Growing Tomatoes In Dutch Buckets

Tomatoes have traditionally been the most popular crop for dutch buckets and in fact most commercial hydroponic tomatoes are produced this way.

Growing tomatoes in dutch buckets.

Tomatoes cucumbers beans peppers and eggplants all grow well in dutch bucket hydroponics. 1 dutch bucket are designed to be fed by drip emitters and plumbed to drain using a common 1 5 pvc pipe which we can provide. And here is ada eating yellow pears. In commercial hydroponics the most commonly grown plant in dutch buckets is tomatoes but you can grow virtually any vining plant.

This can be a fairly efficient use of space since the tomatoes are using a large portion of the lower growing space. Five gallon buckets are the perfect size for one plant. It s time to start a new crop of hydroponic tomatoes in the dutch buckets. Some tomato growers suggest planting herbs or other plants in the same container.

But first i need to look back at what was learned from the last crop. These are yellow pears. Fill the pot with high quality potting soil and make sure the container has good drainage. But first i need to look back at what was learned from the last crop.

The ones closest are hydroponic. Dutch bucket hydroponic tomatoes lessons learned and a new crop it s time to start a new crop of hydroponic tomatoes in the dutch buckets. Gorgeous little fruit very prolific and indestructible plants. 2 siphon elbows regulate safety reservoir of nutrient solution at bottom of bucket to 1 deep this feature prevents growing medium from drying out and causing water stress between irrigationcycles siphon pipe also prevents over accumulation of nutrient solution.

The seedlings are generally started in rockwool 1 5 cubes and when the plants are 8 12 tall and ready to be clipped up to. Just a short video showing my dutch bucket setup that i am using to grow tomatoes and cucumbers. The ones near the keys are from a dirt based plant that admittedly has been growing and fruiting for 4 months.