Morrisons Flower buckets for veg?

[hamsterqueen]

I have already got 10 with potatoes growing happily.

Just bought some "patio veg" seeds.

Parsnip "Lancer" and carrot "ideal", it says pot 12 - 18" diameter, but if I grow fewer d'you reckon they would thrive in the buckets?

They are varieties suited to container growing

[allotmentlady]

make some holes in the bottom for drainage and the parsnips should do well, actually u gave me a good idea lol! So thanksx

[SarzWix]

I've got parsnips and carrots in flower buckets In fact, the best carrots I've grown came from flower buckets last year!

[hamsterqueen]

great, my sister got me 24 last year, so I have plenty!

[perkin]

I'm doing chantanay carrots in flower buckets this year for the first time. The first lot have germinated and are looking good so far.

[Maximillian]

I've done potatoes and sweetcorn in flower buckets year befor last. Drilled holes in the bottom. Worked quite well.

[tootles]

I cleaned the kitchen and found 3 10 litre paint tubs that I shall be using for carrots.

[bluemoon]

I use them in the greenhouse for tomatoes and cucumbers and usually have a brilliant crop.

[rodofgod76]

This may sound stupid........but do you buy these buckets from Morrisons? If so, how much are they and how big?

[funstuie]

Is this a northern thing? I drove 30 minutes to my nearest Morrisons tonight (peckham) and they had nothing. All their flowers were in green buckets and when I asked one of they staff she looked at me like I was mental.

[NOG]

I can never get parsnips to germinate.

[Maximillian]

I get mine from asda. If you can sweet talk them sometimes they're free! They are normal bucket size like what you'd have at home for cleaning. Make sense?

[veggielover]

3 for a quid in the little flower shop at the bottom of my road, Bought another 9 today!!!

[Kath]

This may sound stupid........but do you buy these buckets from Morrisons? If so, how much are they and how big?

They cost 99p ...it says on the label 8 but we got 13 in one batch and 10 in another. Some are 10" diameter and 11" deep others are slightly smaller.

I was hoping they would be big enough to grow sweet peppers in.I haven't grown these before so don't know how much space they need. I would be glad of some advice?

[Kath]

Ooops, sorry Rodofgod, yes you can buy them in Morrisons.