Nathan shows you how to turn some cheap store containers into an edible garden. This type of gardening method will help you grow almost anywhere that there is a small amount of space and some sunlight including on your patio, verandah or even on an apartment window sill. It all begins with a good soil mixture. Learn how to garden affordably with easily available materials from your local home centre.
Edible Gardening
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Those containers aren't UV stable!
Thanks! I will do that!
How did they hold up?
Plan on doing the same thing in a few weeks we are still having cool nights in Tennessee going to wait until end of the month
This is what I want to do!! I know, I better get going! Hee!
I tried to focus but his voice is unbelievable and hypnotic n gives me chills .. I can not pay attention lol.. sexy voice has to go lol jk
That sound at 8:31 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sad I can only hear it on my TV.
Hi Sisters! #metoo
You can just get a screw driver heat it up using a lighter and poke it under and will create a hole easily and you won’t need to drill anymore and you can do this before putting the soil…
My problem with these containers is that after 2 seasons for me, the plastic was just busting apart
Can I put the top on it?
you say this is learning not teaching vid, what ever.lol glad you and others share ideas and experieance, thumbs up bro! we are all learning
Look great efforts. I got an idea for the next my video. Thank you sir
I would buy another STRONGER container so that once your Coir is ready you can half it up and then mix your planting medium in the wheel barrel. Drill your holes first, fill your containers, plant your veggies then move them BEFORE you put any more water in them. You can use the 'tops' to prevent any dripping (or walk around the long way). But it is a convenient and cheap way to be able to grow veggies when you don't have a backyard or additional space.
Looking at buying some and painting them with chalk board paint. Going to set them up in the front yard and plant flowers to attract more birds this year. And the chalk board paint will be fun to write on.
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I'm not sure about plastic if it isn't bpa safe. Heat from the sun might let contaminates spread from the waterings into the plants. I would like to be wrong because I have many of these & garden Tupperware containers in my shop I could put to use.
i make a soil blend of coco coir, manure cow, vermiculite, and normal dirt . the seeds love it and the coco coir makes a perfect sponge. never gets over watered.
I love this idea, however, I was told the plastic of the container leaches chemicals into the plant. Have you ever had a problem with this?
Tin containers
No drain holes?
Add some Mulch too.
would these containers be safe to grow veg in? ive been growing veg in one for the last couple of months and now it hit me that it mightened be good for the veg :/
TIP: Don’t use drills to drill holes in plastic containers. Use a hot soldering iron, or wood burning craft tool/gun, or a hot glue gun to melt the holes. For larger holes just move the hot tool tip around in circles until you get the desired hole size. This method is fast, super quick, no hassle and no cracking or damaging your planters, totes or whatever you’re using or recycling for a planter. You can melt the holes before or after adding soil. Or even later upon discovering you need more drainage holes.
It is so much easier to drill holes first. I drill holes about 1" from the bottom. For a 17 gal, food-grade container, on 4 sides, I drill 3-1-3-1 holes. The water at the bottom, absorbed by cocoa peat, helps keep roots moist even if I skip watering for a day or two.
I also use container placed face down, as a dome for a miniature greenhouse, for growing salad greens in winter months, which I plant directly in a bag of soil mix placed on the lid.
Those totes doesnt hold up
They aren't worth $3 dollars
Coco dust must wash before use them in the soil because salt in the coco dust is harmful for your plant.. So never use coco dust directly…
Shabbily done
Plastics to avoid are the 3’s , the recycle number ♻️ stamp on containers
Awesome i like the idea
OMG if I lived in your area I would give you free loads of black crumbly dirt that used to be rabbit manure about 15 years ago lots of horse manure and compost….its outrageously expensive to buy all those things….the only 2 things I have to buy for all my gardening needs is a bale of peat moss and some sand…
No damn perlite cheap crap
Like your great idea 👍
Not get smart. Clear plastic will heat up and roots don't like light
Also drill holes 3 to 5 cm up along the sides for water retention.
3 dollar storage container ?!!! In France an container cost 10, 20 euro.
Wouldn’t it be a good idea to drill the holes before you fill the containers?
If you use a wood burning tool or a soldering iron you can burn plastic holes
Did you add drainage holes in the bottom of thise containers????
Hi, Just to let you know that not all plastic is safe for growing food in. Check the bottom of the plastic container for a #5. There is great info on safe ones to use for food. I used the large 92 litre storage container so I could have a raised bed. I then built a wood surround, with a lip to sit on to protect the plastic from breaking down so quickly from the sun. It would be sad if your wonderful food had chemicals leached in from the plastic. Check it out and then make a good choice. Good Luck
Hi! canyou do a video of your "gate" that you built around the garden with the rope?