PLANT a Global Bucket (similar to Earthbox®)
Tips, Tricks
http://www.GlobalBuckets.org/ It's easy to build and grow using the two 5-gallon bucket container growing system! Reduce global hunger with a low cost and simple way of growing food. This foolproof method of gardening is very similar to the excellent Earthbox® method. Like the Earthbox system, Global Buckets: 1) 80% reduction in water usage 2) 100% reduction in weeds 3) Takes very little time or effort. 4) No place to plant a garden? Great! This system works excellent on concrete...like on a rooftop in Calcutta. Unlike the Earthbox method, Global Buckets uses locally sourced free or low cost materials, ideal for developing nations.
Comments
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since you put so many holes in the top bucket... won't the potting mix go through the holes?
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Super job, guys! You made my planting life a lot easier with the Global Bucket tutorials. Thank you!
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very clever invention
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Good I like your idea
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How many time to refill the water in a week?
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instead of buying a new bag of plastic wire ties, could you find and use an old wire or string?
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Hi! Video is great! I do have a question? Should I go lighter on the fertilizer if I plan to germinate a seed in this set up? Thanks and keep doing what you're doing! It's amazing!!!
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Suggest a 2" wide strip of towel that is burried within 3" of the soil top and extends to the water resivor, to assist / supplement wicking of water. I do this on all my buckets
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Thanks for the video! I just did a balcony garden update! v=suZjOFBDTEw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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also, the dolomite in the earth box they way they do it is in the lower middle of the soil. in the earth box also they dig a small trench below the plant to put the fertilizer in and then cover it up.
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Looks good. Easy to follow and worth the watch. Nice job lads.
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do you have a diagram or blueprint for this somewhere ??? very nice video.
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This is wonderful. Hubby and I cannot get on our knees due to age and illness, and this would be a good way to garden..up close and personal~!
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awesome!
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Great! Thanks from Germany.
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great video guys just what I was looking for.
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@tuvoca Organics are typically slow-release and less likely to burn the plant.
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Letting water run out of the bucket is actually washing away the nutrients in the soil ?
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Great video! I'd like to replicate this method but I'm having a difficult time finding a potting mix with sphagnum peat as the main ingredient. All of the big box stores sell mixes which use a majority of decomposed forest matter as the primary medium. I'm not really looking to spend alot of money on ProMix BX or the like. Is there anything I can use that would only cost about $10? Maybe using something like store bought potting mix combined with bark fines.
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