[new_2_veg]

hi all,

just went through all the stuff that came with my greenhouse and theres about 8-10 flower type buckets and i wondered what i could grow in them?

many thanks

nathan

[cliff]

i use flower buckets for tomatoes, peppers, chilis and cucumbers u can use them for nemerous things. hope this helps

[boosh]

I have some large pots, and i grow some early carrots and salad leaves in mine.
so i think you could try these in your flower buckets.

[Elcie]

I have grown potatoes in mine.  One seed potato per pot and I ended up with a family dinner sized number of potatoes.  I also successfully used them for cucumbers and tomatoes.  In fact they were preferable to the grow bags I also used.

[cliff]

My local Morrisons is actually selling 8 flower buckets for 99p at the moment just a heads up

[chili]

My local Morrisons is actually selling 8 flower buckets for 99p at the moment just a heads up

and asda give them away for free

[cliff]

My local Morrisons is actually selling 8 flower buckets for 99p at the moment just a heads up

and asda give them away for free

even better then something for nothing!

[sunshineband]

Cutting the base off and using them as ring culture type thingies for tomatoes, but stuffed into grow bags to give extra depth, rather than on gravel gave us a bumper crop last year

[Elcie]

Cutting the base off and using them as ring culture type thingies for tomatoes, but stuffed into grow bags to give extra depth, rather than on gravel gave us a bumper crop last year

That's a good idea sunshine.  What soil did you use in the buckets and how many did you put into a growbag?  Think I might copy you this year!

[sunshineband]

Three in a growbag. Compost from a part used bag of multipurpose stuff.

Planted the plants well down so that they rooted off the stems as well 

[new_2_veg]

Three in a growbag. Compost from a part used bag of multipurpose stuff.

Planted the plants well down so that they rooted off the stems as well 

i like the idea of that, will save me buying some of the expensive bigger growbags, thanks



i thought about potatoes but didnt think it would be big enough.

if i try that do i ust use soil from my allotment? and how would you recomend planting the seed in it? (how deep etc)

could be handy for a chritmas and early crop


nathan

[bigben]

You can also stack a bucket with the bottom cut off onto another one with spuds in which allows you to keep topping it up as the top grows. I saw a similar rather expensive system in 3 parts in one of the ad booklets that fell out of my gardening magazine last week. I think they were charging about £10 for what is really just 3 flower buckets stacked.

[new_2_veg]

will have to have a think then.


would like to grow some new potatoes for Christmas this year

nathan

[sunshineband]

Stacking the buckets like that is a good idea 

I just kept them single storey and had a couple of kilos per bucket, with one tuber in each. Should get more this way though 

[new_2_veg]

Stacking the buckets like that is a good idea 

I just kept them single storey and had a couple of kilos per bucket, with one tuber in each. Should get more this way though 

how did you plant them? 6 inch down and fill about 2 inch from the top?


nathan