shamwife (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Seriously fantastic!

SteveHarpster (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

very nice thanks 4 sharing

BalconyGrow (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@friend2animals66 Yes, you can grow corn. I haven't but I know others have. I didn't do well with large vining crops. I found great success with peppers (2 or 3 plants), carrots (in deeper containers), beets, radishes, cucumbers, beans/peas, lettuce, spinach, and zucchini (1 plant). Tomatoes did good as well but not as well as ones planted in the ground but when you don't have ground to plant in this is a good alternative. Hope this helps. ~Jeri

BalconyGrow (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@MrandMissConverted The compost tea can be pored into the water reservoir and the plants will take it up as needed. I usually just pored it on top when I wanted to give them a quick boost. :0)

BalconyGrow (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@DesertDood Thank you. :0)

BalconyGrow (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@bowler8 There was already a hole in the top to relieve the pressure when using the spiggot, I should have mentioned that. But you can punch more holes in the tops if you feel the one won't be enough. Thanks for watching and sorry for the late reply. :0)

friend2animals66 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Thank you so much for sharing your invention. I plan to use this technique in next year's backyard garden! Very good use of otherwise throw away items, love the affordability too. What can't you grow in these in the question.....corn and watermelons I would guess, but I'm new to this.

1969626 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Vielen Dank für diesen Tipp für den Anbau in tiefe Behälter

BalconyGrow (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@skitime51 Yes, all the bottoms are cut off. And yes it does hold enough soil to grow a tomato, I grew three pepper plants in one this size and they did fantastic. I was quite pleased.  Hope this helps and good luck in your new endeavors. :0)

skitime51 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

As a newbie, I have some questions. Do you have to cut off the spigots on the other two containers so the water can get from the containers to the soil or will the containers fit with the spigots left open. Otherwise I can't see how the water gets from the containers to the soil. Also, is the tub high enough to put in enough soil to grow tomatos