckets but I do have a container garden. As I have gotten older, I can no longer do the usual garden. Having it in containers has really helped reduce the amount of work, like weeding. I do like the idea of the 5 gallon bucket because of the handle so you can move them around much easier. I may have to get some for next year's plants. Thanks for the share!
This sounds like a smart idea, especially for people who live in an apartment. That way they can grow a small garden on the balcony (if they get good sun). I have a large yard, so I simply do my gardening old school. But I like this idea. Do you have any pictures of your set up?
I have had my tomatoes growing in buckets. I have had a couple of buckets which were ready to be thrown out and I used them to grow tomatoes. I should say I had my best yield that year compared top the ones I grow in smaller containers. Recycling plastic is the way to go and I would use anything to grow stuff in. I have beets growing in a bucket right now.
I tried growing eggplant and some other things in buckets once, but it wasn't successful. I've grown basil in a bucket before, but these days I am more particular about my containers and I am trying to get away from plastic, at least with my edible plants. If you don't have a yard though, buckets can tide you over as they are much cheaper than terra cotta.
I have done a couple bucket gardens with herbs in them. Since the herbs are small and don't need a lot of room a sand pale seems to work well for single plants and a water pale for groups of five or more. They are a fun way of practicing your gardening skills.
Same here! I was looking forward to having a homegrown pumpkin for my daughter this Halloween. My pumpkins aren't doing too well in the bucket garden. I also planted a tomato plant which has no tomatoes. The zucchini squash and green bell peppers are doing pretty well, tough. I wish I had the room for a real garden so they could go directly into the Earth's soil. What I have learned from my bucket garden is to only plant plants that have very shallow roots.
