Specialty Gardening: 5 gallon bucket gardens/planters., 1 by Gymgirl

Gymgirl wrote:
Cricket,
Everything you see is growing in mostly 6.5 gallon pool chlorine buckets. They are free-draining, without the reservoirs in them. And, yes, my intent was to hook them up to the direct watering system that I've had in the box for 2 years now (aaaaarrrrrrrggggghhhhhhh).

But, since I like being among the vegetation, up close, and personal enough for lizards to hitch a ride into my kitchen (that's for another post...), I don't mind having to water more often. The proof is in the picture.

I'm using Tapla's 5-1-1 container mix in all the buckets! In this case, it's a 3-1-1 mix, because I recycled the old MG potting mix from last season. Read up on this on the Soils and Composting thread. There's a sticky at the top! Al has saved me $$$$ on growing mediums, and I'm free to spend that $$ on fertilizer. Been using MG Water Soluble Plant Food (24-8-16) once a week. Watering "weakly, weekly".

Al and I are PBF-BFF's forever! He's an exceptionally loving and patient expert in the field of soils and minerals, et al, and a wonderful teacher, too.

^^^^(Linda and Al doing the pine bark fines stomp)

Hey, Al!

Linda