I chose a 5 gallon bucket over a fancy self-watering planter for my tomatoes

Had to pick between a $40 self-watering box and a plain bucket from the hardware store for $8. Went with the bucket, drilled holes myself, and my Early Girl plant is over 4 feet tall now. The self-watering one my friend bought got clogged after a month and his plants got root rot. I just water my bucket every morning with a cup of leftover coffee water, and it's thriving. Anyone else find the simple stuff works better up here?

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ninaw8825d ago

Saw my neighbor go all in on one of those fancy raised bed kits last spring. Thing had a built in irrigation system and everything. Looked like a spaceship landed in his yard. By July the timer was fried and half the lines were clogged with gunk. He ended up watering by hand anyway, just with a lot more plastic junk in the way. Makes you wonder why they build stuff to fail like that.

sams2525d ago

Honestly ninaw88's neighbor's spaceship garden sounds like overkill for a few tomatoes.