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planting in bucket
well this year is my first time on my own gardening with out my mom and dad im going to try useing buckets in stead of pots i will be drilling hole in the bottom of the buckets and putting top soil in it with poo im going to try this with teardrop beans and add somemore potatoes to my garden i will give up date on how its working 

sweetgale-
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Re: planting in bucket
they should do fine! i plant many things in buckets--i use kitty litter buckets, since we buy a lot of kitty litter and they are free--right now i have in buckets tomatillos, cabbage, cauliflower, artichokes, and columnar apple trees!
Re: planting in bucket
I use buckets for my tomatoes, squash, melon, zucchini and others lol
CindiLou- Posts : 999
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Re: planting in bucket
Cindylou, what sort of bucket do you use for zucchini? YOu wouldn't happen to have a picture?I use buckets for my tomatoes, squash, melon, zucchini and others lol
GWN- Posts : 2804
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Re: planting in bucket
I am growing gourds and pumpkins in buckets! I threw a FISH in the bottom of every bucket so they will grow spectacularly!
cheyannarach-
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Re: planting in bucket
A WEED IS A FLOWER GROWING IN THE WRONG PLACE
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walshevak
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Re: planting in bucket
WOW Kay, that is an awesome set up!
cheyannarach-
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Re: planting in bucket
Holy-kewl-setups-Batman !!!!!!!!!!!
Very nice

Very nice
acara-
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Re: planting in bucket
that is cool, also the fish.....however everyone here says if I do that, I will DEFINATELY get bears.... even if buried.
I just cannot picture a zucchini or pumpkin in a bucket, how do they flow over the edges?
Or do you grow the zucchinis up a pole??
I just cannot picture a zucchini or pumpkin in a bucket, how do they flow over the edges?
Or do you grow the zucchinis up a pole??
GWN- Posts : 2804
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Re: planting in bucket
Learned and passed on to my son the ACARA pruning techniques. Now lets hope he gets a good crop.
Kay
A WEED IS A FLOWER GROWING IN THE WRONG PLACE
Elizabeth City, NC
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walshevak
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Re: planting in bucket
@GWN wrote:that is cool, also the fish.....however everyone here says if I do that, I will DEFINATELY get bears.... even if buried.
I just cannot picture a zucchini or pumpkin in a bucket, how do they flow over the edges?
Or do you grow the zucchinis up a pole??
I put them up on a rock slope and just let them flow over the edges. Pumpkins and gourds are just ornamental for me so I don't care if they flop all over the ground. I could not tell you anything about zucchini in a bucket though. I don't like them but I have a customer at work that wants some zukes so maybe I will suprise her next year!
We don't have bears here, just mountain lions, and I really didn't put a fish in the buckets, it was a joke because of the fish in my tumbler.
cheyannarach-
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Re: planting in bucket
@cheyannarach wrote:WOW Kay, that is an awesome set up!
Spectacular! I want that!
llama momma
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Re: planting in bucket
Well the thing here is that where is live is home to the worlds largest salmon run, people come from everywhere to see them spawn in the adams river.
We don't have bears here, just mountain lions, and I really didn't put a fish in the buckets, it was a joke because of the fish in my tumbler.
The summer before last the numbers were higher than ever recorded, and of course after the fish spawn, they die and go down the river
The lake shore was COVERED with dead fish.
SO some people in the area DID plant them in their gardens and lo and behold, the bears dug them up.... Goodness sakes, big mistake

GWN- Posts : 2804
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Re: planting in bucket
A WEED IS A FLOWER GROWING IN THE WRONG PLACE
Elizabeth City, NC
Click for weather forecast
walshevak
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Re: planting in bucket
@GWN wrote:Well the thing here is that where is live is home to the worlds largest salmon run, people come from everywhere to see them spawn in the adams river.
We don't have bears here, just mountain lions, and I really didn't put a fish in the buckets, it was a joke because of the fish in my tumbler.
The summer before last the numbers were higher than ever recorded, and of course after the fish spawn, they die and go down the river
The lake shore was COVERED with dead fish.
SO some people in the area DID plant them in their gardens and lo and behold, the bears dug them up.... Goodness sakes, big mistake![]()
That would be quite a site, watching the bear dig up our garden, yikes!
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Bears and Bees
I used to have two hives of bees -- That is until the bear decided it would like them!! That was many years ago and four miles from where I live now. Raising bees again is something I've thought about.
GWN- Posts : 2804
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Re: planting in bucket
GWN, I went and bought a zuke and planted it in a bucket just for you, I will take pics and keep you posted to see how it works!
cheyannarach-
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Re: planting in bucket
found that the bottom of one of our buckest has a big crack in.....so...instead of throwing it out......we are going to be planting in a bucket too
not sure where we are going to place it once its planted.....
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FamilyGardening-
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Re: planting in bucket
@cheyannarach wrote: I threw a FISH in the bottom of every bucket so they will grow spectacularly!
had me rolling on the floor

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Re: planting in bucket
@J_in_HamiltonON wrote:@cheyannarach wrote: I threw a FISH in the bottom of every bucket so they will grow spectacularly!
had me rolling on the floor, good one
I knew someone would get it!!!

Rose, be sure to throw some rocks in the bottom of your bucket so the crack stays open!
cheyannarach-
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Re: planting in bucket
gee thanks....GWN, I went and bought a zuke and planted it in a bucket just for you, I will take pics and keep you posted to see how it works!

I would try the same thing with zucchinis but I think I already have passed the zucchini MAX amount..... (you can only plant enough zucchinis that you have friends to pawn them off on

Truly I make all kinds of things with zucchinis and grade them and freeze them for winter baking.
zucchini cakes, zucchini muffins etc etc........
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hruten-
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Re: planting in bucket
I do not think so, zukes are resilient.Do I need to do anything to "protect" the open stem?
Someone posted a video here that showed a guy pruning a zucchini to grow up a stake and basically what he did was to cut off all the leaves below the lowest flower/fruit
GWN- Posts : 2804
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Re: planting in bucket
btw THANKS for posting a zucchini in a bucket photo... 

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