Grow Bag Atop Wicking Tub, Ep 135 

I drove from Tulsa to your nursery in Kingston, Oklahoma a couple of years ago. This was my first ever garden. I want to say thank you for all your education. Thank you as well for your talks about God. You're so special and have changed the lives of many.

I found your channel 3 years ago, I have been using the wicking tub ever since. I love it!

Thanks Leon. Just wanted to let you know we are in the third year useing your original design (6" black corrugated pipe covered with ground cloth in a half blue barrel) and we love them .Currently we have 34 of them. Keep up the good work!

We cant thank you enough Leon. You have have changed our lives for the better. This is the second year that I am blessed to follow you. Last year we started with only a few 27 gallon tubs, but this year we ended up with 36 tubs, 7 (5 gallon) buckets, 4 hanging plant and a couple of birds in a tree. We had so much grow this year, we had to go out a buy more canning jars. I just expanded our growing area again so that next year we can double our size. Thanks!

Thanks to you, your wife, and all the people who help you bring these ideas to us.

Leon ...years later i am still using mine:) Thank you for passing on your knowledge!

Leon, you are a great teacher. I love watching & learning from your videos. Thank you.

Leon! I'm so happy I came across your channel when I search for tips for growing container tomatoes. I went down the rabbit hole and I've watched about a dozen of your videos, you are great! Keep up the great work, sir! ⭐

As a trucker I thank you so much for this Mr Leon I always come home to dead plants and fruit trees as grown kids won’t get off video games to water for me this is a game changer for sure

We love you Leon!!! God bless you and yours!

Thank You kindly Mr Leon .You are a blessing to us all 💜☮️🙏🏼✨🪴

I am so glad you are telling us about this .

HUGE THANK YOU sir !!!!! Leon YOU are DOING GOD’s work !!!

I planted trees, shrubs and roses in fabric bags last year.I needed a smaller bag so I used a heavy weight grocery bag, it'll do fine until I plant out the raspberry bush.

You are a wealth of information. Love all your tips.

If you paint your wicking tub it will last longer then make sure you sand it so the paint will stick well

Good morning Mr. Leon. I ❤❤ your show and tell videos. They are so helpful.

Well I watch Daniel all the time and he sent me to you so I can try some of these gardening methods I am interested as heck

Love it... Simpler and more days without watering 👍👍👍👍👍

Love your wicker container Definitely going to try the grow-bag idea

Just when I'm wondering where you got to.here you are!!

great idea I cant wait to try this out

Thank you I have watched a lot of your videos. I may be moving to the Gulf Coast area soon. Hope to try out your growing methods in a truly warmer climate

Thank you dear sir for sharing. Look forward to your knowledge on growing healthy plants. God bless

God bless Leon

Leon where can a guy get those lids for the wicking tubs with the 5gal bucket in the middle.

Love your videos. thanks

Thank you so much. God bless.

Love this idea!👏👏👏💖

Grat video , but I am confused as to where you find parts like the black donut lid ?

Thank you Mr. Leon

Great ideas. Thank you sir

Going to build one this weekend for squash

Thank You!

Good morning!

This would be perfect if you had the shorter goat bucket for the reservoir

Thank you for sharing.

I'm new to all this, I love your content. Very educational to me. Love this design of wicking grow set up. I have an idea for a set up. Have you seen the self fill dog watering bowl? Maybe a person could use that concept for a self watering planter. Hope this give you a new idea. Thank you for the knowledge you share.

Thanks , good video

I think the watering tube should be outside the soil so it can wick up.

Do you have a video on what to do with the plant and bucket at season end? or before season 2?

Could you please set one of the up with the oblong black & yellow tote you bought at Sams. With fabric growbag.

Could you please show The size of the holes on the inner bucket and how high up you put them? Also do the holes ever get clogged I have had problems with that in the past how to prevent the holes from clogging up with soil? Thank you God bless

is the pvc pipe in the 5 gallon bucket with the soil or is it in the void space of the black tub?

*** QUESTION: Does your watering pipe go into the soil bucket below OR into the mineral bucket??? Thx so very much!!!

Thanks

In watching a bunch of other wicking videos, some say the wick height is only about 11-12 inches. Is that limit accurate and there is a way around it for this kind of build, or is there a way to get the wicked water up the 6 or so inches of the top tub+inner plastic soil container and into the grow bag about half(?) way up for the roots of the plant sitting at the top? (Assuming an average 3/4ths full black tub, that's still makes 12 inches maybe just barely halfway up the grow bag from what I can guess. So if the water is half full or less, then it would seem the wicking water hardly will reach the roots?)

Leon can I get top soil and mix peat moss or something with it so I don't have to buy 50 bags of potting soil?

Go hydroponic, no fiddle fuckin around with tubing and filters, no bugs no molds or mildew, and around 20% more yield...

Loved the information. I had just purchased some 20 gallon bags to try out next spring/summer. This couldn't have come out at a better time for me. I wish your audio pickup was better. Even with my sound volume at maximum and ear buds in I had a hard time hearing what you were saying. Is there anyway that you could improve your audio pickup? It is a shame that I am probably missing some essential tips because I either cannot hear you or it is so soft I miss some things. That said, I look foreward to seeing that you have another video out. Have you seen and or used any if the wall-hanging "cloth" growbag cup planters? They claim they can be used to grow herbs, lettuce and other greens and some flowers hanging on a wall or fence. Supposedly they are not suppose to get the surface behind it or the ground/floor below it wet. I have a room that has windows to within 18 inches above the floor, facing to the north, east, and south but is not very large and does not have any cabinets or bookcases to set pots on. Drywall walls and wood floors plus a floor heat/AC vent. I was wondering if it would work to grow herbs inside year round. We had had years when the summers hit over 100°F for a couple of weeks and no rain for close to a month but the winters drop down below zero with dry winds and no snow. Since plants improve air quality, I figured growing herbs, miniture lemon and lime trees, couple of pineapples, 2 bell peppers and 2 tomato plants inside would be good for the air but for fresh pestice-free veggies. Now if I could find a source for tumeric roots/rhizomes. I'd like to try growing that at home as well. Thank you for sharing your wisdom. May the good Lord continue to bless and keep you and all you love or work with safe and healthy.

Is there anyway we can do this a bit less complicated 😊😊😅😂❤

What brand of sea minerals is recommended? I heard no Remond due to plant burn. I also heard SEA-90 brand should work. Others? Ocean Magic? Thnx in advance.

Still missing how , where and or when you get the water into the lower bucket?

I was thinking of using this in a greenhouse. I'm wondering how much hotter a black container would be than a white one and how hot water would impact the plant.

Is the drain tile and landscaping fabric made from food safe materials?

When u added the pipe to the bucket and grow bag set up,did u put the white pipe into the dirt?..I thought it went between the wall of bucket and the fabric>..how do u secure the fabric to the ends of the 60” pipe?..thank u

So how do you add the water to the bottom bucket? The pipe?

Can you use the wicking tub for roses?

We’re can the black buckets with the lid be purchased?

Mr Leon, can the tube be put on the outside of the bag? Or should it be inside of the bag? I have 30+ grow bags that I would like to start converting to this system. Shoo that is going to be a lot of work. BUT, it just hasn't been working out well as is. It's a constant battle to water just straight bags.

Ok question...maybe it is my area but I've tried the wicking several times n the water get moldy..smells like sewage..ive tried sucking the water out after rain n still gets??? Smelly n nasty? What m I doing wrong here?

Where do you get the master blend?

Epsom salt in your soil?

Hi Leon, how do you know when you need to add more water? Cheers

Love your videos Leon. As I’ve researched setting up our garden, there are so many others that reference what you say. One of the videos was about making your own grow bags out of landscape fabric. It would seem that this configuration could then be made for almost nothing without the bucket or growbag. Or is there something I’m missing?

Where to buy the tub?

Some Americans have lost their darn minds

I have no idea😂😂😂😂