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

I love how you actually like your dog. Some RU-vidrs 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.

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

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.

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

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!!! 😂

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.

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!

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👌🏻

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

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. ❤

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 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 had no idea a little doggos loved peppers❤ what a sweetie pie I love his little ears he's like a Flying Nun😂

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

My whole garden is in containers and when I saw the title, I thought you were going to tell me I was doing it wrong! Thanks!

That is ingenious idea for planting a tomato under a tree! I really enjoy your content.

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.

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

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️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

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!

Tip to save $$$ I go to bakery at Sam's and they sell food grade buckets that contained cake icing for $2.00 @ with lid ! I use them to store prep foods too ! Happy gardening y'all 🍓🍎🍍🍈🥝🌶️🍅🥕🌽🌽🥒🍠🧅🫑🍆🧄🥔🥑🫒

Fantastic video; I wholeheartedly agree. I live on the second floor of a house. The only space I have is a patio and by my front door, and I have 4 raised beds with vegetables (tomatoes and peppers) and herbs (basil, 2 kinds of thyme, sage, and rosemary), 20 grow bags with other vegetables (more tomatoes, celery, 4 kinds of potatoes, and carrots) and herbs (tarragon, borage, calendula, 2 kinds of oregano, parsley, 4 kinds of mint, lavender, yarrow, bee balm, lemon balm, echinacea, dill, and anise hyssop), and at least 15 more assorted pots with 5 kinds of lettuce, Swiss chard, and flowers. A LOT can be done with very little space. 😊

I have about two inches of top soil and after that it is all clay. That is why I grow my peppers in pots.

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! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

❤❤Hey Tuck!!!❤❤❤ I kept my shepherd puppy in the garden and she follows me around while I weed, trellis, and pick ripe fruit/veg and she eats almost everything I give her. And she learned not to dig and her "stay" is perfect. One main reason why I watch your channel is because of your obvious affection for your four legged brother❤

Thanks for this video on container growing! Please do a video on the soil mixture that’s good for tomatoes in containers! ❤❤❤

❤ Great video. Very informative. Love your energy. And love seeing little Tuck. How cute that he snacks on garden veggies.

#6 benefit of growing in containers - I can grow in containers up on my deck so the deer don't get their free smorgasbord. I'm currently growing bush beans, pimento peppers, and sweet potato slips in containers. I grew white, red, and purple potatoes in the spring in containers. What kind of sweet red pepper were you and Tuck eating? You didn't say. I'm going to try overwintering the pimento plants this year. Question - should I give the overwintering containers some new growing medium, adding to the existing soil, that is?

This year as an experiment, I grew a few varieties of tomatoes in grow bags & those same varieties in raised beds. The result was higher yields & bigger fruit from the plants in the grow bags! I use regular containers too but I do prefer grow bags because they air prune your plants roots, resulting in a healthier root system that wont encircle the pot & get root bound. Because they are made of felt, they are aerated so your plants are less likely to experience root rot. However, on the other hand, you do have to water them more frequently. I will definitely be buying more of them for next year to expand the size of my garden (& harvests!)

Would love to see a video on your potting mix for containers. Great channel! Greetings from Colorado

I had a great container garden, and I will again. Yours is fabulous! The bright red of the peppers against the beautiful green leaves is stunning!!! I like that you have trays underneath many of them to recapture water and nutrients, and so that the roots don't go through to the ground. Those potatoes look delicious!

Would love to see your soil mix and proper way to plant in containers

TUCKIE HEALTH UPDATE PLEASE!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤love you Tuckie!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

Beautiful potatoes James! I'd love to see how you mix your soil for containers and how you hot compost the soil for use next year! Thank you so much for teaching us how to container garden. Do you drill holes in the bottom of the pots? I made a long low table of cinderblocks and free wooden skids to put my containers on. It made it easier on my back but I also have a more shaded table that gets partial sun. You are the most amazing gardener! Thank you and love to Tuck. ❤🤗

Tuck is half the reason we watch so often ❤❤❤

James make a tunnel house to grow your containered plants in. You can place them 3-4 deep either side of the middle.😊

What I do is go around to the espresso stands, ask for ice cream buckets, they are food safe too.

I’m parked (as your video came on automaticly) and getting great info! Thank you! I’m getting ready for my fall/winter garden in San Diego. Containers, yes!

growing your own is an amazing experience. You can start small, You Can Grow French breakfast radishes in a milk container on a windowsill in about 24 days to a month Lettice's and herbs are very easy indoors

💕❣💝💝💌 Tuck is great in the garden. I have to grow in containers because I have two vertebra that are damaged in my back.

❤❤ ❤❤ ❤❤❤❤❤ ❤❤❤ ❤❤ ❤ I love seeing Tuck ❤

Thats a bIg yes to a soil prep and mixing video, yes please!

Thank you James and Tuck. Another great video! Could you do a video on vertical planter like Greenstalk?

James, I would definitely appreciate a video explain container potting mixes, Many thanks to you and Tuck for educating and keeping us entertained😉💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞

💖❤💖❤💖❤ Love Tuck! You and Tuck are my favorite gardeners. Thanks for all your information, passion and joyous enthusiasm!

My garden failed this year so next year I’ll use pots!!!

Blessings to all!

Interesting commentary on the bridge season of the peppers and how it relates to summer/fall veggies.

Hearts for Tuck and his best friend😍😍

I grew in buckets this year and would love to see a video on how you prepare your soil for them. ❤❤❤ to Tuck!

I'd love to see videos on the "personal" soils for various plants! That would be super helpful

Tuck is so cute. my furry babies love the garden too

Hi James, I really like your shirt design. I will buy one soon. If you were to write a book on how to put the different soils together and what amendments and fertilizer to add for a full blown harvest, I would be happy to buy one. You're a real smart guy. I can't seem to get a dog to eat vegetables like Tuck does. They just sniff it and turn away. Tuck is a sweet little fellow. God Bless!

Well done! I appreciate how you flesh out what your growing medium is and are honest about the pro/cons equally.

I love your channel and seeing Tuck in the videos. I have a small yard in a small town in Pennsylvania. If it weren't for buckets I wouldn't have half the produce I grew this year. I have 10 varieties of tomatoes, 2 varieties of peppers, cucumbers, and broccoli . Most varieties did very well. Thanks for all you and Tuck do to help us grow.❤❤❤❤❤

That is so cool how you trellis your tomato up your fruit tree…very clever. I like your adorable little helper…no wonder he wants to hang out in the garden, he eats well!💙

I agree! Containers have a lot of advantages! Especially if you live in the desert!

well done!!! those potatoes are gorgeous

James, can you do a video for making soil for containers and for the needs of different plants? I’ve had a heck of a time with my soil. I’m in my 2nd real garden season and I’m still learning.

I tried 10 gal. fabric grow bags for the first this year, with mixed results. I also used some 5 gal. plastic buckets & rectangular 18 gal. I found success growing peppers & onions together in 1 container, also paired basil & tomatoes. Some of the best results included Swiss chard, various basils (purple, lime, globe, lemon &sweet ) also purslane. They all seemed to benefit from growing in containers, due partly to: custom soil mixtures tailored to the plant types; greatly reduced or even eliminated weeding needed, & in comparison to my in-ground garden, a reduced insect problem. My plan is to repeat using these techniques next year, & the same fabric pots, advertised to be reusable for years. The plastic ones may have degraded in the sun. The Sun was a big problem (many 100 degree plus days) for the fabric containers dry out so quickly. Many days required 2 waterings. I grouped heat sensitive plants together to reduce evaporation loss & suspended 50% shade cloth above them. Again, compared to identical plants in the ground, this worked very well. Swiss chard, Mizuna, Japanese sweet potato (purple !) & peppers all would wilt in full sun but did fine under the shade-cloth. One thing I learned about the fabric bags, the soil has to be much lighter in weight. I used a peat moss & wood fiber product for the bottom half, compost & sand for the top. About half the weight of regular soil, & it doesn't overly compact. Love your videos & look forward to more.

Love you &.Tuck too!! Awesome channel & chock full of wisdom!! Love 💘😻💜💛💚🧡💘

Hopefully you can convince people to grow less lawns. I had the thought people could grow animal feed for farms with the right relationships and respect to the soil 🖖🏻

I planted in pots and grow bags this year. Here are a few observations: 1. The smaller the pot, the smaller the plant will be. A small pot might be enough to sustain the plant, and it will be healthy and produce for you, but it's size and production will be limited. Always use a bigger container than what's required for that particular type of plant. 2. If you put your container on grass, it will kill the grass in that spot. So be prepared to reseed in the fall. 3. Related to this, if you put your container on a surface you don't want damaged (like decking or a patio), be sure to put a nice large saucer under the container. Otherwise, you could stain the underlying surface due to water filtering through the soil and ending up on whatever surface the container is placed on. 4. This is my biggest one. I planted some chili pepper plants in little 8" plastic pots. Pepper plants grow tall, so they have a high center of gravity. They also grow out, so they act like sails in the wind. Every time the wind blows a little bit, all my pepper plants blow over and I have to pick them up. It's so annoying! Next year, if I grow in containers, I'm going to go with wide, shallow pots to give the plants a lower center of gravity to prevent blow overs. 5. Be prepared to spend a shitload of money on soil! I planted tomatoes in ten gallon grow bags. Ten gallons equates to almost two cubic feet of soil. A two cubic foot bag of Happy Frog Soil costs almost $25. For ten tomato plants, that's $250 just for soil! If you plant them in the ground, the soil is free. Just my two cents. Containers can be good, but you just have to be aware of certain aspects of growing in them.

I actually grew jalapeños and other peppers in grow bags. They performed so well and I got many peppers

I love your channel you talk about so much and different things, Ive been gardening and growing sense I could walk in the south thats just how it was not saying my age but along time ago haha anyways I enjoy watching others do the same and your charisma is contagious edit lol i also grow in pots, raised beds and ground all of my fruit trees are in containers and the 1st year i noticed i got fruit the very first year with the ones I had in containers ( a ga peach, calamondin, kumquat, myer lemon all in containers zone 7a i do take them all into the basement during winter except the peach tree ) sorry so long just thought id share 😂

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❤❤❤ tuck also learned a lot about container garden ❤

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Yes we would love to see different types of soils please and thank you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I grow eggplants and peppers in containers. Potatoes are also successful but I don't get as many

I agree with this by experience too. Heavy rains or hail? No problem, bring them in under the patio. Thankyou so miuch.

❤️❤️❤️Tuck is so sweet.❤️❤️❤️

Dear James, Perhaps you did not know but the weed you had growing in with your moringa is called sour grass or oxalis. It makes a delicious drink. Add moderate amount of oxalis, zest of lemon pour on boiling water, enough to cover and let steep for 10-15". Strain and sweeten with honey and pour over ice; a very refreshing drink. Also if you raise rabbits they enjoy a nibble every so often. Enjoy your show and enthusiasm!😊

❤❤❤❤ Tuck, Tuck, Tuck !! Thanks James for all the info 👍

Kinda inspires me to continue my experiment with making a new & improved gardening space based on things I have watched you & many others doing in their gardens.. It's been a year of always planting late, cuz man > it's a lot of work to change a flat space into 3 long low raised beds for growing in.. moving 2.5cyd of great soil into them, as the summer progressed rather quickly, lol... But.. I learned a lot.. have adjusted a number of things in my original setup ~ but I should hit the ground running in the spring on 2024.. Given the current world situation, I think I will be well served by this hard work in the coming years. Thanks for the Graat videos & the knowledge I've gained in the last year !! Apparently you Can teach an old dog new tricks > cuz I've learned More about gardening in my 60s, than the 50 years before, lol.. ❤ a Canadian fan.. 😊

Hi Tuck. Love to see u in these videos.

I use Earth Boxes and they are awesome. I currently have 11 of them with strawberries, kale, beans, zucchini, lettuce, winter squash, peppers, eggplant, cantaloupe and okra. Huge harvests and healthy plants. They last decades, from what I've read about them from people who've had them for 30 years. I agree with James that container gardening has many advantages. Next project I'm going to try a few 20-or 30-gallon galvanized trash cans.

this is awesome! you've convinced me, im going to try gardening! well in containers, anyway lol

Thank you for your great ideas. I live in the high desert, which means shorter growing season, lots of heat and intense sun. I grow in pots, with good luck. The critters can get at the plants, so this year I placed an upside down pot under the plant pot. It worked. Next year I plan to use a “crop cage” to keep out bunnies and ground squirrels. I figure that will also give me a way to put up sunshade netting. I figure I can attach it, when it is time, and perhaps it will survive the winds! Thanks again for your sharing.

Hearts for Tuck❤️❤️❤️❤️ I remember when I didn't have much room..container gardening was a life saver...

I grow everything I'm able to in a container garden as I live in an upstairs apartment with a small deck . . . Containers on every single stair leading up to my deck

Lovelovelove my container garden. Grow bags let me get tons of herbs, greens, tomatoes, and fresh catnip out of a tiny apartment patio. And now that I've moved to the mountains, I can easily bring my fig trees into the enclosed porch for the winter, and not worry about them surviving the harsher weather.

❤❤ for little master Tuck!

I love using pots in small open areas of my garden. ❤❤❤for Tuck. 😊

His sure is a healthy dog love how he devour the pepper 😂👩‍🌾♥️👍

King Tuck is the best, great video sir!❤

Garden in the foothills beside the mountains in the South Island of New Zealand, have been experimenting with different pots for winter gardening, ground gets very wet or freezes. Summer is too windy/hot and have very little water. But am into my third season of growing the same peppers and one chilli in pots, from five peppers am down to 2 this spring, brought a yellow bell pepper last week, potted it up placed it in its sunny bedroom spot where the peppers live from April to November, went back to the nursery on Thursday, they have roof and only 3 sides enclosed all the peppers and Curbits were dieing due to a cold wind we had for two days earlier in the week. My pepper is loving its warm and cosy spot, we may not have had a frost, but a extremely cold wind does as much damage. Have lettuces in the ground and in pots, planted 6 weeks ago, the potted ones could harvest some leaves if needed, but still have winter ones growing in the big troughs. Enjoy watching different ways of growing food, in different parts of the world.

💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 For Tuck!!!! I've been growing in 12 to 15 gallon containers for years (since a back injury/multiple surgeries) I have smaller containers for flowers. I have around 60 containers on my very large patio. I can keep my herbs close to the back door so all I have to do is run out and cut some for cooking. Yes, it is nice because I can move them around, well the Mr. does, as the sun shifts. I still have trouble with tomato diseases, but I finally figured out why thanks to you. All the soil is getting dumped to fill in low spots in the yard. I'm going to make your recipe! Thanks James! You have no idea what you do for some of us, including giving us reasons to get moving! Oh!! I bought net zipper bags that cover a plant in a pot. I hate to say where I found them, but it's the new place everyone is buying stuff online from CHEAP.

Yes do a video on types of soil as I use the same mixture for all my plant containers

Great video James. Your intro always makes me smile! Thanks.

Got my Gardening is Life shirt today. I love it!!! Super comfy❤❤❤

The big man is hitting the peppers, tucks quality control should be bottled and sold James.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

It Would Bee Nice To Get More ideas On Soil Making up For Different Plants 😊🌿🤗🌿🌿🤗🌿🤗🌿🤗

❤ for tuck & owner❤ God Bless.

I always love seeing Tuck.

I had my first basil harvest last week. It was 6 leaves, none of which were particularly large but DANG if they didn't taste good! 😂

Tuck y James los amo 😍 son el mejor dúo.

I began experimenting with utilizing grow bags/containers indoors the Summer of 2020 when my organic garden had major chemical burns appear all over it after a hedgehopper flew overhead 6x once morn. We hadn't seen a hedgehopper here in 15 years, so I knew it was an intentional act. We live in the Ozarks, and our soil is solid stone 3" down, so I only grow in containers and grow bags. In the winter, I now convert our 800sf back den into a garden and move my containers indoors. Between the 16' hearth, 5 tier shelving, floor space, and lining under my desk (workstation) with foil, and utilizing lots of hanging grow lights and 4' grow light stands, I'm able to have fresh summer veggies and various greens year round for myself and bearded dragons, and lots of fresh tomatoes year round. In fact, I have 10 tomatoes cuttings rooting, presently, to grow back there over winter as well as greens I start in my kitchen aero-gardens. I love indoor gardening and not having to worry about airborne toxins being sprayed to contaminate our food sources. 😉

You really have a lot of ideas when it comes to gardening.