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Old 03-17-2021, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by bgnn54 View Post
Had good luck with tomatoes, they grew all year, I plant in 5 gallon pails with stones in the bottom of the pail. Drill 4 small holes in pail. Place the pails in aluminum pans to hold extra water. I keep the plants in my car port. Very difficult to grow out doors. Soil is not good, too much rain during the summer and hot during the summer months. Only down sized with this method is you HAVE to water every day. This year I'm going with a hydroponics system, peppers, tomatoes and cukes. Good luck!
I also grow tomatoes in 5 gallon buckets. I discovered a product while searching YouTube videos on how to grow tomatoes in containers. I am not trying to sell anyone anything and have no interest in this company or it's products. BUT, This is the bees knees when it comes to growing tomatoes in a container. I love being able to bring them into carport sometimes. They are GroBucket Garden Kit (3PK) Self Watering sub-irrigated Planter Inserts. I got mine from Amazon, not sure where else you can find them. You might search YouTube and find out for yourself. These watering devices are INCREDIBLE. I hope this doesn't violate any posting rules.