Very COOL! I was researching "5 gallon Plastic Grow Bags" because they are so much cheaper priced at $8 for 25 bags and they have drainage holes so I wouldn't have to drill. I live on the east coast and am tired of struggling w/ poor soil so this type of gardening will work for me. Thanks for sharing the video. This is great! Nice job! :)
I did that last year and this year too. Last year they were successful.
I had crab grass too. This year I put some composted leaves (a thick layer 2") all over the area that the crab grass was and it seemed to kill it pretty well.
You did a good job of the video. I've been trying to grow a garden in AZ and it's next to impossible when it gets hot. Thanks for the ideas. I will keep it smaller than yours however. This will be a test summer. :-)
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I may have the opportunity soon to move into a house in the desert.....near PalmSprings. There is no yard to speak of but I want to do my own container gardening. My concern is the heat. Are there specific varieties you grow in the extreme heat? thanks CCCCCCCCC
@cthepower You can put a screen over your plants to reduce heat and disperse sunlight coming from the sides of the screen cage to the bottom of your leaves. Doubles plant growth rate and prevents them from direct sun burn.
try permaculture, heavily cardboard the yard and then add put layers of organic matter on top, topsoil and plant will get rid of any persistent weeds. for more information
maybe if you bought a magic flying carpet other people wouldn't complain about back ground noise! great variety of toms & peppers, 1 gal seems alot but I'm from england so we don't see much sunshine also we pay extortionate amounts of cash for water used.
Hi, you are a pacer. When you keep pacing back and forth like that, it is very distracting, besides the noise you make crunching in the rocks. If you would talk a little louder and eliminate all other noises and get yourself a chair and sit down, you would have a MARVELOUS VIDEO. Why don't you do a redo, you would have perfect video then! Really, it is good, but your volume is low and you move too much, and SHOW us the holes you made in the buckets, how many, how big, where, SHOW US. Thanks!
I'm doing this next year. Could you do an informational video on how the irrigation works? I'm not familiar with anything other than a good water hose and sprinkler. Thanks.
Just a note to all thinking about doing a bucket garden. I did thirty with the two bucket self watering system, and found that the soil at the bottom remained too wet all the time and created root rot. So I have converted back to this system, gravel at the bottom with lots of holes underneath, 2 parts potting soil, one part manure, three parts AZ natural soil so the mixture isn't so rich. Am in the process of doing a drip system (all on my apartment patio.)
Cover the soil with a black plastic and make a hole where you will transplant the tomato plant, the plastic will not let the grass grow again. I saw that in a strawberry plantation.
That nut grass I believe we have the same thing here. If you cover your garden area with news paper ( or something else news paper is cheap) for about a month or 2 in growing season the nut grass will die. You will have to sink a barrier about 4 inches around your garden to stop it from coming back But even if you don't you beat it for a year or so.
I use a frame with a string marking squair feet the string holds the paper down.
The 'Maters will grow JUST FINE with the bermuda grass- you-re just freaked out by the prevalance of weeds intermingled with your veggies, dude! You have an awesome area in that area- plant those matres there! Let go of the desire to not have weeds- I've had huge weeds in EVERY SINGLE GARDEN I have had in 30 years, since I was tending my grammas as a kid. You're worrying too much and too.....you know....anal. Try a section next year and see if your production suffers. TRY IT. Peace!
go chandler, az! way to grow tomatoes on the surface of the sun! :) i live in Tempe and i have to grow the tomatoes in the same exposure as you say...
id love for you to show us a closer look at your irrigation system . what size is your reservoir , how big of a pump do you use ? what about fertilizers during the plants life cycle ?
I had great success in 2010 with bucket containers and this year will be modifying them so that they are all self-watering to cut down on excessive water waste. I have photos of my 2010 results in my video showing how to build a self watering container.
tomatoes love the sun and can take all day, the reason some die early is also becuase of growing determinate and undeterminate plants, determinate will only produce so many pounds of tomatoes and then dies off, where undeterminate plants if your weather is warm year round they can be trimmed back and will keep producing year round but should be replaced with cutting every couple of years
Ok, so this is awesome. I live in SE Oklahoma, and there are a lot of bugs here. So what I am worried about is keeping the plants bug free without using some sort of chemical solution. Do you know of any more organic, plant friendly, chemical free ways to keep my plants from being destroyed by bugs? Looks great tho, I really want to do this.
@jezuzgirl For my tomatoes I crush 2 cloves of garlic and put them in one gallon of water. Let it set for 2 days. Strain it thru a piece of cloth and put the liquid in a spray bottle. Works for me, I just spray my tomatoes and leaves on both sides. Good luck.
Excellent job!!! I just moved to an apartment, and am planning my container vegetable garden.(yay! no double-digging for me this year)...just started some seeds inside today, and will be charting their growth and other details to see just how much money I'll be saving on veggies. I'm planting tomatoes, bell peppers, jalapenos, spinach, and herbs...any other veggies you've had good luck with that I should consider?
Omg sit still!! Wut are you on crack or something! You didn't stand in one spot for more than 2secs in the whole video!! Geeeeeezzzzzzzz!!!! Nice grow tho!
Great vid sir. I live in a condo here in So California and am planning to plant Tomatoes in containers in about two weeks from now. Is this too early to do in So California? It gets down to about 40 on the coldest nights in the winter and that isn't always the case. Mostly about 51 degrees at night regularly is the norm.
@ArizonaAdventures hey i got one, check out compost tea, you airate a compost mixture in water and it helps grow the vital microrganisms that help the plants roots to absorb nutrients, check it out, the plants become huge and delicious from what people say, gotta try it out, pretty organic setup!!
@boxa888 Yeah, I've been wanting to try compost tea for a while now. I've done alfalfa tea which seems to work wonders and this week I will try my hand at worm tea from our worm composter. I let you know how it turns out.
@ArizonaAdventures hey i also got a organic way of getting rid of the bugs, you take a vacuum and make a small end that wont destroy the leaves, and then you suck off as many bugs as you can, to reduce their destruction and suck up the eggs on leaves, instead of spraying everywhere, use the same effort to suck up the bugs and ensure they are out of there. sounds good!! i am really interested!
thnx for posting this. ive been considering doing the same thing because ive got poor soil quality here. question- are the 5gal buckets big enough to allow the tomatoes to fully fruit? and, have you tried growing potatoes, if so, how did it go??
ok saw in the vid 1 gal every morning. I have 2 gal pots with better boys on my picnic table. I give them about a half gal every day til water comes out the bottom. Plants are strong but my tomatoes are crack at the stem. Quite a few of them.. What am I doing wrong... 2 year growing anything
Thanks for sharing with us your great healthy tomatoes,.. growing in buckets is very expensive around $5 to $10 a bucket and a waste off each bucket as they will need holes in the boottom for drainage ... I don't see why not dig up the soil where they already sit in the bucket and plant directly into the ground , and use bailed pea straw or hat laid on thick tlayer to prevent any weeds from growing ... So maybe keep to what you have already established and proven .. Kind Regards
@orbisonroad Hey I live in Gilbert and I just started a herb garden in some pots. Where did u get those buckets? I was actually going to go try to buy some today to do this exact same thing lol
Very nice video. I'm doing the same in Mississippi due to our rabbit problem. I'm growing cantaloupe, tomato, cukes, squash, peppers, zukes and herbs. y tomatoes are almost four feet tall now.
By the way, I love your watering system. I water mine by hand, which I really enjoy, but yours looks very innovative. Well done. Hope it turns out well for you.
Very good job! I think I might try this as our soil in Florida is VERY sandy. I've tried building up the soil over the years but it all goes away. Good job :)
nice tomato grow theres a video that have better results on bucket than on a rise bed you should make a comparison, hows your irrigation system working on a timer?
Great video! awesome idea,thanks much for sharing with the rest of us .I'm sending this video to my friend in chicago-she only has patio space. Dawg from Ga
Can you elaborate more on your drip irrigation setup? The 1/4 tubing comes off your main line to the buckets correct? How is the tubing inserted into the main line?
right on bro i gave this vid 5 stars..i live in the california desert and we get the same sun i have raised beds but the sun here will kill anything except corn and root vegies like onions....i had to resort to screen tarp last summer but was able to grow peas and a bunch of other stuff all winter or what we in the west call a perfect 70 degrees right lol........good garden though you seem to have the same moto as me....never enough tomatos....good luck this year wish me the same
Hey orbinson...nice set up... a hippie friend of mine has that same exact set up, that's the way I learn to grow. (the buckets the hole at the bottom, I put DG decomposed granite at the bottom., but that set up is familiar.) paint your buckets.. you'll thank me in cost of five gallon buckets..sand 'em with a less than medium grit and paint em whatever color I do green.. because the sun's definently going to make those buckets brittle.. I recomennd the gray ones that last longer..
whene is the right month to start growing tomato thanks thats a good idea ur have that will make the 5 gallon bucket use , where can i buy tomato seeds ,does kmart selling the seeds ?
yes, of course you would. Mine get allot of shade anyways. Have fun dude & let me know how it turns out. I just planted broccoli, cauliflower, butter-crunch lettuce, romaine lettuce, carrots, radish basil, cilantro & cabbage I'm going to have to post a winter bucket garden video pretty soon.
Wow, very nice! I haven't had any luck at all growing vegetables in AZ. I'm from the east coast and haven't figured it out yet. I find the buckets break down after a year. Plastic and sun! Anyway, you have inspired me to try again! :-) Thanks for posting!
how are your plants doing now that it's July? I think this is a great idea. I will proceed to ask everyone I know for their pool buckets. Is that ok to use, BTW - pool chem buckets? If not, then maybe the ones they sell at home depot. I live in Chandler, BTW.
They are producing still. Getting lots & lots of tomatoes. I will have to make another video. Chlorine tab buckets work just fine, just wash out with a little Dawn or Joy & you're good to go. You live in Chandler, then you know how hot it is outside, people think this is easy, picking these tomatoes when it's 108% is a major chore just by itself. :-)
Wow- we are moving to Arizona in just a couple of weeks, and I have been so depressed about it, because I really wanted to move somewhere that I could garden. I thought I was doomed to be totally dependent on the stores there. Now I feel a bit of hope that we can grow some stuff. If anyone has any insight to what I may look for in a property (near Sierra Vista), I would much appreciate it. It is a different climate than I am used to and close to the border, so what to have and what to avoid?
Nice garden I'm doing my first garden this year in 5 gallon buckets. You have inspired me to post some vids of my (small) bucket garden. I hope all goes well good luck!
I sure will leave comments. It looks great. Can you do peas in winter I wonder? I am a 5 gal bucket grower as well. I started with just SGF but expanded on my narrow south side of the house with 5 gallon buckets. Last year I had 15 foot poll beans coming out of them thus I expanded upon that success.
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Can you please give us your formula for potting soil? How much manure/vermicilte etc. ratios.
swanz199 12 hours ago
Can you please give us your formula for potting soil? How much manure/vermicilte etc. ratios.
swanz199 12 hours ago
Great video. Thanks for the tips.
swanz199 13 hours ago
Very COOL! I was researching "5 gallon Plastic Grow Bags" because they are so much cheaper priced at $8 for 25 bags and they have drainage holes so I wouldn't have to drill. I live on the east coast and am tired of struggling w/ poor soil so this type of gardening will work for me. Thanks for sharing the video. This is great! Nice job! :)
jz333jz 6 days ago
They're beautiful. I'm trying this out this year too.
rhosteph 1 week ago
I did that last year and this year too. Last year they were successful.
I had crab grass too. This year I put some composted leaves (a thick layer 2") all over the area that the crab grass was and it seemed to kill it pretty well.
paulgem123 1 week ago
Very Nice!
cheapgeek1 3 weeks ago
You did a good job of the video. I've been trying to grow a garden in AZ and it's next to impossible when it gets hot. Thanks for the ideas. I will keep it smaller than yours however. This will be a test summer. :-)
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WUexp 1 month ago
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jannassary 1 month ago
very awesome. great job. I live in vegas and have some videos
SteveHarpster 1 month ago
I may have the opportunity soon to move into a house in the desert.....near PalmSprings. There is no yard to speak of but I want to do my own container gardening. My concern is the heat. Are there specific varieties you grow in the extreme heat? thanks CCCCCCCCC
cthepower 2 months ago
@cthepower You can put a screen over your plants to reduce heat and disperse sunlight coming from the sides of the screen cage to the bottom of your leaves. Doubles plant growth rate and prevents them from direct sun burn.
Ryanventura 2 months ago
@Ryanventura Thanks for the tip ~~~
cthepower 2 months ago
try permaculture, heavily cardboard the yard and then add put layers of organic matter on top, topsoil and plant will get rid of any persistent weeds. for more information
PearlsPage 2 months ago
great video, but for god sakes hold still!! Tripod brother!! HD is great, so good I may need a Dramamine after watching LOL, nice plants man
Buagar 2 months ago 2
I do the exact same system with my peppers in the Cayman Islands. I currently have about 50 plants in buckets with drip irrigation.
georgeb72 3 months ago
maybe if you bought a magic flying carpet other people wouldn't complain about back ground noise! great variety of toms & peppers, 1 gal seems alot but I'm from england so we don't see much sunshine also we pay extortionate amounts of cash for water used.
toffgooglification75 3 months ago
im doing a bucket and tote garden this spring
kellydjelly 4 months ago
wow, please stop pacing, the sound of the rocks underfoot distracts from the video...I had to stop it...but otherwise good...
canrsiegrl 5 months ago
Good presentation, but you are moving around too much.
DcnJim100 5 months ago
Hi, you are a pacer. When you keep pacing back and forth like that, it is very distracting, besides the noise you make crunching in the rocks. If you would talk a little louder and eliminate all other noises and get yourself a chair and sit down, you would have a MARVELOUS VIDEO. Why don't you do a redo, you would have perfect video then! Really, it is good, but your volume is low and you move too much, and SHOW us the holes you made in the buckets, how many, how big, where, SHOW US. Thanks!
bfinfinity 6 months ago
question. WHy didn't you just build raised beds if you already have the yard space.
jetle25 7 months ago
I'm doing this next year. Could you do an informational video on how the irrigation works? I'm not familiar with anything other than a good water hose and sprinkler. Thanks.
leecollard1 7 months ago
Just a note to all thinking about doing a bucket garden. I did thirty with the two bucket self watering system, and found that the soil at the bottom remained too wet all the time and created root rot. So I have converted back to this system, gravel at the bottom with lots of holes underneath, 2 parts potting soil, one part manure, three parts AZ natural soil so the mixture isn't so rich. Am in the process of doing a drip system (all on my apartment patio.)
craigan123 7 months ago
Cover the soil with a black plastic and make a hole where you will transplant the tomato plant, the plastic will not let the grass grow again. I saw that in a strawberry plantation.
vmatosc 7 months ago
too much water. tomatoes produce more flowers when they are thirsty. more flowers means more fruit.
ridgedodge 7 months ago
That nut grass I believe we have the same thing here. If you cover your garden area with news paper ( or something else news paper is cheap) for about a month or 2 in growing season the nut grass will die. You will have to sink a barrier about 4 inches around your garden to stop it from coming back But even if you don't you beat it for a year or so.
I use a frame with a string marking squair feet the string holds the paper down.
Your bucket garden is nice I am trying potatoes.
SidneyBou 7 months ago
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SidneyBou 7 months ago
you could try pouring boiling water over the wholle garden area, it should kill the plants down to the roots.
madisonblue96 7 months ago
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FYI - I don't grow anything in a PVC bucket. Plz, do some research about what is used to stabilize PVC and you won't use them either.
ElShadaiLives 1 month ago
HE IS RIGHT I WAS GOING TO USE 5 GAL BUCKETS MYSELF TILL,I RESEARCH PVC AND VINYL,,. NO WAY.
RDLONG30 8 months ago
It's nothing to look at (aesthetically), but it's practical, and looks productive.
KungFuTheater75 8 months ago
where did you get all the buckets...
shakafo00o 8 months ago
did you grow these from seeds or did you buy them already sprouted?
Irishgirl41 8 months ago
The 'Maters will grow JUST FINE with the bermuda grass- you-re just freaked out by the prevalance of weeds intermingled with your veggies, dude! You have an awesome area in that area- plant those matres there! Let go of the desire to not have weeds- I've had huge weeds in EVERY SINGLE GARDEN I have had in 30 years, since I was tending my grammas as a kid. You're worrying too much and too.....you know....anal. Try a section next year and see if your production suffers. TRY IT. Peace!
homeostasis4me 8 months ago
1 gallon per plant every day? 50 plants = 50 gallons of water a day, 100 days = 5000 gallons of water in Arizona. what does that cost?
fudgedogbannana 8 months ago
where do you get all those buckets? I want to do this in my small backyard!!
crazykasumi 9 months ago
@crazykasumi Lowes, Home Depot, painters, restaurants (check dumpsters)
maahal 8 months ago
@crazykasumi Lowes, Home Depot, painters, restaurants (check dumpsters), I buy cat litter in buckets and use those.
maahal 8 months ago
how manay 5 gallo bucket container u use to grow tomatoes
misskisskadee 9 months ago
FYI - I don't grow anything in a PVC bucket. Plz, do some research about what is used to stabilize PVC and you won't use them either.
ElShadaiLives 9 months ago
you are making me dizzy, going back and forth
bowler8 9 months ago
that would work great for ganja....but maybe you already knew that.....wink
802bucknasty 9 months ago
go chandler, az! way to grow tomatoes on the surface of the sun! :) i live in Tempe and i have to grow the tomatoes in the same exposure as you say...
phxvalleygirl 9 months ago
Awesome garden!
The footsteps sound EXACTLY like minecraft!
KoreanPup 9 months ago
are u good
menahmohamed1999 10 months ago
WHAT KIND OF SOIL DID YOU USE ,& DOES THE TOMATO CAGE CAN STAND UP & IT WONT FALL DOWN WHENTHE WIND BLOW HARD ?
misskisskadee 10 months ago
did you ever consider using smart pots or pot bags? they allow proper drainage and air circulation
KatrinaGustavRuled 10 months ago
you show a lot of tomato plants, but don't show how your irrigation is set up...this would help a lot
bowler8 10 months ago
you're making me dizzy, walking backwards and forwards.
bowler8 10 months ago
whatsa good ptting mix for peppers,cantaloupe and watermelon?
Steelchamp060 10 months ago
id love for you to show us a closer look at your irrigation system . what size is your reservoir , how big of a pump do you use ? what about fertilizers during the plants life cycle ?
droptopcobra97 10 months ago
whaaaa!!!!! i have the same number of plants! but i water by hand!! I need to go hang myself!!
Metal8Lover 10 months ago
Where can you get 5 gallon buckets for less than $2.50?
IsraeliteMessenger 10 months ago
@IsraeliteMessenger homedepo/lowes
Metal8Lover 10 months ago
is that one tomato tree in one buckt? what soil u use ?
misskisskadee 11 months ago
I had great success in 2010 with bucket containers and this year will be modifying them so that they are all self-watering to cut down on excessive water waste. I have photos of my 2010 results in my video showing how to build a self watering container.
VirtualTourShop 11 months ago
Holy crap you have a pacing problem.
jasonofcompsci 11 months ago 2
tomatoes love the sun and can take all day, the reason some die early is also becuase of growing determinate and undeterminate plants, determinate will only produce so many pounds of tomatoes and then dies off, where undeterminate plants if your weather is warm year round they can be trimmed back and will keep producing year round but should be replaced with cutting every couple of years
scicciarella65 11 months ago
Why havent you made raised beds around the edge of your garden?
DreamsCatcher101 11 months ago
Ok, so this is awesome. I live in SE Oklahoma, and there are a lot of bugs here. So what I am worried about is keeping the plants bug free without using some sort of chemical solution. Do you know of any more organic, plant friendly, chemical free ways to keep my plants from being destroyed by bugs? Looks great tho, I really want to do this.
jezuzgirl 1 year ago
@jezuzgirl For my tomatoes I crush 2 cloves of garlic and put them in one gallon of water. Let it set for 2 days. Strain it thru a piece of cloth and put the liquid in a spray bottle. Works for me, I just spray my tomatoes and leaves on both sides. Good luck.
buddybleau 11 months ago
Excellent job!!! I just moved to an apartment, and am planning my container vegetable garden.(yay! no double-digging for me this year)...just started some seeds inside today, and will be charting their growth and other details to see just how much money I'll be saving on veggies. I'm planting tomatoes, bell peppers, jalapenos, spinach, and herbs...any other veggies you've had good luck with that I should consider?
okobojiartworks 1 year ago
Omg sit still!! Wut are you on crack or something! You didn't stand in one spot for more than 2secs in the whole video!! Geeeeeezzzzzzzz!!!! Nice grow tho!
bobbyjl07 1 year ago
you should look up global buckets on youtube, i think you would like their watering system better, less water wasted.
the1969info 1 year ago
How are you doing the drainage?
4GreenEarth2 1 year ago
I live in Tucson and Eeegees sells food buckets for 1.00 , also check craigs list
brismusic23 1 year ago
what do you do with so many tomatos?
suicide5389 1 year ago
Great vid sir. I live in a condo here in So California and am planning to plant Tomatoes in containers in about two weeks from now. Is this too early to do in So California? It gets down to about 40 on the coldest nights in the winter and that isn't always the case. Mostly about 51 degrees at night regularly is the norm.
Peace
JarheadPatriot0311 1 year ago
How do you stop them from freezing in the winter?
JustForYouinTempe 1 year ago
Everything I hear and read says that miracle grow is horrible. Why not go more organic with bone and blood meal etc?
ArizonaAdventures 1 year ago
@ArizonaAdventures hey i got one, check out compost tea, you airate a compost mixture in water and it helps grow the vital microrganisms that help the plants roots to absorb nutrients, check it out, the plants become huge and delicious from what people say, gotta try it out, pretty organic setup!!
boxa888 1 year ago
@boxa888 Yeah, I've been wanting to try compost tea for a while now. I've done alfalfa tea which seems to work wonders and this week I will try my hand at worm tea from our worm composter. I let you know how it turns out.
Enjoy!
ArizonaAdventures 1 year ago
@ArizonaAdventures hey i also got a organic way of getting rid of the bugs, you take a vacuum and make a small end that wont destroy the leaves, and then you suck off as many bugs as you can, to reduce their destruction and suck up the eggs on leaves, instead of spraying everywhere, use the same effort to suck up the bugs and ensure they are out of there. sounds good!! i am really interested!
boxa888 1 year ago
I too grow in buckets and large pots. Home depot buckets run just under $3 here.
Thanks for the video!
Tommyr 1 year ago
thnx for posting this. ive been considering doing the same thing because ive got poor soil quality here. question- are the 5gal buckets big enough to allow the tomatoes to fully fruit? and, have you tried growing potatoes, if so, how did it go??
stephenkh 1 year ago
That looks great. Can you give a run down on your soil formula? Also what kind and size of gravel do you have on the bottom?
mobmezz 1 year ago
lol you are crazier than me for tomatoes I thought I had a problem lol
Best Wishes
Nick
NICKFROMESSEX 1 year ago
ok saw in the vid 1 gal every morning. I have 2 gal pots with better boys on my picnic table. I give them about a half gal every day til water comes out the bottom. Plants are strong but my tomatoes are crack at the stem. Quite a few of them.. What am I doing wrong... 2 year growing anything
switch55 1 year ago
@switch55. If the tomatoes has heavy you need to add support to the plant, string, wire or something old his weight
Diezko22 1 year ago
@Diezko22 Heavy what? I built 4ft tall cages around them. Plus the stem is tied to to a stake in the middle
switch55 1 year ago
How much water do you give the tomato plants and how often?
switch55 1 year ago
This is great work, I'd love to do this in my back yard, but it gets sun all day long :-(
USAIRGAL 1 year ago
Thank you for sharing the neat ideas on the 5 gal. bucket and irrigation system. Next time please keep the camera a little bit steady.
MannyHMo 1 year ago
This is an awesome idea since you could move your plants around if they need more or less sunlight.
Thanks for posting
Devin
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badboyorganics 1 year ago
Instead of drilling holes on the bottom, you should try drilling it on the side about an inch off the bottom to retain some water in the bucket.
jdoftx 1 year ago
WOW!
Excellent work! Great way to make use of buckets!
Thanks!
pgm98387 1 year ago
love the gravel idea, thanks
MsDJBecker 1 year ago
@lol6996 not much, Dig it up (deep) and put it in a 5 gal w/ a tomato grate and it'll get 8'+ tall I bet. Good luck!
orbisonroad 1 year ago
Thanks for sharing with us your great healthy tomatoes,.. growing in buckets is very expensive around $5 to $10 a bucket and a waste off each bucket as they will need holes in the boottom for drainage ... I don't see why not dig up the soil where they already sit in the bucket and plant directly into the ground , and use bailed pea straw or hat laid on thick tlayer to prevent any weeds from growing ... So maybe keep to what you have already established and proven .. Kind Regards
bilaczenko 1 year ago
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kinda like illegal mexicans i am refering to the invasive weeds haha.
bruce3128 1 year ago
@bruce3128 lmao! 8)
orbisonroad 1 year ago
@orbisonroad Hey I live in Gilbert and I just started a herb garden in some pots. Where did u get those buckets? I was actually going to go try to buy some today to do this exact same thing lol
TheDubDoubt 1 year ago
@bruce3128: Racist
saacbe 1 year ago
@bruce3128 Really dude .How ignorant
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Raxarax 11 months ago
Looks great. Good way to do it.
guitarchuck123 1 year ago
beautifull garden. love the irigation system
ark191000 1 year ago
Can I grow 2 tomato plants in one 5gal bucket?
Bigj913 1 year ago
Very nice video. I'm doing the same in Mississippi due to our rabbit problem. I'm growing cantaloupe, tomato, cukes, squash, peppers, zukes and herbs. y tomatoes are almost four feet tall now.
By the way, I love your watering system. I water mine by hand, which I really enjoy, but yours looks very innovative. Well done. Hope it turns out well for you.
Boogra 1 year ago
you have inspired me to try this starting today!!!!
Thank you so ery much for posting this!
oneswtwld 1 year ago
Very good job! I think I might try this as our soil in Florida is VERY sandy. I've tried building up the soil over the years but it all goes away. Good job :)
bubbaluverman 1 year ago
Looks great. good work
youarethedeal 1 year ago
amazing. giving me great idea's. Thank you
9aspengold5 1 year ago
Nice job amigo..... Great idea and I am glad you are having continued success. Thanks for posting.
Firewalker688 1 year ago
Nice video.
DBSpy1 1 year ago
I'm wondering if you had better success with some veggies over others?
I did the buckets for two years and while they produced some, the output was lots lower than the ones I planted in the ground.
I located some tomato plants that are supposed to be "for container gardening" ... so we will see how they do.
59Gretsch 1 year ago
nice tomato grow theres a video that have better results on bucket than on a rise bed you should make a comparison, hows your irrigation system working on a timer?
ingesumadre 1 year ago
what's with the pacing back and forth? Who cares about the HD camera- I'm dizzy from the back and forth back and forth.....
nvkooz 1 year ago
I'm seasick from your walking back and forth constantly! ;^)
jhawkridge 1 year ago
I could only get herbs to grow well in my 5 gallon buckets all the other vegies were a dismale failure...Oh and the HD looks nice...
hastolloy 1 year ago
Great video! awesome idea,thanks much for sharing with the rest of us .I'm sending this video to my friend in chicago-she only has patio space. Dawg from Ga
davidringosr 1 year ago
Thank you for sharing...I live in New Mexico, and am getting ready to try a self watering bucket system.
nmgal007 1 year ago
Your plants look very healthy!
MyLittleGreenThumb 1 year ago
lol in arizona its hard to get our bermuda grass lawns to grow so everyone gets rocks for a lawn instead
KaneAndersonW 1 year ago
nice garden! every plant is healthy. i'm gonna have to get some of those cage supports like you've got on top of your plants.
nagacanario 1 year ago
when will they have the yellow flowers and how do they set
Rusenmansilver 1 year ago
Good stuff....
show us more
scottdrawdy 1 year ago
Can you elaborate more on your drip irrigation setup? The 1/4 tubing comes off your main line to the buckets correct? How is the tubing inserted into the main line?
dontay77 2 years ago
where here at the bahamas ,i have no idea when is the right month to start planting tomato ,pls help me !!
misskisskadee 2 years ago
right on bro i gave this vid 5 stars..i live in the california desert and we get the same sun i have raised beds but the sun here will kill anything except corn and root vegies like onions....i had to resort to screen tarp last summer but was able to grow peas and a bunch of other stuff all winter or what we in the west call a perfect 70 degrees right lol........good garden though you seem to have the same moto as me....never enough tomatos....good luck this year wish me the same
manofmusicx 2 years ago
Hey orbinson...nice set up... a hippie friend of mine has that same exact set up, that's the way I learn to grow. (the buckets the hole at the bottom, I put DG decomposed granite at the bottom., but that set up is familiar.) paint your buckets.. you'll thank me in cost of five gallon buckets..sand 'em with a less than medium grit and paint em whatever color I do green.. because the sun's definently going to make those buckets brittle.. I recomennd the gray ones that last longer..
TheIrieOne87 2 years ago
Great video, you inspire me to try bucket gardening.
Carolyn
Ansalems 2 years ago
whene is the right month to start growing tomato thanks thats a good idea ur have that will make the 5 gallon bucket use , where can i buy tomato seeds ,does kmart selling the seeds ?
misskisskadee 2 years ago
@misskisskadee depends on your geographical location,
POTismedicine 2 years ago
Hi orbisonroad,
I live in a apartment by North Mountain, my balcony faces south. Would I still be able to to bucket gardening with facing south?
Thanks
Cregar
Cregar1 2 years ago
yes, of course you would. Mine get allot of shade anyways. Have fun dude & let me know how it turns out. I just planted broccoli, cauliflower, butter-crunch lettuce, romaine lettuce, carrots, radish basil, cilantro & cabbage I'm going to have to post a winter bucket garden video pretty soon.
orbisonroad 2 years ago 2
Wow, very nice! I haven't had any luck at all growing vegetables in AZ. I'm from the east coast and haven't figured it out yet. I find the buckets break down after a year. Plastic and sun! Anyway, you have inspired me to try again! :-) Thanks for posting!
ElleDee883 2 years ago
I have been wanting to do my tomatoes in 5 gal buckets for more rooting, but need to root some out. (Buckets, that is.)
I absolutely LOVE that you improved so much on a container garden drip-irrigation method. Drilling the holes into the bucket...great thinking.
sayThursday 2 years ago
I love the efficiency of your garden. I don't think your plants could look any better.
agrajag46 2 years ago
how are your plants doing now that it's July? I think this is a great idea. I will proceed to ask everyone I know for their pool buckets. Is that ok to use, BTW - pool chem buckets? If not, then maybe the ones they sell at home depot. I live in Chandler, BTW.
miel001 2 years ago
They are producing still. Getting lots & lots of tomatoes. I will have to make another video. Chlorine tab buckets work just fine, just wash out with a little Dawn or Joy & you're good to go. You live in Chandler, then you know how hot it is outside, people think this is easy, picking these tomatoes when it's 108% is a major chore just by itself. :-)
orbisonroad 2 years ago
Hot it is indeed!
Thank you for the quick re.
miel001 2 years ago
Nice job! I love my buckets too.
FightUni09 2 years ago
Very nice setup. Got kinda dizzy from walking back and forth though.
houstini 2 years ago
RJG7782 get the sunset western gardening book tells you about the southwest texas- california
droidikadoublej 2 years ago
Wow- we are moving to Arizona in just a couple of weeks, and I have been so depressed about it, because I really wanted to move somewhere that I could garden. I thought I was doomed to be totally dependent on the stores there. Now I feel a bit of hope that we can grow some stuff. If anyone has any insight to what I may look for in a property (near Sierra Vista), I would much appreciate it. It is a different climate than I am used to and close to the border, so what to have and what to avoid?
rjg7782 2 years ago
BTW - I have over 25 5 gallon buckets full of different veggies!
cwaj 2 years ago
Great Idea, but seperate your tomatoes, or the will cross polinate. Move your peppers too, or you will have spicy tomatoes.
Would like to see a How to - on your hose and drip system! Really.......Do you have a video on that?
Please reply.
cwaj 2 years ago
Hi,cross pollinisation of Tomatoes is not a problem unless you intend to save the seed.
stymye 2 years ago
Fantastic! I'm also growing in 5 gallon buckets lager pots and anything else i can get my hands on. Keep up the good work it looks great!
Yvonne61 2 years ago
Nice garden I'm doing my first garden this year in 5 gallon buckets. You have inspired me to post some vids of my (small) bucket garden. I hope all goes well good luck!
MetalCans 2 years ago
I sure will leave comments. It looks great. Can you do peas in winter I wonder? I am a 5 gal bucket grower as well. I started with just SGF but expanded on my narrow south side of the house with 5 gallon buckets. Last year I had 15 foot poll beans coming out of them thus I expanded upon that success.
gwynedd1 2 years ago
Thanks for the great idea. I am a 1st time gardener. Good luck. They all look healthy.
Grants Pass Oregon
controllineman 2 years ago