Cheapest Method For Container Growing, Ep 122 

I’ve been blessed to have known Leon for 6 years, I first met him selling tomatoes at the Dallas market my first year of farming and he would always buy everything I had left for sale around 5am every Friday morning, and that was a blessing after picking tomatoes all day Thursday and selling all night into Friday morning. Always looked forward to seeing him so I could head home and take a nap and get back to the farm. you would be very hard pressed to find a better man than Leon, I think very highly of him and he is a very good person and very helpful and nice to everyone he meets. He never meets a stranger

We need more Leon in this world. He is unbelievably giving, loving and smart. Thanks Leon. Now, let’s work on cloning you.

Hello Mr Leon thank you for review on wicking tubs. I got 10 mineral tubs from local farmer. My honey just cut all my pipes for my 9 tubs, ( one was cracked) now to gather up milk jugs and water bottles, and plant my starts. I did get 3ea. 5 gallon tubs started out of stuff I had around. Thank you for reminder about watering from top at first! I forgot that part! But makes sense till soil and roots can utilize the base water. I have learned so much from your videos it's like listening to my sweet grandpa that loves gardening 😂 God has given you a gift and tons of knowledge that you have shared with all of us lucky folks that have found you. Have a prosperous summer Sir. God Bless.

I love how genuine and down to earth you are.

I was in Tishomingo, OK on Wednesday helping my son pack up his dorm room. Since I was so close by, I decided to go to Leon’s Greenhouse. The young lady was very helpful and I was able to get all the things I needed to get my wicking pots started. Thank you so much! I’m excited to try them out.

GOOD MORNING MR. LEON & FAMILY. HAVE THE BLESSED DAY LOVE YOU ALL AMEN AMEN & AMEN🙏🏽🧘🏽🙏🏽

I did this last year and it is a miracle worker... Only had to water once a week and I’m in Southern Utah 100+ degree summers

I've made the 5 gallon version of these last year and they work so good! Thanks Leon!

Thanks Mr. Leon! A lot of rain here, and thanks for the "re-emphasis/review" on fertilizing! More rain coming our way this entire next week!!! The Good Lord's Blessings to you and yours!

Thank you Mr. Leon. I am 2 months into my first wicking tub garden and a cattle panel high tunnel. I am ASTOUNDED at how vigorous and healthy my plants are esp my tomatoes...they went from seedlings to 6' tall in 8 wks! And I've been a gardener for 40 yrs. I have already harvested more than I got the entire season last yr here in Ark. due to last year's heat and varmints. One question what is master blend? THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for making it easy and spelling out just what fertlizer to use and when! God bless you and your family and Congrats on 100k+ subscribers!

I have to admit that I was skeptical after watching ALL of your videos but, I decided to try. Boy was I wrong!!! I "created" 12 5 gal buckets and 4 mineral tubs using what I could scrounge up for materials (that is a WHOLE different story about how I "created" them). As a test, I planted jalapeno, chili, habanero & Cayenne peppers in the 5 gal buckets with cherry, big boy and Roma tomatoes in the tubs. There was so much produced that I began having trouble GIVING away the excess until a friend that has a Mexican restaurant said that she'd take all that I could bring her (next year she wants me to become one of her suppliers for $$$) Long story short here ... People, listen to this man! Don't just "watch" the videos "STUDY" the videos! You WILL NOT be sorry. THANK YOU LEON!!!

I apsolutely love your video---this is the kind if gartening i can do at my age of 73. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! God bless you from grandma Katie in Oregon

I'm in love with this Channel. And this sweet man 😍 reminds me of my grandfather. I'm non American, I live in the holy land of Israel, and I send you my best wishes and appreciation.

So happy to have found you Leon!! Love all you do to help others and share your great wisdom and experience! May God continue to bless you!

I have a back porch absolutely full of self wicking pots that I learned how to make from watching Leon over the years. Absolutely love seeing how fast they progress with these excellent pots and nutrient mix.

I just love that you are sharing your wisdom. You make me think of my Pappy when he was alive working on the farm. Much love to you!

Thank you for helping us to be self sufficient gardeners

I just discovered you channel. I e joy how you explain everything, giving different examples and choices. Wish you were closer to us so we could easily visit. Have a blessed day!

Good morning .Mr.Leon....thanks for your sharing your secrets...

Mr Leon - I want to say “thank you” for all the wonderfully helpful information you’ve provided. I’m a “wanna be” gardener, one who has never had a very successful yield. This year I’m trying your wicking tubs and following your fertilization recommendations so I’m hoping for better results. I think I heard you retired so I pray you and your wife have some wonderfully slow, quiet and fun filled days ahead! God bless you “exceedingly, abundantly above all that ye ask or think”!

I have 4 wicking tubs now! they are doing so well! Tomatoes cucumbers and even yellow squash! Thank you for all the info! I have never been very successful gardening until I found Leon!!!

I feel totally blessed to have found your channel Leon. Thanks for all the great advice. I learned a lot. God bless you.

Thanks Leon ,You remind me of my uncle in North Carolina.He was a wealth of knowledge on life and gardening and common sense.Thank you for your knowledge.

Hello from Southwest Virginia. I love my wicken tubs. This year I made wicken buckets. My plants are growing bigger and faster than their companion plants growing in the ground. I also got the fertilizers you suggested and want to thank you for explaining how much and when to apply fertilizers. Thank you.

I sure am glad I found your channel and enjoying yours they are full of great knowledge. God bless your family

Hey Leon. Always glad to see your videos. More please.

This is amazing and will be doing this this year. It'd be nice to catch the water than runs out of your pot to reuse as it should have some "good stuff" in it as well.

Thanks for the new video Leon. So you didn't use any fabric in it that was my biggest concern with the old versions

I presume he is recommending 1 tsp of just master blend / gallon during flowering stage and not adding other components , like epsom salt and calcium nitrate to the blend. Since these other two components are usually added to the blend for hydroponics in 2:1:2 ratio, hence my question. I don't expect Mr Leon to answer it , so requesting other knowledgeable gardeners to chime in.

Love tall Leon. Blessings, julie

Make sure to check what type of plastic the container is as only numbers 1, 2, 4 , 5 are safe for growing food.

Good to see you this morning Mr. Leon!!! I used your new method with Duck Tape and it is so much easier!!!

I couldn't find any. I got 35 gal barrels, cut them in half. Works great. I left a couple in tac for hydroponics. Thanks Leon. I'd love to purchase ten used mineral tubs from you.

Angela wright Hi Leon I want to thank you for sharing about growing into container how are you doing today's I am doing fine today's from columbus ga love your whole family and pets and pets too 🙂🌹⚘

I'm excited to give this a try. Just saw this.

Mr. Leon, I'm glade to see I'm not the only one that has trouble keeping up with the year. LOL. Poorboys' Little Homestead.

Good morning from The Great White North 🤜🤛💞🇨🇦

What were the numbers for natures source for bloom phase?x-x-x. I only heard the 10-4-3 to start the plants

👍 to see you Today Take Care ❤

Thamks Leon you are awesome

Leon seems to be a fine very down to man. I'm using his wicking pot method and having great results. I'm not using his master blend fertilizer yet. I still have a surplus of shults 20/20/20. I will use the master blend as soon as its gone. Thanks Leon for sharing your knowledge.

always like watchin the master with the plants;;;;lol;;;;Mrl Leon;;;thank you for teaching me the ropes of growing plenty tomatoes with tubs;;;have restarted my grocery plants twice ;;; probably won't get a bumper crop this year;;;; too hot too quick;;;;gonna try anyway;;;;keep em comin;;;;sent this one to several friends that wanted to grow in wicking tubs;;;;

Thank you. What is the master blend? Is it something you mix up or purchase as is?

Thank you Mr. Leon.

老大爷厉害啊，我也学着搞了几个5加仑的。。

New sub.thank you. Apt gardening. Sacramento in the house.window will gardening.thank u again.

new sub...great video Leon God Bless you!!

Howdee Mr. Leon. Always like your videos. I think I need your list of additives. Gonna look for a buck like you got. Thanks for the video.

I watched the video and wrote down the ingredients. He mentioned that he put in lime but I don't think he did. I rewound it and watched that part 3 times. How much lime?

Thank you Leon!

You are awesome thank you

I'm givin it a try Mr. Leon.

Awesome Awesome Awesome 👍👍👍

Good Morning Leon! Loved learning in this video, I’m going to contact you for the information sheet!

Good morning from East Texas! Good to see you! Hope all is well. Can you explain again why you aren’t using the black cloth over the bottles again?

Great job

Wow 🙏 ❤

Thank ya Sir

I have a dumb question. How do the jugs fill up? I can't see the little holes taking in that much water.

Are you not putting gardening cloth in these anymore?

Cool thanks for the info

Hi, thanks for new video. Please give method for flowering plants. Thanks from Gayle in Albany Georgia

I'm still not getting what the jugs and bottles are doing??? If you add water through the tube, the water goes to the bottom, and will wick up in the dirt. So, what are the bottles and jugs doing??

Greetings from South Africa, two questions, please. 1. In your videos, you say that 80+% of the bucket bottom must be covered with bottles; is there a maximum height for the bottles? What is the minimum depth of potting mix required above the plastic bottles? 2. You speak about covering the buckets with plastic to divert excessive rain, I assume using the bucket lids would serve the same purpose? Just wondering if the potting mix would get too hot inside a black 20 litre (5 gallon) bucket?

What is the content & mix of the Master Blend Fertilizer after my Toms start blooming?

I’m getting ready to try building some wicking tubs for growing tomatoes in. Could someone clarify the process of adding water to the soil from the top to get the wicking action going? How much, how often, for how long? I got the impression that if I add too much I could pack the soil too tight and it won’t wick. And how do I tell when I’ve got the wicking action going? Also, could I do this prior to setting my tomato plants in the tub or should I wait? I’m so excited to try this! Also,

3:36 sir, how can we know that all the empty containers kept down wS filled with water?

Can I use galvanized tubs? Not sure if is healthy

I've been watching Leon make these tubs on RU-vid for a while now. And this is the first time he did not put down the landscaper's cloth first, then the soil. Did he come up with this new method, and is it better to put the dirt in without the landscaper cloth?????

Do you fill milk jugs up with water

when I did this. the bottle litterely floated to the top of the soil. What did I do wrong? I did not add the pipe. Also I put two holes on the top, and two on the bottom

Since I have your system at a place where I go evey five days, a smell of rotten water is coming out of the bucket. I have tried to make a water exchange by hosing a lot of water down the pvc but somehow, the water comes up from the earth. It improved the smell but I would lije to avoid it from happening again. What could I pour in to make it healthier?

Question for Leon or whomever: I plan on using 2 liter cola bottles inside a standard 5 gallon bucket. Where should I drill my holes in bottles and bucket?

Can I use this system for blue berry bushes? Also can you advise me on getting my acid levels right for blue berries. Every soil is alkaline that I find.

why don't you directly drill the bottom and the water will drain without other bottles inside? and what use is that pipe?

Could I add worms to it also?

If you drill a hole 5" up from the bottom of your bucket, Where do you drill the holes in the top of the milk containers? How far up from the bottom?????? ANY BODY???

How often are you supposed to fertilize? I live in a desert region.

I would like to try the wicking in 5 gallon buckets. I can get lots of buckets for FREE. The only problem is they had hydraulic fluid in them. Is there a good way to cleen them out?? Thanks for any suggestions .

What is the size (in gallons) of the blue tubes?

what size hole do you drill in the side of the container? The same as the jugs inside?

What is the purpose of the drilled hole in the side of the tub? Is it so you know when to stop watering when it runs out?

How much is the shipping and handling for 10 of those tubs ?

Hi, Leon Do the tubs need to be round? Can they be rectangular?

How many squash plants would you put in one mineral bucket? Thank you, Leon.

Mr. Leon. My daddy always said the only stupid question is one not ask. So here goes. How does the other bottles fill up? From the over flow from the jug with the pipe?

Anyone got a list of the mix you put in as im too far away to call Leon. Some names of the ingredients I don't recognise so probably different here in Australia. It will certainly save money to grow my own vegetables etc as prices are through the roof.

what brand potting mix do you like using?

Did anyone see what potting mix he used?

Wait....when do I add Master Blend and Nature's Source...confused????

I don't think I'm understanding, if you are filling in all of the spaces with potting mix up to the top of the pot, I don't see where there is an air space and it seems that the potting mix would block the excess water from leaving the tub.

hello sir, thank you. Viewing you from Australia. Ould you kindly provide the natures source recipe or product you use for leaved produce. Could you also provide the star blend product/ recipe please that your using?

How big are the tubs & where did you get them? Thanks

I don’t understand why we need to drill two holes on small bottles inside ?

Any simple ways to make a visual water level indicator?

Can anyone tell me how to buy those tubs?

why not put the mix in the information area....instead of having to call....???????

How can I get that master blend?

I'm so mad at myself. I just made up one of these but in a 5 gallon pail for my sister's balcony at her assisted living apartment. I didn't put the holes in the bottom of the gallon jug, just the top. Otherwise it is the same including the overflow hole in the bucket. Do I need to hurry and get over there and undo it and put those bottom holes in the milk jug?

I know yall never reply to any comments but maybe this will help some people. Have you actually ever used your pop bottle tubs or do you just use the ones you make with the drain pipes? Last year I made 50 of the pop bottle ones and unless its up to a 100 degrees they wick way too much water staying way too wet drowning plants! I have now made 30 more this year and I crammed as many bottles as I can so as little soil as possible is touching water. and Im same climate/temps as you in OK. Also yes I use potting soil and yes my drain holes are 2'' below top of bottles and all the ones from last year that wicked way too much water I amended soil with lava rock and gravel and some pumice to aid draining and slow wicking