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 😂
@greensnmachines3 жыл бұрын
Haha good pun, make sure you have those steel toed boots on to keep your feet safe
@barbersfuntime3595 Жыл бұрын
Dad joke of the day😂❤
@crazysquirrel94253 жыл бұрын
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.
@greensnmachines4 жыл бұрын
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
@jakerz4063 жыл бұрын
How big of drill bit do you use for your drainage holes on the buckets?
@greensnmachines3 жыл бұрын
@@jakerz406 I do not remember off the top of my head but I'd do 5/16" or less
@mannyvega76456 ай бұрын
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.
@Dasani_water_drinker4 жыл бұрын
Tomatoes, peppers, bell peppers, eggplants, cucumbers, cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower. You're welcome.
@greensnmachines4 жыл бұрын
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!
@Cecibug14 жыл бұрын
Food grade buckets would be best. Plasic #1 or #5
@theknockoutladysaint23 Жыл бұрын
1's shouldn't be exposed to direct sunlight.
@JodyAveline Жыл бұрын
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.
@greensnmachines Жыл бұрын
There are several videos on this channel about growing grapes in buckets
@sainavya89964 жыл бұрын
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...!
@annedwards3584 жыл бұрын
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
@MarcoPolo-yt3ew4 жыл бұрын
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
@gardeningwithnature96804 жыл бұрын
very nice information👌👌👌
@drewjohn68473 жыл бұрын
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....
@lktp72082 жыл бұрын
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.
@greensnmachines2 жыл бұрын
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.
@rafaelunplugged Жыл бұрын
Ever consider drilling holes on the walls right at the rock line height? Self wicking style.
@rivershere012 жыл бұрын
I tried tomatoes in a 5 gallon buckets and only got maybe 3 tomatoes per plant. They hardly produced at all
@kevinboettler73423 жыл бұрын
I use cat litter buckets for my contaner garden
@greensnmachines3 жыл бұрын
Me too
@MichaelJones-kv8dw Жыл бұрын
Thank you for another informative video! I’ve just got my first allotment and I’ve got a lot to learn!
@margaretrobertson96711 ай бұрын
Love this I plan on tomatoes cucumbers and Peppers
@pamelapruett7833 Жыл бұрын
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
@JodyAveline Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
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?
@JodyAveline Жыл бұрын
@@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,
@pamelapruett7833 Жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@KenDavis-mr9px10 ай бұрын
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.
@synergy22222 жыл бұрын
Won't let me give a thumb up. Fyi
@disasterduck13 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video
@ronnieg60992 жыл бұрын
Is that Price is Right font
@pa.fishpreacher61664 жыл бұрын
Should add peat moss to the buckets, because containers tend to dry out quickly, 50% of each is a good mix
@pa.fishpreacher61662 жыл бұрын
@@acp865 What are you talking about
@henrykavikaantonio4751 Жыл бұрын
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
@greensnmachines Жыл бұрын
Do you want your vegetables to be grown in soil that is in contact with motor oil?
@righteous12297 ай бұрын
Enlightening…
@kevbieri Жыл бұрын
Where I can buy the soundtrack to this video?
@greensnmachines Жыл бұрын
The link to DJ Petesake's soundcloud is in the video description: soundcloud.com/djpetesake/sets/greens-and-machines-soundtrack
@dasledogg643 жыл бұрын
Can you have multiple plants in one bucket?
@greensnmachines3 жыл бұрын
It depends on what you're growing. Something as big as a tomato, I wouldn't recommend
@topnotchchick424 жыл бұрын
Can we grown zucchini in buckets?
@greensnmachines4 жыл бұрын
You can but you'll more than likely need to hand pollinate the female flowers to get any zucchinis to form
@couerleroi14 жыл бұрын
Tomatoes are fruits not vegetables
@greensnmachines4 жыл бұрын
Is that going to stop you from growing or eating them?
@couerleroi14 жыл бұрын
Do you think it should?
@angrybees81224 жыл бұрын
With that logic, cucumbers, eggplants and peppers are fruits too