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Six crops you can plant in buckets

You can successfully grow a wide range of different carrots in a 20-kilo bucket.

Used buckets can be reclaimed and used to grow food. There is a wide range of fruits vegetables that can be grown in buckets. I will share tips on how you can grow various crops in buckets. The plastic bucket to be used will require holes for drainage. If your containers are to be placed on a hard surface, consider placing support structures below to allow water to drain freely. 

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