Beginner Gardening: eContainers with colander ?, 0 by dreaves

dreaves wrote:
I made some "E-Buckets" today, my first as well. I'm hoping that the steady water supply will help me to grow tomatoes a little longer into the summer heat. This is a picture of the before and after, with the parts laid out before adding dirt. I used buckets from Lowe's (couldn't find free ones) and colanders from the local dollar store. I actually bought the smaller colander, after trying a larger size. The larger one required too much trimming and wasn't stable when it finally fit.

The tomatoes I planted were very leggy, since they'd been in the 4-inch pot too long. I planted them deeply, about 1-inch above the top of the colander. I'm trying a mix of a few determinates, indeterminates, open-pollinated and hybrid (8 buckets total) that I'm also growing in the ground. The plants in the ground have been planted for 4-6 weeks, so they have a really big head start.