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new topic, has anyone grown a giant from a 10 gal. bucket? methods used? was a drip used? pvc feeder? let me know. GOD BLESS, TREETOP

12/15/2009 7:36:03 PM

South Finland pumpkinfinland@gmail.com

I grew 3.67 pounder in about 20 gallon container this year on glassed balcony. I mixed two different types of garden store soil and didnt add any kind of manure when planting. Just a bit of bone meal(bone dust I dont know if thats same). During season I fertilized with liquid chemical fertilizers.

No drip or feeder used, only watered on surface of soil. Around seven hour direct sunlight a day.

Next year will try so that I add about 3 gallons of aged horsemanure every container and see what difference that makes. Might also use some chemicals during season but dont know yet. Hard to find any good organic ferts here.

I think that 10 gallon containers might be too little, especially when its hot they will dry very soon. Drip in that case would help a lot.

12/16/2009 8:14:59 AM

On top of Brush Mountain, Pa.

When I was in Canada there was a guy there who brought his bucket and all to the tomato contest. He had 4 or 5 good sized tomatoes growing on the plant. They were still green but were nice tomatoes. I was impressed.I am not certain how big the bucket was but I know it was more that 5 gallons. Growing in containers is much different than growing in the ground. Organic techniques were never designed for container growing. In containers it is all about chemical fertilizers. I do know that a 5 gallon bucket is the minimum size for growing tomatoes and that you will be hard pressed to grow a big tomato in a 5 gallon bucket due mostly to root crowding. You can grow some eating tomatoes though in a 5 gallon container.

12/16/2009 10:56:27 AM