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Container planting vegetables is not a new concept, but what about using buckets for growing vegetables? Yes, buckets. Keep reading to learn more about how to grow vegetables in a bucket. Why Plant Vegetables in a 5-Gallon Bucket? You don’t need a huge backyard to grow food for your family. In fact, you don’t even need a backyard at all. More and more people are container planting vegetables and getting plenty of food. In addition to saving space, using buckets for gardens also helps with a lot of other common gardening problems like young plants getting trampled, rabbits eating plants, poor soil, hard rains, weeds, and ease of care. While raised beds can solve many of these problems, they are more expensive and require more room. Another great benefit of growing vegetables in buckets is that they are portable. If your tomato is not getting enough sun in a certain area, simply pick it up and put it somewhere else. You will not have to dig up, replant, and risk killing your tomato; you will only be moving the container it is in.

Growing Vegetables in Buckets Here are just some of the plants that grow well in a 5-gallon (19 L.) bucket, and how many of them can be grown in one: Tomatoes – Cherry or bush tomatoes work best. Plant only 1 tomato per bucket. Drive a stake in the middle to support the plant Cucumbers – Plant 1 per bucket Melons – Plant 1 per bucket Squash – Plant 1 per bucket Eggplant – 1 per bucket Peppers – 2 per bucket Beans – Bush kinds work best. Plant 3 per bucket Onions – Plant 4 per bucket Lettuce – Plant 4 per bucket Beets – Plant 4 per bucket Carrots – Plant 10 per bucket Radishes – Plant 10 per bucket Many herbs also grow very well in buckets. One plant will spread to fill the entire container.