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What You Need To Know Before Growing In Plastic Container Garden Vegetable Gardening Tote Bucket Pot
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What You Need To Know Before Growing In Plastic Container Garden Vegetable Gardening Tote Bucket Pot



This is the long uncut version on plastic…. I have a shorter version getting right to the topic if you’d rather see that one.
We have Videos up on How to Grow a Raised Container Garden, cheap and easy anyone can do, please check them out. I have been using these now for years, as we have been growing Tons of food like tomatoes, peppers, watermelon, parsley, celery, Malabar spinach, moringa tree, herbs, mint, kale, collard, carrots, radishes, sage, oregano, thyme, basil, lettuce, and more vegetables. AND I compost in place making free plant food from your leftovers and browning leaves as the plants grow, as win win perfect vegetable Garden.

Plastic Study in Plants: https://www.pnnl.gov/news-media/root-microplastics-plants

Risk of Lead Poisoning finding in Gardening LOW: https://www.washington.edu/news/2016/02/02/risk-of-lead-poisoning-from-urban-gardening-is-low-new-study-finds/

Great video for your Gardening to make COMPOST in PLACE EASY: https://youtu.be/W_MUgCHnKSY

How To Set Up Raised Bed Vegetable Garden-Start to Finish-Grow Tons of Food Cheap Compost in Place

How To Build Raised Bed Tote Vegetable Garden-Grow Tons of Food Pot Plants in Easy Method Small Spaces

How To Build Raised Bed Tote Garden-Grow Tons of Vegetable Pot Plants in EASY METHOD Small Spaces
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Here are the 18 gallon totes used in my gardens as raised beds, I have been buying them from Walmart Grocery with my groceries so I do not have to leave the house, Ebay too has them with free shipping, so here is an aff. link so you can check them out: https://www.ebay.com/itm/333973224562?hash=item4dc25afc72:g:2DgAAOSwn1Bgg8kP&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5338267736&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1

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47 Comments

  1. ellen fisher

    GREAT INFO, Robbie ! I grow in anything I can find ! As soon as I can get Hubby to unhook & haul my dead clothes dryer out of the basement – the outside thing will become a huge raised bed . The tumbler cylinder thing inside of it will either be a big worm & composting tub or a planter !

  2. Blueroses-Diane F.

    Both videos are just perfect but I do enjoy the longer get ones the best. Thank you Robbie just love you and gary and kitty. Have a blessed day hugs

  4. Tammy

    I Love This! Good for you Robbie, getting the "Nay-Sayers" straight! I love watching ALL videos from you, especially Hummingbird DIY projects and information! Thank you for all you do!

  5. Mary Burt

    not sure when you found your reserch but the latest reserch shows that we humans have plastic in our system..

  8. Shelia Dean

    Thank you for sharing this information with us. The things that come out of the sky scare me more.

  12. Rachel Emmerson

    Hi Robbie, I'm from New Zealand. There was an article in the NZ Herald newspaper not long ago about the
    amount of plastic particles in the air in Auckland. Not good.

  17. sunshine

    Love these kinds of researched videos! Keep them coming! I have started to get over the fear of growing in plastic thanks to you. Happy growing!

  19. Pandora Fox 🌸

    I tried a no till garden. It was really difficult to manage due to physical limitations. I saw your videos and have now turned it into a container garden! What a revelation! My garden is flourishing with totes, buckets and even dish pans! Thanks to you and Gary, I'm going to try growing in one of his crazy fence and cardboard baskets! Just love and appreciate you both. 💚💚💚💚 Not too long. Your presentation is important. 😊

  22. Heather Kennedy

    great video robbie — i always thought that there was too much hype about this –look at all the people who start their seedlings in plastic pots-cups and like salad containers and have been doing this for many years!! way to go!!

  24. mam564

    Love your channel Robbie and Gary! Don't let the micro-managers get you down! lol I just got back from Dollar Tree. I was buying plastic containers, to compost in place. Thanks to what I learned on your channel! ♥

  28. Oneda Zinn

    ah thank you so much! I feel much better now. Been using totes thanks to you for 3 yrs now! 🙂 You're the best Robbie!

  32. Polly T

    My first thought was that those bottles would make good fountains 😂 Glad you cleared things up – thanks for all your efforts to keep us healthy and happy gardeners!

  34. Wilma

    Nebraska 5B first year 2023 have 5 tubs growing in. 2 found in trash are 50 gallon containers. Made a nursery out of 2 but lost plants too wet but I had a great fly nursery. But still have hope..have a great year…

  35. Treasuretree Reynolds

    I watched gardening with Leon and he really advocates to put plastic jugs, bottles in the big, hard plastic containers that horse feed comes in. This way you use less soil and he wants to keep plastics out of the ocean. Great video. Now if I could only stop buying solar fountains. Lol.

  38. SunDrop

    I am so glad you did this video, I am in the process of trying to get some totes going with vegetables. I always wondered about this topic, glad you did the research for us that was in doubt. Love watching your and Gary's videos.

  39. kleineroteHex

    Ha, Dan starts seeds in those plastic oil pans, I always wondered. Though I think I heard you say that before!
    Now I need to look at your fountain infos, my daughter gave me her old one 😊

  40. Sue G

    Thank you for this video Robbie! I will pass your video along. I questioned Gary’s use of black plastic in his potato cages, but he answered me. Great idea to scrub the little hairs off or I suppose peeling would be ok too.

  42. Emgee Speaks

    I was never worried about the actual plastic getting into our bodies, but I jests that the chemicals from the plastic could leach into food

  43. Louellen Hackel

    I set up my five totes with the pitchers as you have shown and did compost in place in traditional pots. 😊 Thank you for the research links! Have you ever dealt with leaf miners?

  46. Ronyon

    Plastics absolutely do break down at tempatures lower than 150 degrees.
    UV radiation contributes to this.
    The phthalates that make the plastic flexible leach into the soil where plants can take it up it.
    Phthalate exposure is associated with a plethora of health risks.

    That being said, the plastics that are used to get food and water to our tables are a greater source of these chemicals than a plastic container garden.
    Commercial vegatable growers often use plastic extensively, along with pesticides and herbicides.
    I dont think food grown in plastic containers is safe from pollutants, but it's certainly not any more dangerous than what we get from our industrial food system.

  47. Cherie Doughan

    Another thing not to buy that smell of petroleum/tar are flip flops. Got ones that caused tingling on my feet. Didn’t realize they had an odor. I smell all things that are plastic.

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