SELF-WATERING containers | ONLY .75 cents or LESS! 

*_I hope you get out to a local business, find some buckets that you could reclaim, and put together some of these great "self-watering" systems for your container garden._*

The old frosting buckets! My dad is the bakery manager at an Albertsons so he always brought these home by the dozen. They are surprisingly UV resistant, we could get about 5-7 years before they started to get brittle.

First time here and I already subscribed! A local garden friend has been growing tomatoes and peppers using 5 gallon buckets for years. Beautiful set up!

Dang. That store had the “cleanest and most organized “ area for disposal I’ve ever seen. Was that a Sam’s Club?

Thank you for putting together such of educational video, easy to understand and follow 🙏🏾

I used this type of container for the winter in my kitchen indoor garden. If I watered via the reservoir, the plants stayed too wet. So I watered from above as the plants needed it. Today I took them apart and the reservoir was filled with old yucky water. So I think next time I'll fill the reservoir with gravel.

I would like to see a video on how you build a frame to hold the buckets up off the ground. After watching this video I am going to upgrade all my container buckets this year!

I think the best description is "SIP", sub-irrigated planter. In San Diego, mine last only 2-3 years before our strong sun causes them to start breaking.

Thank you , will do it , good ideas

I have been growing things in 5 gallon buckets set in 42" kidde pools filled with wood chips The kidde pools have holes drilled about two inches from the bottom so the pool can hold some water but not too much. This has worked pretty well but this summer has been unusully hot and dry. I lost a few plants this summer because i don't have time to water every day, I have plenty of 5 gallon buckets so i am looking at ways to make double bucket planter pots. I think i am going to pour two gallons of water in a pot and measure how far up the bucket it goes then drill an overflow hole there. Then set an empty bucket in the pot and see how many inches there are between the rim of the bottom bucket and the re-enforcing ring for the upper bucket handle with two gallons of water in the bottom bucket. W hern i get that measurement i can make all of the buckets the same. Then cut four 1x2s that lenght and use 3/4" screws to attach them to the outside of the upper bucket. Drill from the inside of the bucket if possible. Or predrill holes through the wood and the bucket from the outside and use a screwdriver to drive the screws from the inside. That will support the weight of the upper bucket full of soil without getting the buckets stuck together. I hope to be able to water twice a week even in hot weather. That micro fiber towel idea sounds pretty good. I have as bolt of cotton cloth thst i might try the first year to see how it goes. Thanks for the video.

Well thats creative, ill have to think about that.

That's awesome! I have to look around more. I think they caught on and most try to sell them to you here, lol. Still, one buck ain't that bad. 👍👍

Awesome video. Hey I called around to bakeries in my area in NC where I live and they give me around 10 food grade buckets a week. I just wash them out

I live in south Florida where we have rain season from June through August or September, so I don't think this system will work for us. I think I'll have to stick with the oiya system. But this looks great!

Great video!! So I tried this last year, and was always paranoid that the roots wouldn't go deep enough to reach the water reservoir (especially when the plant is smaller). I used the exact same construction you did. How do the roots reach the water? Where is the actually wicking taking place? Thanks again for a very informative video.

Wow!! Do they really have buckets like that behind restaurants and bakeries?? I will have to check that out!! You have a great idea here and even if the sun breaks them down in a few years, sure beats buying large garden center pots! Thanks Enoch!

I like the idea of the buckets. You made the system easy. I wonder. You are saying that a baby plant with not so many roots, would reach all the way down to the water from the second bucket? Or I wonder, does the water from the bottom is able to keep the soil moist all the way the top? Which this system, are you only able to plant seeds direct in the soil?

Thanks for the amazing video. 🎉👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🥳💯💣🥒🥦🫑🥕🌶🍉 Subscribed!

You didn't mention the type of soil you are using. Did you make it yourself, or is it bagged? Recipe?

Hi :) Thanks so much for the video. What are those drill accessories you're using called? The round flat thing you used to make the net hole and the kinda key shaped thing? Also, I am not sure if I missed it in the video but how did you support the top bucket from collapsing and crushing the net basket over time? I imagine filled with soil it would get heavy.

Where would we find the net pots?

How much water does the lower bucket hold?

Where do U get the buckets?????????

Can mosquitoes get in?

👍👍🇺🇸Eugene

Why are the TUBES so Tall? And Do they have to be that tall and can they be a thinner size?

Wow, only .75 cents? So, 2 would only cost 1.5 pennies. Nice.

Where's the water?

Should work out Really Really well for weed.... 😉 😉 😮

Dude, this sucks… the actual part where you made the container is like two seconds long and you sped it up

I can barely hear you, it makes watching you very frustrating