from ground to bucket

its been 4 years now since i started in dirt. 3 weeks ago, after another texas heat wave that made it no fun to even try, i set out to grow my next adventure in some kind of pots. well to start out its just lowes buckets, home firing giant ceramic pots can wait for a while. I'm new around here so ill just load a few pics here and there. zucchini and cucumbers are my first two container tries. well i did top off an okra and after 23 days in water it rooted, its part of the adventure too.

pitcher plant! ok now i gotta learn how to do that!

i did have one more pic to show. against a southern wall of a metal building. its 120 degrees bouncing off that wall on a 80 degree day. im in the process of moving the whole adventure. when its 40 in a few months ill check it out, might be 80 against the wall! probably not

still learning, moved the plants, and had a suprise that a good harvest can come out of a 1 gallon pail.

The wilted squash up there turned out to be this guy. i harvested three today, i think is cue ball zucchini

Very nice. I tried a tomato in 5 gal a few years ago, It also did very well. I think I will try this once again next year. Good luck to you. Where did you get those black 1 gals. from?

The one gallon buckets i got at a Dollar Tree store. Everythings a dollar! I check in there alot. Just the other day i went in and they had 1.5 gallon pails like a kid would use at the beach to make sandcastles. and in lighter colors, a lime green and and a blue. wont get as hot and a little more room for roots.


i went overboard on dinner. round zucc slice with crumbled potato chip halo. (ate the zu but kinda scraped the tater chips in the compost pail)

I collected suggestions from another DG thread on where to find FREE 4 or 5 gallon buckets.

car washes
burger joints (pickle tubs)
school cafeterias
restaurants (especially Asian)
bakeries & doughnut shops
delis
supermarket bakeries
supermarket delis
painters & drywall contractors - wash well! (Some use plastic-lined cardboard tubs.)
cat people's kitty litter tubs (maybe less UV-resistant)

drycleaning shops - maybe plastic 55 gallon drums

It never hurts to bring vegetables like tomatoes, cut flowers, or potted flowering plants with you to offer in return

Squash in 1 gal buckets? How did you do that? That's the one thing I can't seem to grow and get a good crop even in 5 gal buckets.