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AlittleSalt · April 10, 2019

I'm growing 10 tomato plants in 5 gallon buckets. That number could rise to 14 plants depending on how some new seedlings progress. Last year was my first attempt. I experimented with several brands like MG and the other half were grown in Pro Mix.

This year, I dumped the buckets in a large plastic wading pool for children and tossed in some 10-10-10 and more chunky perlite. The buckets are filled with doctored-up mixes (No soil). Watering/fertilizing will be done with the same stuff AKmark uses.

April 10, 2019	#15
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	I'm growing 10 tomato plants in 5 gallon buckets. That number could rise to 14 plants depending on how some new seedlings progress. Last year was my first attempt. I experimented with several brands like MG and the other half were grown in Pro Mix. This year, I dumped the buckets in a large plastic wading pool for children and tossed in some 10-10-10 and more chunky perlite. The buckets are filled with doctored-up mixes (No soil). Watering/fertilizing will be done with the same stuff AKmark uses.