>>1012636Beds are way superior in a lot of ways though anon, especially if you're growing deep rooting plants and the raised bed has no bottom to stop the plants reaching down.
You do have to be careful with buckets at times as heavy rain can wash lots of nutrients out of the bucket and roots can overheat if the bucket gets too much sun.
I had cherry toms (tommy toe) and some climbing beans in 3 gal buckets a couple of years back but the yield from the tomatoes wasn't great and the beans died in the summer sun when the roots cooked; little did i know that potted tomatoes like to have 4-6 gal of soil to crop well in a container.
If you have a bunch of big buckets and some eaves or a porch to hang them off, I'd recommend trying to grow them upside down.
You can also grow lettuce or other warm season greens in the tops of the buckets, producing an edible, living mulch to keep water in.
Candidates for upside down growing are mostly nightshades, but apparently cucumbers and beans can be grown and probably some others.
Obviously youll want them all hanging parallel to the equator so they get enough sun, probably one of the only notable rwquirements requirements i can think of.
