Rockporter, I don't know if this would work, especially if you are on a second or above balacony, due to weight. Couldn't you just build up with the cinder blocks around the buckets, that would give them the support, but only if you are on a ground floor.

If you are above ground floor, maybe you could drill a hole through the back side and run a rod thru them to secure them together, to act as support to each other? You could leave room between each bucket.

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Hi meadowyck, I don't know how I missed your post, sorry.

I'm not on a balcony but I am in limited space so standing them next to each other is out of the space ability.

I have to evacuate if there is a hurricane coming, having permanent setups is definitely not on my agenda. I do have one of the buckets with doubled up cinder blocks surrounding it and I haven't had the problem of it falling over. That plant has met it's maker and is no longer in the battle to keep them upright, lol.

So far I am ok with just one layer of bricks and growing determinates, my concern is the unexpected indeterminates I was given and the top heavy problem I am experiencing at the moment. One thing though, I had to cut the plants so far back that I believe my tomato season is just about over and I only got a few (like 6) tomatoes per plant.

It is too hot to set any new tomatoes, although, I see new flowers on the tops of the plants, making it hard to decide if I should just let them go and see what happens or pull them in the next couple of weeks. The height of the plants is part of the problem for me, I have vertigo which makes climbing ladders off the list of chores.

I will be planting some tomato seeds about mid July, those should all be determinate like I would like them to be. I will also be starting some seeds that Craig sent me for the Dwarf Tomato Project and am hoping for a good outcome. I have three plants he sent me recently and they are doing fantastic.

rockporter, you sound like me, limited space and therefore the dwarf program sounds like it might answer these issues for us. Looking forward to seeing pictures of your dwarfs.

You could build something like this. You could adapt the size for one single bucket or adapt to two buckets,

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Thanks Marc, I saw that post of yours and I like what you did but I am in a very windy area and I cannot sink anything into the ground to anchor things. The smallest but the most ability to keep things upright is what I have to do. My question originally was for answering the questions by someone else because she wasn't sure what or how to anchor her buckets. This design you have just might be the ticket for her.

Hey everyone!

Ok, I'm new here so no one jump on me for this.. But I personally have a few tom's in 5gal buckets that I support by using the string method. One could easily build a small support structure (embedded in the ground or not) to hang strings from and support that way?

Here's an album with images of what I'm talking about.

[URL]https://plus.google.com/photos/113733725300449842710/albums/5758747191473183857[/URL]

-Mike

[QUOTE=Muslickz;286790]Hey everyone!

Ok, I'm new here so no one jump on me for this.. But I personally have a few tom's in 5gal buckets that I support by using the string method. One could easily build a small support structure (embedded in the ground or not) to hang strings from and support that way?

Here's an album with images of what I'm talking about.

[URL]https://plus.google.com/photos/113733725300449842710/albums/5758747191473183857[/URL]

-Mike[/QUOTE]


Why would we jump on you Muslickz? :?!?:

We want to know the ideas people come up with and your idea sounds like a great one. Don't be afraid of putting it all out there and welcome to TV.

Ponyman,

I can't believe your set up. Awesome! Please keep posting and let us know how your system is working. Love it.

Mike, that's great! I keep forgetting to keep it simple, and that's a wonderful way to do just that.

And welcome to the forum. We don't jump on people here. Sorry you had a bad experience elsewhere. We may kid on occasion, but we let you settle in first!

Tell us more about your garden......

jane


[QUOTE=Muslickz;286790]Hey everyone!

Ok, I'm new here so no one jump on me for this.. But I personally have a few tom's in 5gal buckets that I support by using the string method. One could easily build a small support structure (embedded in the ground or not) to hang strings from and support that way?

Here's an album with images of what I'm talking about.

[URL]https://plus.google.com/photos/113733725300449842710/albums/5758747191473183857[/URL]

-Mike[/QUOTE]

Yes, never be afraid to throw something out there, you never know who just might be in need of a solution and didn't want to ask.

I too think that is a good idea. Very handy.

Thanks guys/gals..

I'm kinda used to Hardware/Software forums not so much gardening.. lol. It can be ruthless on those forums, they tear ya up a bit :)

Thanks all for such a warm welcome, I can tell I'm really gonna love it here.

I'll post updates on how things are going.

-Mike

[QUOTE=PonyMan;276455]Here's the way I have mine set up. Not too hard to build. I wanted mine portable!

Steve[/QUOTE]

that is really neat

[QUOTE=PonyMan;279721]Coming right along fine! :D

Steve[/QUOTE]



Bumping this post up because I love your set up.

I've been waiting for more posts from you to see how your garden pots worked out.

Have you got plans to use your bucket set up again this year? How was the rest of your growing season last year?