How to Grow Tomatoes in 5 gallon buckets
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- In this video I will show you how I Grow Tomatoes in 5 gallon buckets.
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Five gallon buckets are a gardener's blessing. Ones that are cracked, missing the handle and so on.
One suggestion, try lava for the bottom fill. Better drainage at about a tenth of the weight.
That's right thanks for the comment.
I drill holes on the sides 2" up from the bottom. That way I have a lil reservoir always there during the hot months.
It works for me better than the version I'm seeing and have tried before.
Thats a good idea John i will do that from now on, thanks
I just started several plants in 5 gal buckets. 3 tomato and jalapeno and green bell peppers, I think I'm going to enjoy this method. Fingers crossed that I get some nice tomatoes.
How is it going? Still growing in containers.
Thanx for the information. I am 75 yrs old, have very little space, and soil I can't get a shovel in. I have been planning all winter to grow some tomatoes for frying, and also for salads in 5 gal buckets. Southwestern NC (a mile from the SC line) has been on a crazy spring this year. 60-80* days and then below freezing at night. And a couple of weekends with1"-2" of snow. A real rollercoaster of weather. I've got the buckets, just need to drill the drain holes in them and fill them. I saw a youtube video that said 5 gal buckets wouldn't work. But they are MY only option. Thank you, for all the info you and your friends have offered. Now I just have to get the weather to cooperate. 😀
Good luck I hope everything works out I like using 5 gallon buckets.
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You built that pole so strong you could grow Redwoods Lol. I always learn from you and at 70 years old that means a lot to me.. It's so important to keep our minds active as we age. I love learning from you even if I may never apply that knowledge. Just having that knowledge is a blessing. I truly appreciate you and your channel. Good job and looking forward to seeing that plant grow. Stay well my friend.
I love doing the videos and helping people that is my reward thank you Gerard.
You got me excited about growing my own tomatoes, Thanks man !
Glad to hear it!
“Great minds think alike”. I just planted some tomatoes the exact same way a week ago and the little guys are growing like crazy.
So cold today it's snowing here in Southwestern PA.
Very excited to try the 5 gallon bucket and the tip on planting to the side of the pole..so simple, but great idea.
Thanks for the comment good luck it worked great for me.
This is a good little project for these times when we are stuck at home, thank you.
Productive too.
I'll be going for the wood stake though. 😊
Thank you for the comment wood stake will work fine.
I wish I would have tried this instead of those planting bags. I’m going to try this next year! Thanks, Kevin!!
Worked great for me thanks for the comment.
What did you NOT like about the bags?
Always had a huge garden but times changed, first year going to plant in buckets, tyvm glad found this before I transplant 👍
It works thanks for the comment good luck.
@@Robinson-Homestead tyvm👊
Kevin...just now watched your very nice video and smiled at the end when you said you lived in SW Pennsylvania. I grew up in Charleroi and Uniontown and pretty much knew right away you were from my neck of the woods from your accent!! (smile) Live in Oregon now but always call SW Pa "home"! Thanks for a great lesson on how to plant using buckets!
If your ever back home in PA look us up and thanks for watching.
Another great video. You got me inspired. I've got some started in big pots. Weather has been crazy here in Southern Illinois. Hot then cold then hot then cold and lots of rain. It's been a peculiar spring, so we will see. Lol.
Great tutorial Kevin! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Paul.
Good job Kevin 👏🏽 can't wait to plant mine.👍🏽
You will them it works great thank you so much for the comment and watching.
I am from Southwest Pa too! 84, Pa. I enjoyed this video and will try bucket growing this year. Thanx for this video!
You are about 1 hour away from me the buckets work great thanks for the comment.
That's a nice tutorial. I'll be doing a video based off one of your ideas tonight.
Thanks for the shout out.
You did a great job on that video Daryl awesome work.
I love the fact that im watching welding on a 5 gal tomato grow vid lol
You never know what you'll see on my channel LOL thanks for the comment and watching.
Lol 😂
I always wanted to try welding something ---Hehehe. ☠️
Great idea Kevin, that one plant will produce plenty of fruit. Be well my friend.
Nice video Kevin! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Thor.
Awesome video sir
Thanks Brandon.
Thanks for the video. With tuff times Im trying to grow My own Veggies now. Barely learning the ropes appreciate the knowledge.
It works it's not hard to grow your own vegetables the
Buckets work great
Thanks for the video!
Thank you for the comment and watching.
Damn, now i'll have to buy all new welding equipment.
The old stuff works great thanks for the comment.
Awesome project! Great job my friend!🇺🇸👍🇺🇸
Thanks William.
@@Robinson-Homestead you do great projects.
Liked evertip n technique you used….
You don't need that many holes in it! But we get the idea 💡 😊
That's true!
Thanks for the comment.
thanks for the info!
Thanks for watching Chris glad to help.
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Thanks for subscribing MsMeMe Lee
great video thanks for sharing
Thank you for watching
Good idea. Not likely to blow over with all that weight. I grow stuff in fabric pots in a kiddie wading pool. I cut drain holes 2 or 3 inches up in sidewall of pool so the the pots will be watered from the bottom up. That way your fertilized water stays around for a good while. I use Gro Pro fabric pots which last for years.
Thanks for your ideas and information Lggie.
Really I ❤️ it tq sir
Thank you glad you liked it my friend.
I did mine but did place rocks on the bottom, hopefully all will be okay. First time growing anything. I have 4 tomatoes plants in their own 5 gallon buckets and some jalapeños in 5 gal buckets
I'm sure they will do great in the buckets good luck with your plants.
Folks, if you want to grow any *heirloom variety* (krim is my all-time favorite) tomato grown them in a soil-free mixture. Do not use a compound with dirt as you can almost bet your life you'll have wilt (fusarium/verticilium - do your homework about these bacteria). This bacteria affects *many* food plants and a lot of other plants including trees. My thousand square foot (traditional) garden has wilt but even that's hit and miss as to affecting the plants and the amount of wilt in the soil from year to year. If you use a grow bucket I suggest you use 1 part peat most and 1 part composted manure with a generous handful of vermiculite with time release fertilizer mixed into it. You can skip all of this by growing a hybrid variety. Hands-down best variety hybrid tomato is Better Boy. Hybrid plants aren't affected by fusarium or verticiliun wilt but check the seed package for details. FYI - I have fairly good success at managing the wilt with in-ground heirloom plants (tomatoes, eggplant, etc) with a once-per-week spraying of my plants with aspirin. One 325 mg aspirin tablet dissolved in a 1 gallon pump sprayer. Spray the plant generously about every week. Don't spray your plants with anything during the heat of the day. Spray them in the early morning to avoid "burning" them. You can also water each plant with this aspirin/water mixture. As I am in Georgia I'll be starting 100+ tomato seeds today for post-easter planting. Good luck to all. FYI - I discovered an exceptional hybrid tomato just last year, the Japanese momotaro. Excellent fruit.
i actually drive my stakes through the pot into the ground . that way they dont get top heavy and fall over , or get blown over in the wind
Good idea thanks.
THANK YOU
Thanks for watching
Enjoy watching this video THANK YOU 👍👍👍
Thanks for sharing. I'm a beginner and looking for meaningful content.
You're so welcome! Lots of videos coming this year.
Will be doing a garden build on the new homestead.
Braised Bed video coming out Wednesday.
Great video Kevin. You better bring it in your work shop, if it’s getting in the twenties.
To late it saw to cold had to get new plants Frank.
You seem like a good ole dude. Good luck
Thank you so much
Also if it's really been hot i move mine into the shade or garage if we get really bad thunderstorms ..
Good idea.
For anyone who uses tidy cat ca litter. The buckets are safe plastic to grow in. Might as well make it work its free when you buy the litter. I am going to try to prune mine more this year. Last years were a bust. Year before didnt taste good. But the years prior were great, I can't figure it out. My soil grew mushrooms so I know it had the nutrients needed. I'm at a loss. Main problems were end rot. My cousin had the same issue. Both in NC one on the coast am I'm in the foothills.
Thanks for the info.
I have had same problems in the past. I researched and am currently using gypsum (calcium) which gives plant nutrients that prevent bloom end rot. Another tip that was given is watering. Your soil can never dry out because it promotes blossom end rot. Hope this helps.
Try adding some crushed up egg shells and worm castings. The soil probably got depleted over time.
I plant 2 plants per bucket. Beautiful. Buckets and even Walmart bags are cheaper. Buckets are still around 5 bucks in Canada. Not bad at all. Beautiful ideas. Thanks for share
Sometimes if you ask at grocery stores they will give you buckets that had icicg in them from the bakery for free or cheap.
I USED GOLF BALLS EVERY 5-6 INCHES FOR DRAINAGE, IT WORKED GREAT.
Thanks for sharing.
Great Video.
Nice welding too.
Thank you Jon
Nice sharing, keep it up! I'm your new friend bro✌😎
Thank you my friend if I can can help just let me know.
Ouch my eyes ! I should have worn my welding goggles !
Thanks for the comment.
I used to make those roof bolts and pans
They work great thanks for the comment
I planted tomatoes in 3 buckets pretty similar to how you did it,
EXCEPT,
I then set each bucket in 18qt dish pans I got at Walmart & filled
the pans with Miracle Grow tomato plant food mix. Now the
buckets self water & they never run low betwix waterings
because they have constant water.
!
That is awesome!
Thanks for the comment.
Thanks for the dishpan idea. I'd been looking at actual plant trays, but I know Dollar Trees have usually got dishpans (for $1.25, I think). Good solution.
even in a 5 gallon bucket...i still can fit a sweet basil plant ..basil also keep away aphids.
Good idea thanks.
I'm trying 5 gallon buckets this year for the first time. My neighbor has a black walnut tree and I think it is murdering my tomatoes that I put in the ground. I built some raised beds last year and the tomatoes did great for a few months, then suddenly died when I think they sent roots down below the raised beds into the soil below with walnut roots in it.
Anyway, an important point when raising tomatoes in container is whether you have determinate or indeterminate varieties. Determinate will be much more manageable. So of course I have indeterminates because I don't heed my own advice 😂 Your Parks Whopper are indeterminate; how did they do? Were you able to keep them under control?
I haven't decided yet whether to stake mine or just let them sprawl across the ground. I gonna set the buckets out in the garden in the pumpkin patch. Pumpkins don't seem to be bothered by the walnut tree because it's pretty far away.
My tomatoes did great last year and i hope you have good luck with you container tomatoes this year.
Thanks man! Some people comment some pretty mean stuff. I'm pretty rusty at this, did it as a kid. Just did this myself. Used the same method, except I used the raised bed soil. How did these turn out? I saw it was a few years back?
They work great thanks Thomas.
for planting in pots use potting mix, garden soil will suffocate the plant
Thanks for the comment.
How did your tomatoes do?
The dirt you used is for in ground use. Is it OK to use in a container as well?
You can add peat moss to your soil it'll help.
Hi Kevin- Just watched your video. I’m looking for ideas for growing tomatoes. I’m curious how this method worked for you. Did you make a video showing how this turned out? I can’t find it if you did.
This worked great I'm going to be building some raised beds soon.
I will be doing it on video for all to watch.
Thank you for the comment and watching.
My dad also puts over half of the plant below the soil but he also puts a tsp of epsom salt and sprinkles some fertilizer in the hole with each tomato plant.
He told me that he prefers better boys as they have a much higher yield. He also likes early girl and cherokee purple plants.
Thank you for sharing.
What about celebrity
I'm ordering this now. You must be from the north haha I am from NC so its funny how yall say roof 😄 thanks for sharing this.
i strip the leave off about 4' high and take off any suckers, can clone the suckers for a fall crop my tomato plants are naked with a few leaves. i grow fruit not leaves. This also give the plant air and sun light and it help spot tomato worms with a black light at night ~ some time bamboo stakes are hard to fine, what makes another good tomato stakes is 3/8" rubar. This will last a life time cut them 5' tall The roof it made from 6 ~ 7' tee post 4 corner, and 2 between the middle and i use hog wire for the top for the plants to lay down on . They will grow up but the weight of the tomato will make them come back down, You just go around under it picking the hanging tomato's
Good tips thank you
Thanks for this! Is there a follow up showing the harvest?
I may have I'll have to look sorry.
Hello I’m from Minnesota And I have grown tomatoes and bucks before but now I have a question I have compost that had all kinds of vegetables and fruits all mixed together I got it from a junkyard or people haul all their junk anyhow this is good compost. I’m wondering if I can put half of it compost and the other for the rest of it topsoil or is it important that I haven’t mixed get a hold of me anyone that knows that answer
Hey man, I was looking for that link to Darrell stokes video, raised bed? I don't see the link posted.
th-cam.com/channels/Ow3b3TkqmlirxQM1XPIvxw.html Hope this helps thank you.
Are certain buckets not useable? Think I have to get another one. Since I seen the one I have not for growing food. From Big name hardware store.
You can get food grade buckets.
What size drill bit did you use?
No particular size just so it has drain holes in it.
Kevin, maybe you have the only tomato plant in the world with it's own lightning rod!!! :>)>
You made me laugh HemanSr thank you I needed that good one.
Would rebar work like that bolt?
Rebar would work great.
how often do you water in the summer ?
One time a day thanks for the comment and watching.
Your piece of steel and rod may keep the mature plant from toppling over in storms with high winds. Had that hsppen 3 years ago, when I used chicken wire for support, in my buckets.
Thanks Bent Nickel how did your plants grow in the buckets?
Three years ago was my first time. I planted 5 single plant buckets. I chose the little cherry tomatoes and had "hundreds" of tomatoes. Gave away two thirds of my yield, sharing was my favorite part. I found that watering each day allowed me to more closely watch for bugs and I didn't drill holes for drainage. The ENTIRE bucket filled up with hair like roots, to my surprise. The growing season lasted 100 days. It was a terrific experience, that I would highly recommend, but if you're single, don't plant five plants, you'll throw away more than you can eat. :-) ;-) :-D
Do you have content on pepper plants?
Hopefully this year sorry.
Do u have to transplant it again or will that bucket be enough till the end
The bucket will be plenty big enough so no need to transplant unless you want to.
@@Robinson-Homestead awsome thank you I’m gana give it a go this year. I thought it will get root bound and won’t flower big tamatoes. Thank you respect from new zealand
If the steel rusted would it effect the soil?
No it won't hurt a thing perfectly safe to use.
We're did you get the seeds. What kind of tomatoes do you have
I just bought the plants, they are beefsteak tomatoes.
you can grow so many veggies and fruit in 5 gallon Buckets...potatoes...onions..cucumbers...green beans...strawberries..ect ext ect.
Thanx for the ideas! I'm a big time salad girl..... Tomatoes, cucumbers, onions.....Mmmmmm😀
The plant dose not need leafs, i didn't know that :) When the sun hits the rod it will burn the plant.
Thanks for the comment
Kevin, they make tomato cages that are made for tomato plants. The cage starts with a 4" circle and then 10" up there is another wire circle but this one is about 4" bigger in diameter and the another 10" up another wire circle which is 4" bigger. The cage becomes an inverted cone that you feed the plant up through the cage which helps the plant stay off the ground and it keeps the tomatoes from rotten in on the vine.
Kevin like to make everything himself.
Can I just use a cage instead of a stake?
Sure could I think that would work great Joy thank you for the comment.
5:13 “Dawn dish liquid”
I got so annoyed with those scrawny wire tomato supports that I welded up two Eifel tower looking units about five feet high. Painted them yellow and hoping for a really good harvest later this summer.
Nice good idea thanks for the comment.
Kevin you seem like a Navy guy
Were you in the Navy ?
No i wasn't no military at all, thanks for watching.
Rain water has oxygen that's why it is better than tap water.
I know it is no chemical's either
find a painter and ask for his old water base paint buckets.
Good idea thanks
What growing zone are you located in?
Zone 6 southwest PA
I love watching 8 minute gardening videos...
But I hate watching 20 minute videos of people TALKING about gardening.
Thanks for the comment.
What happens if I didn’t plant it that deep
You don't have to plant it that deep it just gives it more roots that deep.
Hope I don’t get weld burns to the eyes watching
Tomato leaves are edible. You would have to eat a solid pound of leaves to harm to you. You should have plenty of IRON in those tomatoes and you added about 10 lbs of weight. I use bamboo , old fishin rods,garden stakes. Seems to be over kill and you forgot the drain holes.
He put several drain holes in the bottom and around the side bottom.
@@carolynplante4513 you are right. I stand corrected
Soil being used says:" In ground" on the bag. A potting soil should be used for potting tomatoes. Also I prefer an organic soil for my tomatoes.
Thanks for sharing S Morgan.
Man I started watching this video and thought you were building stripper poles....
Lol thanks for the comment Tony.
Where is ur nozzle buddy? Lol
Don't need a nozzle for flux core lol
J
Thanks for watching
And I an not going to 😅😆😅😆👍I am going buy my tomatoes this is too much work for lazy me😅😆😅😆
Most of us are not this handy or have the tools, subs please.
Thanks for watching.
In hundred of videos using a container bucket. Regardless of its size. You would never use garden soi in a container bucket. The dirt is too heavy. You want fluffy soil. ( These are my two cents) Trust me. But, let us know your end product, who are watching your video.
Thanks for the comment.
Who the hell can weld?
You can Tom.
Lost me at the start. Roof bolts, steel plates, cutting, welding, and too much talking. It's called "soil" NOT "dirt."
WTF like everyone has a welder and or the skill to use one ??? Bye
Thanks for the comment my friend.
This video should have been titled how to grow toxic tomatoes. He repurposed a pail that held oil then used iron that will rust. HaHaHaHa hillbilly tomatoes, 101.
Thanks for the comment and watching Keith.
A video of this nature should be concise and precise. All the useful info here could have been said in 5 minutes instead of 20. The welding was a waste of time. The info was useful, but the video was wasteful.
Thank you so much for watching my friend.
Dude, rude
Referring to the guy that commented the not so nice,
That's ok I don't nind they help my channel by commenting.
Long winded
Thanks for watching
Spent too much time to fill the bucket. One do not know to fill
Should not do gardening.
Thanks for the info and thanks for watching my friend.