5 Gallon Container Plants (Full Size Examples): Kale, Chard, Peas, Lettuces & Tomatoes - TRG 2015
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- The key to 5 gallon containers is not over planting them and making sure you keep them fed and watered. Container soil with 50% organic matter really helps with moisture. Here are mature vegetable plants of Kale, Peas, Chard, Lettuces and a growing determinate tomato. It will give you a good idea of what can grow in 5 gallon containers.
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@Gary Pilarchik I am question I saw you put ONLY ONE drain hole 2 inches up from the bottom on a 5 gallon bucket... are their no other holes in the bottom or is this enough??? ready to plant!!!
how many tomato plants in one 5 gallon bucket?
I'm glad spring has found you. Impressive garden!
I'm container gardening this year so your videos have been very helpful. The greens you have in the buckets look so good lol.
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Thank you for this video, I bought 5 gallon pail's and plan on planting peas- I have one patio tomato growing in a 5 gallon pail on my deck for my toddler. I did not know about the lime, so I will definitely pick some of that up to add to them. I also did not have room for kale in my garden, so this is perfect :-) thanks ever so much again.
I have been so inspired by your videos as well as Cali. I have 5 gallon buckets lining my front porch. Thank you for doing this I am feeding my family healthy meals as well as others. Your work is appreciated.
Thanks for watching and I hope you are in the group Kim and i are hosting on FB. Gardening Coast 2 Coast. Good luck.
Whoa!! You brought that down so easy and you have the proof!!! So many of my questions answered in like 5 mins!!
Glad to help
Wow...impressive garden again! I had so many extra seedlings this year (thanks to your video instruction) that i just had to put them in pots. I probably over-planted but i have to say, they make a nice ornamental display even if I don't eat them or they crowd each other out.
Wow this is Amazing!!! I love your garden looks so Yummy!! I catch the info on the kale, lime and watering.. Thank you so much!! Awesome Garden!!
Thanks. I am going to be doing a lot more videos on 5 gallon gardening this summer.
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Dannngggg your garden is gorgeous!!
I lòve your videos! You explain everything very well and your audio and video is always on the money. I am extending my Earth Garden this year and have created a container garden on my deck which gets about 10 hours of good sun. I have learned much from these videos with regards to determinate tomatoes in 5 gallon buckets. My indertiminate jet star tomatoes are in my Earth Garden and I plant these yearly and truly feel they are the most delicious tomato ever to touch my lips but after 15 years of only these, I thought it might be fun to experimented with determinates. So far, so good!
Please keep the great videos coming!
It is great that we find new varieties all the time. Check out All-americaselections.org. They find new hybrids. That is fun too. Thanks for watching.
You are always very helpful. Thanks.
Very simple instructions. Thank you.
Beautiful garden! Nice informative, inspiring and visually gorgeous video!
just constructed the beds and tomorrow will put the soil in my raised beds all my toms and peppers that I planted throughout that hellish winter will be liberated from the rootbound cups they are imprisoned in. thanks for all the help
Jerry Devorss Excellent. I hope they enjoy their new freedom.
I love it 💝... Ill be planting mine soon...watching and greetings from Belgium
Greetings. Stay safe!
You have a beautiful garden!
Gary, you have good gardening videos. They are informative and visually interesting. Showing the plants and their setting is much better than just talking heads, plus you have a good voice for narrating. Thanks for not lecturing us hobby gardeners about the "organic gardening religion" ,which can be intimidating. I have found most gardeners have a little OCD in their makeup, but you keep your videos light and fun. How about a video on good flowers to grow in the garden alongside the vegetables?!
Appreciated. I try to make the star the plants. I do a lot of wildflower and herb planting to bring in good stuff. I will make some videos on them. I have it planned some for this year. I am actually selling a 6 herbs mixed packet to bring in beneficials, bees and butterflies. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed and Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com
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This is great!!! Thank you!
Thank you for the chard recommendation. I nearly followed another guide where it advised to plant 9-12!!! I don't know if the author was talking about dawrf plants as it wasn't spelled out clearly. Thank you for saving me. lol
+Renee N. Sure. Glad it helped.
whew this is amazing! thanks for sharing!
Great video content and lovely gardens! Thanks for sharing.
Very glad to share
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Starting my pot gardening so happy
So much fun!
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Great video, Gary. i noticed that you used some rope to tie the tomato stem to a stake. i wanted to share with you that i use "tomato clips" they are made of plastic and snap on and off fairly easily. they are called - "Tomato Plant Support Clips" - i bought mine off Ebay. they are adjustable and leave plenty of room between the stem and the stake. i bought 500 of them for $16. thank you for the great information on the 5 gallon containers.
Bertram Everhart Thanks. I will check them out.
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching
wowww!!! Amazing Green Garden.
THanks
Wow!!! beautiful!!!
Thanks
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This is cool. Thank you for the inspiration.
Glad to share. Good luck this year
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wow beautiful garden
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Another great video..I do exclusively container growing including Swiss Chard as yourself.. Most folks who see my garden are first drawn to the Chard, because they are really beautiful colourful plants, but they have no idea what it is..... I grow Bright Lights and Ruby Red varieties.. I picked up plastic 1/2 whiskey barrels at Lowes and use these... I also use these barrels to grow the smaller leaf variety Georgia collard greens and have had great success.. You are definitely spot on regarding keeping up with fertilization..
+Robert Ciulla Containers work great as you know. The key really is the feeding. Ill have to look for some classier container like whisky barrels.
What is your favorite liquid fertilizer?
Love your ideas
Thanks so much
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Thanks for all your help, it has helped me so much, I am 70 and live in France, but what do you do with all your veg please
Share! and make lots of sauce. My garden is very big this year and I have friends that will just be coming over to harvest.
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Great video. Do you need to make drain holes in the bottom of these buckets??
i really enjoy your videos. i'm wanting to grow collards, mustard, and turnip greens. I'm just needing to know, how do I prepare the soil for the buckets. Also thank you for that video on what type of seeds to buy. very informative.
I use about 50% peat moss, compost when I have, and just basic dirt. The peat moss adds moisture holding material. Any fertilizer set up works that you like.
Great vid. More update on the subject. I’m thinking of doing something similar, dimension wise.
Thanks. This is older. I am not doing it as much as I have a lot more land now but Ill put it on. my list
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thanks really lovely garden
Thanks
Thanks Gary, I thought they may be some type of mustard.
you can plant about four plants in one bucket , make 4 holes on opposite sides so that the kale can grow through those holes and then upward that way everything will have its space
Thank you
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Beautiful
Any special consideration for overwintering? I'm concerned about the soil freezing and cracking buckets. Due to freezing and sun, what's your estimate of the life of a bucket? I stared 10 this year as a trial. Do you have to add compost yearly or amend other than weekly feedings? That's again for sharing Gary, this is good stuff.
My first year and I'm guilty of over stocking my buckets. this is my first garden thought buckets were the way to go.
That's how you learn. The look so tiny when you start but the grew like crazy when the right temps come.
Gary, Can you plant bare root asparagus and bare root strawberries in 5 gallon containers? What about blueberry bare root? Love your channel.
Awesome video! I've been searching for a video like this. I want to know how many squash plants can I add to a 5 gallon bucket?
1 squash per 5 gallon bucket. You might want to grow a dwarf version too. Watering a big plant can be a challenge.
I grew tomatoes from the ground and in containers. I had about 50 tomatoes from the ground but only a few in a 5-gallon container so I decided to grow tomatoes only from the ground.
I found determinate varieties are best success in containers.
Thank you very much this has been very helpful to me as I am from Malaysia and container garden. How long will an indeterminate tomato plant last in a container with a hot season throughout the year I was just wondering?
+Joy of life The tend to shut down when it gets to be 95 degrees F and higher. They often dry and go dormant. Watering is key and maybe a shade cloth can prolong production.
Gary when my tomato harvesting season is over mavbe October -November I will plant spinach in the same 5 gallon bucket I had the tomatoes in. Question...how many spinach plants would you say per bucket? Thanks Dave gale
Love all your videos and are using many of your tips!!! Just made your slug trap and also made your ant killer with the borax and sugar, dealing with red ants. Thinking of growing corn in containers,have you ever tried growing corn in containers? Any thoughts on that ?Looking forward to your video. Thanks, and happy growing,Diane
Diane D If red ants dont eat sugar, try gelatin. Some ants eat proteins. I havent tried corn. I saw a dwarf variety once for containers but cant find it or recall its name. LOL.
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Good growing crop ❤️
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Thaks for your reply, I have miracle grow liquid fertiliser 6:3:6 which I have been using on my flower pot plants.
I will buy 5:5:5 and update you with the result.
Good luck
Bush beans in a 2 gallon works extremely well for me just drinks a lot!!!!
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Just got my seeds out of the freezer...Wow! Now that is one impressive container garden. What do you use to spray bugs? All your plants look so healthy. Thank you young man!
Container key is consistent watering and feeding. My plants get sprayed with hydrogen peroxide mix if needed, neem oil and soapy water as issue come up.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Could you tell me what the hydrogen peroxide does? Ive never heard that used for anything gardenwise. Thank you.
I ain't no 'spert, but it looks like you could grow all those kale and chard very well in something even a little smaller.
Yep. I have some in smaller containers this fall. All depends if you can keep up with watering.
You see what my plans for this year is to grow all my summer squash in 5 gallon buckets that I have hanging from a ladder so if the bugs find them I can move them.
I would get dwarf varieties. As they will suck the water out of them fast when large. And see bugs fly in. Good luck.
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Dear Gary thanks again friend for a very informative guide on what to do....but I was wondering....can I reuse the potting soil or whatever I put in the bucket or do I have to throw it out???
Maybe could you make a vid on this being enlightening as only you can be!!!
Thanks again Sir
I have a few. Look at refresh container mix. Anyway its good about 2-3 years but you have to refresh each planting with organic fertilizer.
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I do want to get some of your seeds.... primarily tomatoes....
thank you for the video. I am growing my extra tomatoes in 7 gallon grow bags this year. how much lime do you add to your containers? do you just add it in once before planting? any help is appreciated!
Jocelyn White In 7 gallons about a handful or two mixed through. When the tomatoes show, I throw handful on the soil around it. Thats about it. Not too fancy.
Thank you for the tips! I apprecaite it
Great video. Will you reuse any potting mix next year or use all new mix. I'm doing some container growing myself. Thanks for sharing.
I reuse mine for a couple years and amend it. After that It goes into a raised bed.
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Gary do you do seed starts for all these containers? And what do you use as a seed start container?
SO not everything is a seeds start. A lot our but i start from seed and buy transplants from stores too. I make my container mix. Search those two words on my channel.
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Great video! I tried using the 5 gallon containers before but wasn’t successful but see my mistakes. Thanks Gary! Beautiful garden! 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱
Thanks. Glad to help.
is there a way of growing lettuce in summer in a full sun balconyç???my lettuce from winter seemed to have bolted and are flowering. if i buy new seedlings will they grow and give me leaves to eat or just flower right away?
maybe shade cloth? and mulching keeping the plant less stressed out? ive seen people grow greens out here in arizona doing so
You mentioned lime, is that Garden lime or limestone? Is it the same? there seems to be agricultural lime and dolomite lime, how do I know which one I need? Thank you. Your videos have been very informative and giving me hope to keep trying . I’m in an apartment and limited to 5 gallon containers along my tiny walkway.
Garden lime is best. Limestone can vary but still works.
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Gary, off the subject, I just want to ask - if removing tomato suckers applies to cherry tomatoes. Thank You Sir!
+Frank Gonzalez Removing the suckers depends on whether you have the space more than anything really.
I know you said only 1 kale per pot but I really feel like I can fit 2. I guess I'll have to learn the hard way lol
If you can keep it fed and watered in mid summer, you can. It can be a challenge.
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Hi Gary, I enjoy your videos. When do you start your indoor seed starters? Do you start -- say one month before last frost? Do you have a grow light? Do you put 2-3 seeds in each little hole as insurance in case one seed doesnlt germinate? After those get a little big, do you then transfer them to styrofoam cups and then when thosefinally get large enough, do you move them to their final home - the 5 gallon pot? Thank you once again.
+Truth Seeker I have a lot off seed start videos for more details but generaly speaking 8-10 weeks for peppers. 6-8 weeks for tomatoes. About 4 weeks for things like cukes, zukes, and squashes. Yep 2 or 3 seeds. Yep to cups.
Thank you for the quick response. I may be late for some things, but will still do some herbs that I can bring inside for winter. and experiment. I'll plant some cukes- our last frost is May 7,but one farmer told me it could be later. Thanks again. I'll check out those videos of yours on seed starting- I'll be more on time and organized next year.
Can you specify the diameter and height of the container showing in the video? I'm interested in getting some for tomatoes.
I can only say they hold 5 gallons of material. Standard Paint bucket. You can search US paint bucket dimensions and the will give you an idea.
Wow! How long have you gardening? I just started last summer and feel like I am spinning my wheels.
+Truth Seeker Oh a good 20 years.
I feel better now,
How many tomato plant can I put in a 5 gallon container?
I just noticed you do not use trays under the buckets. How does the water drain out? Holes on the sides perhaps?
Lots of holes in there.
this is awesome. I had a rough time with furry pests last year, what do you recommend?
Adopt a feral cat: fix it, vax it, chip it license it and give it a nice place to stay near your garden. Check out www.alleycat.org/
Thank you so much. I got a stray who has come up on the spot lol.
If you do use indeterminate tomatoes, prune to a single stem.
Looking to plant collards today in a 5 gallon bucket, wondering how many are needed to pick some leaves and make a side dish for two people?
+broadwayFan28 You only need two plants for that. They grow nicely in 5 gallons containers.
Hi I have just started gardening. Because there are so many fertilisers and so many different variables. So, I am confused and was wondering if I could get some help. For leafy green plants, which fertiliser is best? What NPK ratio must it have? And, I have sewed winter crop seeds today - which fertiliser would be best for them? Thank you!!
So pick any organic and try and stay close to 5-5-5 and use as you wish. Plants aren't that picky. A higher N for greens is fine. You can buy Miracle Gro or similar and use it at 1/4 strength to.
Do you put holes in the bottom of the buckets ?
Doing this,this year, but want to know how much lime do I add to the container.
+GVanet You dont need exact measures . Ive done 1 or 2 handfuls in a 5 gallon container or about 8 ounces. Id stay around there.
About to go for it and plant 6 different things in 5 gallon buckets. How many spinach transplants in one bucket? 🤔
3-5 easily.
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Zucchini plants take up so much precious space in garden.. like 9 square feet. That's most of my 4' x 4' bed! I wonder how a zucchini plant would fair in a 5 gallon bucket? That way I can use little soil and little materials to hold the beast and just let it sprawl out of the bucket suspended above the lawn/wood chips.
That would be too small. They would have to be watered 2 o 3 times a day a full heat and size
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Have you seen Leon's self watering containers? He uses free 33 gallon Protein/Mineral buckets for livestock. Puts milk jugs and coke bottles (with holes) in the bottom for the water/airspace. You can pick up the buckets for like $5 usually on facebook marketplace. I found a guy that is selling a bunch about 80 miles from me. I might make the trip and buy like 10 of them. That should be big enough for a zucchini plant? Would be nice to see you do an experiment/video with these 33 gallon protein/mineral buckets :)
Would you recommend terra cotta pots as opposed to plastic?
Nope because they dry out the soil much faster. If watering isn't an issue then cool.
Where do you get those large plant labels??? Those are fabulous!!!
Those are large SHIMS from Home Depot. They are for construction
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Hi Gary! Hope all is well. I just planted 6 indeterminate tomato plants in 15 Gallon containers, and 1 in a 5 gallon container (Oregon Spruce). I totally forgot to put 1-2 tbsp of lime in the containers. I think I put it in for the first one or two that I planted. And I only put Epsom salt in the first one or two also. Because when I was planting the containers of Epsom and Lime were sitting somewhere else other than the granular fertilizer and the worm castings!!
After I planted the seedlings, which were all close to 1 foot or maybe a bit taller, I sprayed them with aspirin and epsom salt on the leaves and stem(within the fist week of planting them).
But what should I do regarding the lime. Should I scratch 1-2 tablespoons into the surface next time I water?
Same with my pepper plants. I planted two pepper plants in a 5 gallon container (now I've heard from the ACE garden center guy that I should use a 5 gallon or larger for each pepper, but you said 5 gallon is OK for two!!), and I didn't put in lime or epsom salt.
I'm loving your new series this year. Thanks for all your work. This year my garden will be so much better than last year because of everything I learned from you last year. My garden did quite well over the winter her in Oakland. Thank you :) And I bought some seeds from you that I'm germinating now. Hoping the Tiny Tim bare fruit!!
Thanks in advance.
Debby from Oakland :)
You can sprinkle some on the surface and just let watering wash it down. I have grown 2 pepper in a 5 gallon with success. Really a matter of watering. If you can stay up on it 5 gallon is fine. So glad you are finding success and thanks for buying the Tiny Tims!
Thank you for getting back to me. I can stay on top of my watering. However, I don't have drip irrigation , and I'm heading back to Boston for 10 days end of August. Do you use a drip irrigation system? Any suggestions? Could you do a video on how to set one up? I think I need one!
So, I actually bought 7 seed packets.
3 types of Summer squash that I'll plant now since it was too late when I got them last fall;
1 Breakfast radish;
1 Southern Collards, which did really really well in my planter boxes, not so well in 5 gallon container, but I may have started that one a bit late in the fall;
1 white stem bok choy, which I tried to grow but the slugs kept eating on the seedlings in the 4 inch pots while waiting to be planted (I'll do it differently this year); Suggestions welcome...
and 1 perpetual chard, which I'm still harvesting( which is doing much better a couple weeks after I put worn castings around them- I recently added worm castings around all my plants, and what a HUGE Diff with all my plants in just a few days. I plan on planting more perpetual chard.
It's just getting warm here in Oakland, and stays warm until October, so I have a good 5 months get some of your seeds going again. I germinate in paper towels, then just transplant into some potting soil once they get a shoot about an inch long. Worked pretty well last year. I'm open to suggestions.
What do you think about the preformed sprouting bricks?
I'm also creating a perpetual food forest with perennial vegetables.
I have two purple tree collards and one D'Aubergen Kale. I plan on getting a few more of each.
I also have malabar spinach, Orach, New Zealand spinach, amaranth. All of which I plan on adding more perennial greens to. We'll see how they grow. It's all very young!
Thanks again for everything :)
Debby
Hello last year my collards was eaten n spots what’s good for those little bugs that want to eat my greens and collards
I use neem oil for chewing insects. Works well.
Gary,I just purchased some neem oil off your website I was wondering will this kill spidermites also does neem oil control fungus or powdery mildew
Ryan Sackett Neem and soap work well on spider mites. It can help with mildew and fungus as any oil spray. Basically cover mildew and fungus and slows it down. But I dont really use it for that. I use to stop the chewing insects.
Ryan Sackett Oh and thanks for the order.
How many squash plants would you recommend planting in a half cut barrel?
Just 1. They get huge.
What soil mixture to use. And what to fertilize and when to fertilize
Those are huge questions based on the plants. Many videos of mine explain it. But you want soil with like 50% peat moss to hold water. Feeding just varies to greatly based on what you are using.
QUESTION: How many flat leaf parsley should I put in a 5 gallon bucket?
Oh a lot. 4 or 5 groups of a couple of seeds in each hole.
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Is it necessary to drill holes in the bottom to promote drainage?
Yes 100%. Sitting water is really bad.
Will i need to have holes in the bottom of the bucket
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Awesome !!!!! How is your self water containers?
Teddybear500 I stopped using them. I expanded the garden a while back. A just stopped using them.
chevy6299 Basically I expanded but the sun also degraded the plastic over time and they cracked. SO, I didnt make new ones.
Does one have to put drainage holes in the bottom of the containers?
+Christian Herrera Yep or water collects and you get root rooting.
By chance what do u use for bugs leaving holes n collards greens
I use neem oil. Cold pressed. I have video on it if you look up Neem Oil
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can i just add lime at the top of the soil of a container with a plant in it already?
Yep. As you water and it rains it will trickle down. Just keep it off the stem.
Is the 5 gal grow bag the same as a 5gal bucket?
Close. The 5 gallon grow bags we sell actually measure 4.2 gallons. I dont know why but other growbags tend to round up too.
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No broccoli?? Just curious as to why not. Same zone 6 just south central pa. Growing one plant of broccoli in a container and 3 in the soil. Also have to cucumber plants in containers and like 4 plants of lettuce in one container. Sometimes I come home from work and they are wilted, from the day, should I water in the morning even though I think they don't need it??
Tom Kershaw I cant get broccoli to grow here. I dont know why. Yeah water them anyway.
What part of south central Pa? I'm south of Harrisburg.
I live in a flat and my balcony is small.. I don't know how to manage it.
How much sun?
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About how much lime are you adding to your soil? Does it need to be repeated throughout the season?
Forrest Houser You know I do it by hand. Not more than per a 5 gallon container or around a garden planted plant. I do it at planting and top dress halfway through the season. You dont need a ton of it.
Gary Pilarchik Hard to tell if I'm reading this correctly. You mean to say one hand full per 5 gallon???
Forrest Houser Oh yeah missed a word. 1 handful mixed well in 5 gallon
Gary Pilarchik Thanks bunches for the quick replies. I'll give this a try. Many of your tips have been very helpful for us, and we always look forward to your new videos ;>)
Can you say how long it take to grow how many months.
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the point of a Sub Irrigated Planter, is to keep /save water. NOT DRAIN IT.
you need microbes to keep water in the rezovoir from going stagnant.
not sure what type of pots these are,,
but y'all need to check out sub irrigated planters.
and mixing your own soil.
look up cootz mix.
How do you mean?
What kind of fertilizer did you put on them??
I usually use fish emulsion.
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Hi Gary
in this you tube post on what to plant in 5 gal container on the other side of your garden beside the lettuce you have a yellow flowering plant what is it? reason for asking is that I have something that look like it in my garden it came of wild" as I did not plant from seeds or seedling don't know if a bird dropped some flower seeds
+jaycee157 This is older video. That flowering plant in a recent video is turnip greens that reseeded. I let it go and eat the flowers.
Where’d you get the black trellis from?
Was an old solar light.
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What state do you live in? I live in Florida. Much different most areas.
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