The idea is to save time and money. In a difficult time in every sense, each move must be carefully analyzed before making it, studying the market, the methods and those products that will make the life of the amateur gardener easier.
If it's about finding new cultivation methods, you can try a very easy and inexpensive one: grow vegetables in cubes. There are no major secrets here and the starting point is recycling, an activity that you can also share with the children.
The benefits of growing in cubes
Planting vegetables in containers is not something new, although the point to note here is that instead of buying special containers for plants you can use the disused plastic buckets or some similar receptacle.
You do not need space to grow the vegetables in cubes, it will be enough with a small space in which to place your cubes of future carrots, onions and tomatoes. In addition to saving space, the cubes are a good option because they are also portable and you can change them according to the light conditions they need and the rotation of the sun according to the time of year.
In addition, here you do not have to carry out tilling tasks, dig holes and prevent rabbits and other animals from eating the plants. And, the best thing, you will not spend money on the purchase.
Some basic tips
If you want to grow vegetables in paint buckets, all you have to do is take into account is the space that each plant needs in particular. The proportions are the following starting from 20 liter buckets:
- Tomatoes, melons, cucumbers: 1 plant per bucket.
- Pepper: 2 plants per bucket.
- Beans: 3 plants per bucket.
- Onions, lettuce, beets: 4 plants per bucket
- Carrot, radicheta: 10 plants per bucket.
You can also plant all kinds of herbs always limiting the number to 1 plant per bucket. Remember make holes in the bucket for drainage and avoid those buckets that have been used with toxic chemicals.
