You're Being LIED to about Growing in Containers...

I love how you actually like your dog. Some YouTubers make their animals a part of their videos but they treat the animal like a prop, like the animal doesn't have a soul. You treat your dog like he is actually your friend.

Tip: when growing in buckets or containers, fill it all the way completely to the top and then even mound the soil above the rim of the bucket so that when the soil settles you won't have 3-4 inches of wasted space at the top of the bucket. If you do this, after the soil settles, you'll only have about 1" or less of bucket rim showing and then you can fill the last inch flush up to the top of the bucket with mulch. Water will quicky go down below the mulch and not spill over the edge and this way you have maximum soil depth and container volume for deep roots. Also, leave the bottom sealed and only drill a few water drainage holes about 1 or 2 inches above the bottom of the bucket. that way you will have a small water reservoir on the very bottom of the bucket below the root zone.

Yes... please share with us how you prepare different soil mixes for different plants in containers.

That would be awesome to do an education video on custom potting mixes for specific plant families. I learning to do all container gardening and my biggest challenge is what mix to use and how to fertilize containers for specific fruits/veggies. Thanks for all of your videos!

I get pickle buckets free from work and I planted 23 buckets this year. San Marzano tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, jalapeños, sweet banana peppers, bush beans, and snow peas did really good this year. I’m going to try potatoes this year. That pup eating that 🌶️ is TOO cute!!! 😂

❤ Love seeing Tuck eat his veggies. I have my Chihuahuas watch him eating vegetables, but they're not buying it😅.

Just wrap TULLE around and over your pots & plants and clip it together with clothes pins from the $ Tree. Easy and only takes a couple of minutes to do.

Hiya, James & Tuck! 🥰🌱❤️ As a container gardener, this made my day to see this video and hear how you’ve changed your mindset about container gardening. ❤

Hey James, a gardening greeting from COBB CO. GEORGIA 😎, I recently discovered your channel and it’s one of my favorites. I grow almost exclusively in CONTAINERS, due to having had many spinal surgeries , fusions etc. I hope you make many more tutorials on this method. I’ll share some of my POSITIVES and NEGATIVES gradually and as time allows, and I’m sure your community will give me some great tips as well. First, for moving my 5 gals around following the full sun, I install 4 swivel casters on the bottoms. Makes it so much easier, especially if I’ve installed a tall support pole or tomato cage on the interior or exterior of the bucket, you can steer it as you roll it around. Also, I use a Hot soldering iron to make drainage holes in bottoms or SIDES!

We love you’re channel James. We love what you and Tuck do for us every episode. Greetings from Melbourne Australia👌🏻

One additional thing about mobility is if you are willing to take the time and have a spot, being able to take them in and out to avoid those last and first few frosts can give you another month or two on your growing season. I live in NC so I get some stuff rolling in like Feb and just put it out during the day when its warm and I have kept cherry tomatoes going in my garage just taking them out when its warmer until new years!

I have my pots, 110 gallon and five gallon, all tied to a single reservoir wicking system, covered with a trellis and mesh to protect them from pests and the heat. They will be covered by plastic this winter and we’ll see how well an overwinter crop will fare.

Tuck is adorable! Please do a video on mixing your own soil and how to safely reuse the soil. Thank you!

I have never seen a dog eating a pepper,cute.

This could be the first in a series on container gardening! I loved this. Super helpful info!

I have a couple of notes to add. 1) mid-to-late summer I like to look through my pepper beds and find plants that are getting shaded out, and pull them out into containers (usually 1 gallon is plenty for these as they are the small plants). This doesn't work so well for tomatoes except maybe dwarf varieties. 2) I use 2-3 gallon conatiners to start peas in the late winter, after there are few nights below 20F and long, long before the big trees get their leaves. So the peas get a great start with close to full sun (unavailable later on). I believe James drills holes in those 5 gallon buckets -- I usually go for leftover nursery containers that already have holes and which seem to accumulate without any real effort on my part. 3) In the fall, plants in containers can be easily moved into the garage to survive the random unusually cold night (my experience for peppers is actual temperatures down to 30F can be survived by many varieties (but don't count on it); while others (especially from tropical islands) take big damage even at 45F. And I account for at least +/-4F error on any forecasts). Protected areas fare better, strong winds and exposed areas make it worse, and containers in exposed areas are far more vulnerable than in-ground when it comes to cold snaps (so when in doubt, put them somewhere safer). 4) in the short run, bringing container plants indoors is fine, but overwintering is almost guaranteed to cause a major fungus gnat problem unless you take drastic measures before bringing them indoors to a place where you care about. In particular don't let outdoor plants anywhere near where you are going to start seeds or have long-term indoor plants, without a lengthy quarantine and monitoring process.

I learned a lot from container size experiments I did this year, planting in a range from 1 gallon to 10 gallons and also deep containers vs. shallow tubs. For people who are short on space, I found dwarf tomatoes I planted (Tiny Tim) produced a lot even in the smallest 6" pot, rivaling the 5 gallon grow bag.

I live on a hill with no flat area to garden so ALL my plants are in containers all over the place. Although, I only use fabric. Yes, they require more water, but there's pretty much no chance of anything getting rootbound. I also have a bunch of trees and I can move certain ones around to follow the sun.. Hey, it's a loving obsession!

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️and so many more for Tuck. I want him to stay healthy. I know he's been around awhile. I really enjoy your garden videos they are so informative and in plain English making it simple and clear to us . Thank you so much for all you do James

When covid happened, I decided to finally garden and I had to do all containers because I was in an apartment and I called it my little forest, it was amazing! Now we just bought our first home and I CANNOT wait for spring! I have a huge backyard to plant all I want! I actually planted some cucumbers in a container a few weeks ago just because I was itching to garden because I didn't get to this year, and they're growing really well so far, I know it's late in the season but it's still pretty hot here in TN so I'm hoping I get a few! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤