great video, I collect all my egg shells thru the year and then put them in my blender till they are powder and use in or around my tomato plants. Lots of calcium and some people use Tums for the tummy and that's more calcium. Keep up the good work
Nice video. I've been growing my tomatoes in tubs/buckets for years, with great harvests. However, I don't put holes in the bottom of my buckets, I only drill one hole in the side about 4-5 inches above the bottom, and I put a section of perforated french drain in the bottom covered by cheap soil cover, and then fill the bucket with soil (with fertilizer powders mixed in), and a 2-inch plastic PVC pipe stuck in the bucket on one side into the french drain. I only water into the PVC pipe, never on top. Since the water and nutrients can't escape through the bottom, I only need to water once every 5-7 days into the PVC pipe. The water in the bottom "wicks" up through the soil to the roots and also forces the roots to stretch out and grow, providing better support and feed to plant and fruit growth. The only risk is heavy rain, which could enter the top of the bucket and drown the plant, but I cover the soil with straw mulch and then a plastic sheet to keep excess water out. I've had monster harvests ever since I adopted this method. It's called "wicking tubs" and several videos exist on youtube to explain it.
Very good video! Ive been growing tomatoes in buckets for over 20 years. Over the years I have learned that determinate or bush varietys do better in buckets although the smaller cherry type of indeterminate varieties do well also. Last year I installed an automatic irrigation system which made caring for them so much easier. I usually plant 20-25 buckets each year and some of the buckets are over 10 years old and going strong. So much easier planting in buckets than tilling the soil and fighting the weeds.
Hi Jim McKay, I would love to hear how you installed your automatic irrigation system if you wouldn’t mind sharing your knowledge with a fellow bucket gardener. 🤞🏻Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦Take care!
@@sncddb I just went to Home Depot and got the timer and 1/2 inch tubing along with some 1/4 inch tubing plus fittings and drippers. Run 1/2 inch alongside your buckets and at each bucket attach a length of 1/4 in tubing with 1/4 in connecter with the dripper. All you have to do to make the 1/4 to 1/2 connection is punch a hole in the 1/2 tube and the 1/4 connecter just snaps into the hole. Home Depot will have the hole puncher there with the other items that you need to get. FYI 1/2 tubing will supply 200 gals of water per hour up to 200 ft at 25psi. The drippers come in 3 sizes 1 gal, 2gal and 4gal per hour. Its very simple to install just cut tubing with knife or pruning shears and all 1/2 fittings are just push in or shark bite type fittings. There's lots of vids on TH-cam. Hope this helps some.
Thank you for the video, and thank you to all that commented. I always read the comments and always continue to learn. I have been gardening for nearly 50 years and it is always good to keep your mind open and try new things.
Hi, I am so happy to have found this video. I was going to give up on growing tomatoes..they just wouldn't grow.. I can't wait to try your method..thanks..Barbara in Montreal Quebec.
I bake my rinsed, empty organic egg shells at 225° for about 20 min to prevent mold setting before I use them. When I get enough, I grind them in the blender into a powder and use it to sprinkle on my plants. It saved my tomato plants last summer! It was my first attempt, so I didn't prep them as I should have. Since organic dry milk would be expensive & hard to find, I'll stick to my ground eggshells, but this year I will put some in the hole with the other nutrients before putting the plant in the bucket, as you demonstrated. (I do plan to make my buckets self wicking, though, because it's so dry here.) Thanks for the info!
Thank you this is exactly what I have been wanting to know I'm 64 a GRANNY and I bought 20 buckets from neighbor Mennonite cord 1.00 each I will do this next summer,,,, keep making videos
Awesome !! Thank you so much for your tomato planting advise. I never knew about the powdered milk, but will give it a try this year. Good luck with your tomatoes.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Cherokee purple is my favorite tomato to grow, next to Old German. Cherokee purple is a lovely looking tomato, with quite prolific 12 ft. vines, and a wonderful full flavor.
A friend of mine did this and redesined using containers wt built in reservoirs. They really worked great. This really did work. I have moved on to raised beds. I am not a great gardener at all... but I enjoy trying.
@@danielsbackforty8094 finally a video that shows very simple planting instructions without 20 minutes of commentary. Thank you Best I've seen yet Want to see a lot more.
Great video! Thank you. I will be making a bucket garden for myseld out here in Cape Breton because the soil is too soggy to do anything else. As far a a calcium source, egg shells would be a LOT cheaper than milk powder. Just add some at the bottom of that hole and let nature do the rest.
I’m from Oregon and have access to crushed oyster shells. It’s a great source of calcium, but probably more expensive than powdered milk. Calcium is great for helping with blossom tot too.
Yesr! You are right. We have kin folk who live in Oregon, Rogue River area. I sometimes add calcium nitrate I believe it's called. Sometimes other things with Calcium. Just trying to see what works. Just enjoying gardening.
My grandmother would tear up a book of matches and add to the hole when planting tomatoes. I also saw her sometimes add old copper pennies, or rusty old nails. People used what they had on hand at the farm.
I bought a bag of oyster shell to provide plants with calcium. It is the kind that you'd buy to feed chickens, to make their eggs strong. I mix that in with my soil, before planting tomatoes. It breaks down slowly, and helps to prevent blossom end rot. So far, I have had good results. One bag will last a very long time!
I like the idea of the trays. I agree with the person below as I think you need more holes in those buckets. But that will depend all on where you live and the weather. I live in New England and just say you live down South, you will need your containers to hold more water than me. I have used Cheap coffee mate in the past. Works good also. Good job! New Subscriber here!
Soil is pronounced soul. Gotta love it !! I had a good buddy many years ago that was a "tarheel". Oil was oul. After a few months, he had me talking like that. I had to laugh at myself.
I'd say lime also, and garden tone is a good organic fertilizer that I use . My grandpa used to stick a stick of chalk in the hole too, but they don't make chalk the same any more. I also keep some petunias in my tomato garden, it repels all horn worms fork ever laying eggs on your tomatoes and promotes pollinators also .
Interesting approach to growing tomatoes in pots. A suggestion for you and others who might like to do this ... rather than using potting trays on the bottom of your buckets, put a tittle effort into digging about 4 to 6 inch hole to set your buckets in. And when I grow things (iike tomatoes) in several buckets, I like to do small experiments with different buckets of the same plant. I happened to do this with epsom salts with four tomato plants several years ago. Two with it and two without. I wanted to see if using epsom salts was really worth it. My results was that it made absolutely no difference.
Nice video sir. Im going to do two tomato plants in buckets this year. Only thing i see you might have a problem with is i dont think the holes are big enough to release the amount of water you my get with a big rain. Thanks for sharing. Happy Gardening
Daniel, you're a treasure, and I enjoyed so much listening to you. Thank you for making the video. Now, if only you did a follow-up to demonstrate how the tomatoes planted in buckets turned out - at least before you burned them up. Again, thanks, and keep making videos of your endeavors...
I wish I could have. I ended up getting over zealous with some fertilizer and burnt them up. My friend had a drip system on his buckets and did awesome.
@@danielsbackforty8094 hey Daniel, I've got a bushsteak and husky cherry red both planted in self watering containers about the same size as a 5 gal bucket. I used your method and both are growing great on the patio here in Maine. Thanks. I'll give an update end of July.
I tried powdered milk with in ground planting. The area wild animals dug up every plant the 1st night that had powdered milk added. Will try it in the buckets this year.
Ground up Egg Shells is what I use for my Calcium supply for my Tomato Plante works great Thanks for sharing i also grow in Buckets as Ido not have room for a real Garden etc.
I have what's left over from cleaning fish. I was thinking of using them for fertilizer. I just afraid something will dig up the plants. Indians used to do this. You can get buckets from Firehouse subs . They get their pickles in 5 gallon buckets. They cool looking too. 😅 Last time I got them they charging $2 though...still a good price. Cheaper than the hardware store.
Great video will definetly try this thanks ! Question, is the cointainer with the better boy holding six plants in one bucket ? Or are they all individually in a bucket ?
I planted 36 tomato plants this season. I lost two so far and it looks like what they call damping disease. I never heard of that before but it is terminal to the plant. The stem rots out at ground level. Some bacteria gets into the plant from the soil. I am thinking to try to salvage my season with planting a dozen or two of tomatoes in buckets. Thanks for the instruction. This will get me started and then I'l learn more as I go along.
@@danielsbackforty8094 Yes it is called Damping Off disease. the stem seems to rot from the inside at ground level. The transfer of water and nutrients is stopped and the plant starts to wilt from the top down. Eventually the plant falls over at ground level.
I buy the 2 for one Spring Valley bottles of calcium [under 10.00, 250 pills per bottle] at Walmart. Crush them up, dissolve in water and feed the tomato plants. If it's good enough for me, then it's good enough for them! Keeps down blossom rot.
I like your video very much now I did have a problem with using a container and powdered milk I would say days later I had maggots all over the soil it was not very pleasant looking ......this i didn't like about powdered milk I appreciate your comments .
I grew the Better Boy and the Cherokee Purple this year and no matter what I did I couldn’t stop them from cracking. I should have done more research and went with a crack resistant variety.
I can most of my tomatoes and in the winter time ,,,I have the best creamy tomato soup with basil There is....😋.. With homemade cheesy homemade croutons.. from cheesy garlic bread
TOMATO PLANTS LOVE DRY EGG SHELLS ❤❤❤❤ IT GIVE THEM NUTRIENTS. MY PLANTS GROW CRAZY OVER THEM. I DRY THE EGG SHELLS UP AND, I CHOP THEM UP AND POUR IT ON THE TOP. OR YOU CAN MIX IN WITH THE DIRT. THEY WILL GROW TALL❤❤❤❤
You really don't need all of that, I grew my tomatoes from seeds out of a tomato in my fridge, all you need is a big countiner, some sun and water and once every 2 weeks to use fertilizer. awesome tomatoes and very cheap.
So do you have to change the bottom plastic dish frequently so bucket is not sitting in water? Just planted celebrity tomato. Can u mix powdered milk & epsom salt together & mix into the soul..
Dude, I've been growing tomatoes four 40 years, including Cherokee Purples. Buy a posthole digger and put the potting soil in the hole with the tomato seedling. Epsom salt provides Calcium which prevents blossom end rot.
I put an egg below the plant and they go NUTS. Put a little crack in it. I like this idea too. 👍🏼. Calcium nitrate basically is an egg. I think that’s why I work so well
Question.. my first year doing a garden.. I took seeds from a tomato, I soaked them in water to get all the stuf f off them for a day. And now they are drying out. Therr is like tiny hairsnon them is that right?. Not like mold. Its like the little hairs in the stems
if you add some sulfur - your tomatoes will taste better. the sulfur gives a tomato a tang to go with the sweetness. I put the hole in the bucket just a bit higher. And I fill the very bottom with rocks.
I did check that after all 4 plants died....I’ve grown tomatoes my whole life with great results. Wanted to try this and it just didn’t work out. Weird.
That’s a great tip. I save my egg shells. Wash, grind and make calcium powder...excellent for plants. Also save banana peels. Dry and grind to potassium powder.
Kinda afraid to watch this, since mine are already in buckets and are nearly 2ft tall. Probably too late for me to do anything different with them now. 😅
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Thanks for your post Daniel. You are a really cool dude and you make me smile while listening to you.
great video, I collect all my egg shells thru the year and then put them in my blender till they are powder and use in or around my tomato plants. Lots of calcium and some people use Tums for the tummy and that's more calcium. Keep up the good work
I do exactly that aswell with the eggshells.
I also add used coffee grounds, chopped up banana skins & Epsom salts.
I love how you say heaping and reference the plant to that little dude..New subscriber learned so much😁
Nice video. I've been growing my tomatoes in tubs/buckets for years, with great harvests. However, I don't put holes in the bottom of my buckets, I only drill one hole in the side about 4-5 inches above the bottom, and I put a section of perforated french drain in the bottom covered by cheap soil cover, and then fill the bucket with soil (with fertilizer powders mixed in), and a 2-inch plastic PVC pipe stuck in the bucket on one side into the french drain. I only water into the PVC pipe, never on top. Since the water and nutrients can't escape through the bottom, I only need to water once every 5-7 days into the PVC pipe. The water in the bottom "wicks" up through the soil to the roots and also forces the roots to stretch out and grow, providing better support and feed to plant and fruit growth. The only risk is heavy rain, which could enter the top of the bucket and drown the plant, but I cover the soil with straw mulch and then a plastic sheet to keep excess water out. I've had monster harvests ever since I adopted this method. It's called "wicking tubs" and several videos exist on youtube to explain it.
Very good video! Ive been growing tomatoes in buckets for over 20 years. Over the years I have learned that determinate or bush varietys do better in buckets although the smaller cherry type of indeterminate varieties do well also. Last year I installed an automatic irrigation system which made caring for them so much easier. I usually plant 20-25 buckets each year and some of the buckets are over 10 years old and going strong. So much easier planting in buckets than tilling the soil and fighting the weeds.
Hi Jim McKay, I would love to hear how you installed your automatic irrigation system if you wouldn’t mind sharing your knowledge with a fellow bucket gardener. 🤞🏻Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦Take care!
@@sncddb I just went to Home Depot and got the timer and 1/2 inch tubing along with some 1/4 inch tubing plus fittings and drippers. Run 1/2 inch alongside your buckets and at each bucket attach a length of 1/4 in tubing with 1/4 in connecter with the dripper. All you have to do to make the 1/4 to 1/2 connection is punch a hole in the 1/2 tube and the 1/4 connecter just snaps into the hole. Home Depot will have the hole puncher there with the other items that you need to get. FYI 1/2 tubing will supply 200 gals of water per hour up to 200 ft at 25psi. The drippers come in 3 sizes 1 gal, 2gal and 4gal per hour. Its very simple to install just cut tubing with knife or pruning shears and all 1/2 fittings are just push in or shark bite type fittings. There's lots of vids on TH-cam. Hope this helps some.
Thanks so much Jim, greatly appreciated!
Send me your email and I will send pics of this years plants. This year is my best ever and I started with seeds back in Feb.
@@jimmckay2127 Hi and thanks for sharing valuable info. Be glad if you kindly send UR email to me plz.
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After I empty my milk jugs with milk, I leave a little milk in the bottom and fill the rest with water, and water my tomatoes with it.
Thank you for the video, and thank you to all that commented. I always read the comments and always continue to learn. I have been gardening for nearly 50 years and it is always good to keep your mind open and try new things.
Hi, I am so happy to have found this video. I was going to give up on growing tomatoes..they just wouldn't grow.. I can't wait to try your method..thanks..Barbara in Montreal Quebec.
I love how natural you are in camera. Made me feel like I was watching myself. Great video
I bake my rinsed, empty organic egg shells at 225° for about 20 min to prevent mold setting before I use them. When I get enough, I grind them in the blender into a powder and use it to sprinkle on my plants. It saved my tomato plants last summer! It was my first attempt, so I didn't prep them as I should have. Since organic dry milk would be expensive & hard to find, I'll stick to my ground eggshells, but this year I will put some in the hole with the other nutrients before putting the plant in the bucket, as you demonstrated. (I do plan to make my buckets self wicking, though, because it's so dry here.) Thanks for the info!
I am going to try your way. You were the easiest to understand. Thanks!
Watching this 2 years later!! Thank you for the tips
Aloha, great vid & info. Mahalo...
That's a good idea. I might try that this Spring/Summer
Thank you from California great video, im gonna try your technic!
Thank God for folks like you....😊
Great video! Thanks for sharing!
Just in time for the spring planting season. Thank you!
Thank you this is exactly what I have been wanting to know I'm 64 a GRANNY and I bought 20 buckets from neighbor Mennonite cord 1.00 each I will do this next summer,,,, keep making videos
Awesome !! Thank you so much for your tomato planting advise. I never knew about the powdered milk, but will give it a try this year. Good luck with your tomatoes.
Check out my new tomatoe planting video
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Cherokee purple is my favorite tomato to grow, next to Old German. Cherokee purple is a lovely looking tomato, with quite prolific 12 ft. vines, and a wonderful full flavor.
I miss those heirloom varieties in TX!!
Thanks for your video...I,m going to try your method....thanks from sue in australia
Thanks for the tips!
Thanks MUCH for the video! I learned a lot.
A friend of mine did this and redesined using containers wt built in reservoirs. They really worked great. This really did work. I have moved on to raised beds. I am not a great gardener at all... but I enjoy trying.
Tyvm. Cherokee are my favorite 🤤, first year trying in 5 gal buckets, tyvm for video. Cuz I need help lol. Always had big garden but😢🤷
Southern folks are the bomb ! ! !
THANKS! What did you like about this video.
@@danielsbackforty8094 finally a video that shows very simple planting instructions without 20 minutes of commentary. Thank you
Best I've seen yet
Want to see a lot more.
@@danielsbackforty8094 you got straight to it.. no beating around the bush.. love it...
Better boy, Hybrid, and Husky are great to grow ❤
Great video! Thank you. I will be making a bucket garden for myseld out here in Cape Breton because the soil is too soggy to do anything else. As far a a calcium source, egg shells would be a LOT cheaper than milk powder. Just add some at the bottom of that hole and let nature do the rest.
I’m from Oregon and have access to crushed oyster shells. It’s a great source of calcium, but probably more expensive than powdered milk. Calcium is great for helping with blossom tot too.
Yesr! You are right. We have kin folk who live in Oregon, Rogue River area. I sometimes add calcium nitrate I believe it's called. Sometimes other things with Calcium. Just trying to see what works. Just enjoying gardening.
You got a new subscriber. I love how you measure and put more, but you also warned of the danger. Thats my style!!
My grandmother would tear up a book of matches and add to the hole when planting tomatoes. I also saw her sometimes add old copper pennies, or rusty old nails. People used what they had on hand at the farm.
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I bought a bag of oyster shell to provide plants with calcium. It is the kind that you'd buy to feed chickens, to make their eggs strong. I mix that in with my soil, before planting tomatoes. It breaks down slowly, and helps to prevent blossom end rot. So far, I have had good results. One bag will last a very long time!
Hi Karen how much do you add to the soil per 1 bucket....thanks
@@kathylittle3900 I don't really have a recipe . . . I just throw a palm-full and mix it in with the rest!
Where do you buy oyster shell in the bag?
I like the idea of the trays. I agree with the person below as I think you need more holes in those buckets. But that will depend all on where you live and the weather. I live in New England and just say you live down South, you will need your containers to hold more water than me. I have used Cheap coffee mate in the past. Works good also. Good job! New Subscriber here!
Soil is pronounced soul. Gotta love it !! I had a good buddy many years ago that was a "tarheel". Oil was oul. After a few months, he had me talking like that. I had to laugh at myself.
Yesr! I do talk funny! LOL
In Alabama, it’s pronounced “awl!”
Good job, if that tomato plant does not grow none will,
I also add some sevin dust around that fill dirt to keep cut worms at bay,
Straight to the topic and NO COMMERCIALS!!! I’m a new subscriber!!!
I don't like ads either but that's how people get paid for their videos :)
@@elizabethsessions4486 yeah I know, it’s refreshing when some choose not to. :)
I'd say lime also, and garden tone is a good organic fertilizer that I use . My grandpa used to stick a stick of chalk in the hole too, but they don't make chalk the same any more. I also keep some petunias in my tomato garden, it repels all horn worms fork ever laying eggs on your tomatoes and promotes pollinators also .
I have patio and using containers would it work to plant a petunia or two in same container with tomato
I put an eggshell in the hole under the tomato at planting time for calcium. I never have any problems with calcium.
Interesting approach to growing tomatoes in pots. A suggestion for you and others who might like to do this ... rather than using potting trays on the bottom of your buckets, put a tittle effort into digging about 4 to 6 inch hole to set your buckets in.
And when I grow things (iike tomatoes) in several buckets, I like to do small experiments with different buckets of the same plant. I happened to do this with epsom salts with four tomato plants several years ago. Two with it and two without. I wanted to see if using epsom salts was really worth it. My results was that it made absolutely no difference.
I have used a layer of medium stone separating the soil from the bottom with the drainage holes to prevent the soil from clogging the holes.
As they grow I would like to see how you stake them to the wire behind the buckets
Nice video sir. Im going to do two tomato plants in buckets this year. Only thing i see you might have a problem with is i dont think the holes are big enough to release the amount of water you my get with a big rain. Thanks for sharing.
Happy Gardening
Always add coffee grounds and use unused coffee to water. They love acidic soil.
Right on also
Daniel, you're a treasure, and I enjoyed so much listening to you. Thank you for making the video. Now, if only you did a follow-up to demonstrate how the tomatoes planted in buckets turned out - at least before you burned them up. Again, thanks, and keep making videos of your endeavors...
I wish I could have. I ended up getting over zealous with some fertilizer and burnt them up.
My friend had a drip system on his buckets and did awesome.
@@danielsbackforty8094 hey Daniel, I've got a bushsteak and husky cherry red both planted in self watering containers about the same size as a 5 gal bucket. I used your method and both are growing great on the patio here in Maine. Thanks. I'll give an update end of July.
@@vet7111 hi! Just reading your comment any update on how your tomatoes turned out ???
I had to laugh. You got carried away with the powdered milk. I'm with you. I tend to do the same.
You can put Rolaids crushed up for calcium they have quite a bit so one or two per plant is plenty. If you have nothing else....
I tried powdered milk with in ground planting. The area wild animals dug up every plant the 1st night that had powdered milk added. Will try it in the buckets this year.
Or try Calcium nitrate
Grinding up egg shells is a good way to get calcium as well.
Thank you for the detail. I have tried iUnsuccessful now I will will try this method.
Ground up Egg Shells is what I use for my Calcium supply for my Tomato Plante works great Thanks for sharing i also grow in Buckets as Ido not have room for a real Garden etc.
Egg shells take a long time to break down and really does nothing for the plant for a long time.
I learn so much by reading all the comments. Thank you folks.
Me too!
I have what's left over from cleaning fish. I was thinking of using them for fertilizer. I just afraid something will dig up the plants. Indians used to do this. You can get buckets from Firehouse subs . They get their pickles in 5 gallon buckets. They cool looking too. 😅 Last time I got them they charging $2 though...still a good price. Cheaper than the hardware store.
I wanna see how you grow em up the trellis lol. I'm trying it this year
Great video will definetly try this thanks ! Question, is the cointainer with the better boy holding six plants in one bucket ? Or are they all individually in a bucket ?
Great vid. Good audio.
😊
I planted 36 tomato plants this season. I lost two so far and it looks like what they call damping disease. I never heard of that before but it is terminal to the plant. The stem rots out at ground level. Some bacteria gets into the plant from the soil. I am thinking to try to salvage my season with planting a dozen or two of tomatoes in buckets. Thanks for the instruction. This will get me started and then I'l learn more as I go along.
Wow! Never heard of that
@@danielsbackforty8094 Yes it is called Damping Off disease. the stem seems to rot from the inside at ground level. The transfer of water and nutrients is stopped and the plant starts to wilt from the top down. Eventually the plant falls over at ground level.
I buy the 2 for one Spring Valley bottles of calcium [under 10.00, 250 pills per bottle] at Walmart. Crush them up, dissolve in water and feed the tomato plants. If it's good enough for me, then it's good enough for them! Keeps down blossom rot.
Alotta folks use Garden lime for calcium.
So you just keep water in the tray below then so it goes in the holes and wicks up into the roots?
I like your video very much now I did have a problem with using a container and powdered milk I would say days later I had maggots all over the soil it was not very pleasant looking ......this i didn't like about powdered milk I appreciate your comments .
I didnt have any. My only prob ended up needing bigger water pans
Good job dude
Use gypsum soil conditioner for your calcium. 11 dollars for a 40 lb bag at lowes.
Good video
You should watch gardening with Leon and his wicking tubs
Use the wicking buckets but keep your technique of planting.
You can also bring your drain holes up another inch and use the bucket as a water reservoir. Tray not needed!
I'll be damned. Now that is good thinking.
I grew the Better Boy and the Cherokee Purple this year and no matter what I did I couldn’t stop them from cracking. I should have done more research and went with a crack resistant variety.
I bought soil for in ground by mistake. Can I use it for pots?
I save eggshells and put them through a coffee grinder then use the powder for my soil. I also dry and powder banana peels for a soil amendment.
I can most of my tomatoes and in the winter time ,,,I have the best creamy tomato soup with basil
There is....😋..
With homemade cheesy homemade croutons.. from cheesy garlic bread
That sounds really dang good
Hi Donna would you share your recipes for your tomato basil soup and homemade cheesy croutons? Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦 Take care!
A good way to add calcium is to put oyster shells in the hole
TOMATO PLANTS LOVE DRY EGG SHELLS ❤❤❤❤ IT GIVE THEM NUTRIENTS. MY PLANTS GROW CRAZY OVER THEM. I DRY THE EGG SHELLS UP AND, I CHOP THEM UP AND POUR IT ON THE TOP.
OR YOU CAN MIX IN WITH THE DIRT. THEY WILL GROW TALL❤❤❤❤
You can plant tomatoes in any color other than black?
I drill my holes about 3 to 4 inches from the bottom. This way the water is always there and you don’t need trays
I believe that is worth a try
Daniel Preach yes you will get very good root growth , plus it will save you money on those plastic trays
I've tried every way to grow tomatoes. Straw bale gardening beats them all
Hi Rick, I would love to hear your process for tomato straw bale gardening. Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦Take care
You really don't need all of that, I grew my tomatoes from seeds out of a tomato in my fridge, all you need is a big countiner, some sun and water and once every 2 weeks to use fertilizer. awesome tomatoes and very cheap.
Is gypsum a good calcium additive?
Tenfer, Appreciate it!
So do you have to change the bottom plastic dish frequently so bucket is not sitting in water?
Just planted celebrity tomato. Can u mix powdered milk & epsom salt together & mix into the soul..
Cherokee purple is the best tomato I have ever grown.
Dude, I've been growing tomatoes four 40 years, including Cherokee Purples. Buy a posthole digger and put the potting soil in the hole with the tomato seedling. Epsom salt provides Calcium which prevents blossom end rot.
Martin Brodie Epsom salt is Magnesium.
Epsom salt will increase your chances of blossom end rot.
I put an egg below the plant and they go NUTS. Put a little crack in it. I like this idea too. 👍🏼. Calcium nitrate basically is an egg. I think that’s why I work so well
A whole egg?
@@elizabethsessions4486 yep a whole egg. Works awesome.
How was the yield on these?
You could drill the holes higher to hold more water in reserve.
@abc68099 Its to keep the water longer in the pot, the roots will suck up the water, the water dose not harm them.
If those plastic trays are $1.98 no wonder Lowe's stock price is so high!!
I’ve seen other videos that suggest peat moss. Does it benefit the plant or does the soil do the job?
The peat just makes soil loser and helps it not to pack.
drywall works for calcium too
I use Bonemeal.
Use oyster shells for calcium you can get a bag in poultry feed area .
Question.. my first year doing a garden.. I took seeds from a tomato, I soaked them in water to get all the stuf f off them for a day. And now they are drying out. Therr is like tiny hairsnon them is that right?. Not like mold. Its like the little hairs in the stems
That sounds like ur seeds sprouting.
if you add some sulfur - your tomatoes will taste better. the sulfur gives a tomato a tang to go with the sweetness. I put the hole in the bucket just a bit higher. And I fill the very bottom with rocks.
I used these buckets last year and they’re not food safe. Plants did not do well.
These plastics are BPA-free, phthalates-free and PVC-free.
safe plastics by number 1,2,4,5. Look at the bottom of the bucket to find the number
I did check that after all 4 plants died....I’ve grown tomatoes my whole life with great results. Wanted to try this and it just didn’t work out. Weird.
Grind as much as you can of egg shells and use the powder for calcium. Good luck
What a sick mentality. Is that Jewish love for life?
That’s a great tip. I save my egg shells. Wash, grind and make calcium powder...excellent for plants. Also save banana peels. Dry and grind to potassium powder.
Kinda afraid to watch this, since mine are already in buckets and are nearly 2ft tall. Probably too late for me to do anything different with them now. 😅
SAAME
Powder oyster shell. 34.5 percent calcium. I haven't seen anything with a higher percentage of calcium
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Lowes has food safe buckets so the toxic ingredients in the regular blue buckets won't leach into our food
what Im a gonna do is watch a heapin mount of your videos.
Thanks
Get a paper shredder and chop up some cardboard with it. It makes the best mulch.
Those blue Loews buckets are UV sensitive and just disintegrate after a year or so. The orange buckets last much longer.