Morrisons Flower buckets for veg?

[COMPOST CORNER]

I got 8 10" and 8 9" round black buckets from my local Morrisons this morning. I left 8 of the smaller ones behind in case anyone else from this forum was going in, and I didn't want to be greedy.
I may have another look later in the week.

[rodofgod76]

Popped into a Morrisons in Newcastle this morning and they had loads of 10" buckets beneath the flower bench. Got myself 16 for £2. Good job I came on this site, cos I was going to pay 79p a pot at Wilkies just to cut the bottom off them.

Just wondering how much I should cut off the bottom for placing in a grow bag?

[Kath]

I don't know how much to cut off either!

I went to Asda today and asked about the flower buckets and they said they don't SELL them, they GIVE them away! A very nice assistant arrived with a load. I couldn't believe it. I now have some free ones for you Stu. I have sent you a pm.
Kath

[Mi Jardín]

I have brocolli growing in mine...they seem to love it.

[smallblueplanet]

I went to Asda today and asked about the flower buckets and they said they don't SELL them, they GIVE them away! ...

We don't have an ASDA unfortunately.

[Mustard]

Anyone got a good source of cheap pots (around 10-12") ones in my garden centre are about £2-99 each. What else can I use?

[dillydallydaisy]

Another good source of free pots is the local Indian restaurant/takeaway. They get their sauces in large buckets which are thrown away.

[COMPOST CORNER]

Another good source of free pots is the local Indian restaurant/takeaway. They get their sauces in large buckets which are thrown away.

I'm shocked. I thought they were all individually hand made from fresh ingredients.

[dillydallydaisy]

I'm shocked. I thought they were all individually hand made from fresh ingredients.

Ha ha, well don't ask in your posh Indian or you may get banned! Also might be best if you ask when there are no customers around. Unless you are a bin raider like me, offspring of tip-scratters!

[Storming Norman]

If you have a Tesco's nearby try their square buckets - they are first class and are given away no problems.

Ann

[Serendipity]

Another one here wh uses Asda buckets. Every time I asked last year they had none but when I was in the other day there was a woman walking out with about 30 of them. I asked if they had any more and the nice assistant rearranged all the flowers and moved thewm around to free some up and I came away with about 20 of them. I also got a couple of those huge blue plastic barrels you usually see on allotments from our local Freecycle. I've used a jigsaw to cut these down in to four large containers (obviously two are bottomless). I have chard growing in one and the larger ones will be used for courgettes/pumpkin.

[coreopsis]

If you have a Tesco's nearby try their square buckets - they are first class and are given away no problems.

Ann

I scrounged 10 buckets of them on Mother's Day but they aren't so keen on giving/selling them.Pity because they are brilliant in size.I asked them last week-plenty of empty buckets on display-they said "no" because they send them back to flower supplier.

[GrubbyGirl]

I scrounged 10 buckets of them on Mother's Day but they aren't so keen on giving/selling them.Pity because they are brilliant in size.I asked them last week-plenty of empty buckets on display-they said "no" because they send them back to flower supplier.

Same in my Tesco, they said they sent them back.

Angela

[COMPOST CORNER]

Most of you probably already know this, but today whilst trying to save time and 'leccy when drilling holes in the MFP, Itried to drill two pots at once, Result: the inner pot split and cracked badly, just thought I'd post in case anyone else tries it. thats a whole 12.375p wasted.

[rob the roller]

I have been growing tomatoes, peppers and cape gooseberries in flower buckets for about 15 years. They are an ideal size for the job. They score over grow bags in that you can move them around the garden, or in and out of shelter, according to the weather or temperature. If they are still fruiting when the season ends, you can move them into the greenhouse or the house until all the fruit has ripened. I don't punch out the bottoms, I just drill a dozen or so holes around the base and that seems to take care of drainage. They need watering every day, twice a day if it is hot, dry and windy. If you miss a watering and the compost dries out, it tends to coagulate into large lumps and split into sections. If that happens and the plant survives, stand the bucket in a slightly larger container and fill the pot to the brim with water. When the water reaches the level of the compost in the planterl allow it to stand for a few minutes, then remove it from the larger container. The excess water will drain off leaving (hopefully) revitalised compost. You can do this with an undrilled bucket the same size but the weight of the filled bucket tends to make the two jam together, making it difficult to separate them.