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25 Comments
Could this be used to grow okra? If so, how would the plant be supported?
I'm going to try a strawberry grow bucket tower. 😻🍓
Great content thank you. Easy grow systems are a really attractive potential.
Your best video yet. Thanx.
clever
I usually drill an overflow hole with an upside down 45 with a mesh screen on the end to prevent mosquitoes from getting in, but this method seems like it will work as well. Nice job!
Stop buying buckets! Go to a local restaurant or a pizza place and ask them for buckets. They use tons of them, with lids. They're white, they're food-grade. They'll give them to you and they won't wind up in a landfill.
So what if it has a pickle label or a name of a tomato sauce on it. It's free!
Love this idea. I'll have to give it a try, since I definitely have more microgreens than I have space for in my current setup. I'm wondering how well pak Choi (which is what I currently have about 40 seedlings for that need a home) will do in these, or if they'll get too heavy and droop.
As for the nursery tray idea – soda cans with the tops cut off are perfect for that, and the dollar store pool noodle fit perfectly in them. I sent you some pics of those a while back, feel free to share if you'd like, or let me know if you need me to send them again. I move all my microgreens to cans and then transplant the best ones, eat the rest – they're more substantial than microgreens, and don't take up too much space.
A lot of junk yard giveaway buckets for free
Sometimes you can get free 5-gallon buckets from construction contractors
I have been experimenting with hydroponics for about 3 years now, I have watched you and many others. It really is an interesting adventure. I use alot of ideas I have from you all but it has made me come up with ideas that work for me. I love all of it, not so much when I screw up but it is all learning. Hope to share some of my ideas on here one day.
I think a darker bucket 🪣 would be better for algae prevention.
Brilliant idea. I recon this might work on a smaller scale too, with Popcorn Buckets on my Balcony.🌱
TFS Mike, take care & keep busy everyone. ❤🙂🐶
Awesome. It will be awesome to see how Weil these work! (I know you won’t be painting these, but it would be cool to see Keely use one buck as a canvas.)
I can get as many free buckets as I want from my work, woohoo
I will definitely do this one in summer here i got 3 of those buckets, thanks Mike for this
I like it I’ll give it a try thank you
Another interesting idea! I can't wait to try hydroponics outside. 24 degrees here in NC this morning! And supposed to be 70 on Wednesday. All the weather in one week, lol
Hey Mike! Love the vertical gardens.
Can mosquitoes breed in these? We live in the Midwest and nobody sprays for them.
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What a great idea. I'd been fretting about the Rain problem. I don't have the space tomake a sheltered grow areas. Every popup green house I build ends up destroyed by falling branches in storms. My back yard is a forest… This a really cool idea. I'd be willing to try this with at least one bucket. I want to grow some berry style tomatoes, and I have a half circle wire mesh I can use as a trellis if I put some tomato plants on one side and maybe grow some herbs in the holes on the front side. Has anyone grown basil and tomato in the same kratky bucket? That might not work since basil is just leaves and tomato is fruiting.
That Variety Pack looks nice.
I just want to provide a kind warning about one of the herbs.
Shiso is a very popular in asian dishes for its pungunt anise like flavor. I learned the hard way to NOT let it go to seed. it is very invasive because it is a member of the mint family, if allowed to go to seed and catch ground.
Shiso is extremely toxic to ruminants like cows, horses, goats, pretty much any livestock , and other animals like dogs and cats. Its toxicity doesn't diminish when cut. if shiso leaves, live or dead, fresh or dried, are eaten by animals, even dogs, it can cause interstitial pneumonia and death very quickly.
If you have any pets or animal friends, or fields that animals might graze, you will want to keep Shiso away from them, and don't let it go to seed, because the seeds concentrate the chemical that causes the animals harm, and it is very prolific, similar to basil. if you let it seed in your yard, you will have and entire field of shiso in less than one season, and it won't just stay in your yard…
I hope I don't alarm anyone, just want to be sure no one gets any unpleasant surprises.
If you have a Firehouse Subs near you they have their 5 gallon pickle buckets for 3 bucks, pickles sold separately. Very sturdy and food grade. The only issue is that you normally can only get 2 or 3 at a time or you may need to call more than 1 location to find some in stock
Awesome update. I'm trying this design as an herb garden stacked out on my deck this summer!!
Looks great, I’m sure it will work. Would be nice to have a hole for a funnel so to aid in adding nutrient if needed. 17:57