5 gallon bucket planter method. Best way?

[westchesterBrewer]

I just bought a few rhizomes (they will arrive mid April) and the only space or way I can grow the hop plants is in planters with a pole in each planter. Unfortunately, I can't hang twine to an above surface.

I was thinking about using a 5 gallon bucket from Home Depot for each planter and using a 10 foot pole. Any better suggestions? If I were to go this approach, what should the pole be made of? What is the best way to install the pole? Centered? The side? How is the pole physically attached in the planter? Does the amount soil simply keep it in place?

Thanks!

 

[masskrug]

A ten foot pole in a five gallon bucket is going to tip over. Can you put the pole in the ground nearby and run some string to it? Can you anchor your bucket with some blocks?

 

[501irishred]

If you had three of the same variety, you might get away with making a "teepee", tying the poles together at the top. Still a chance if it tipping in high wind though........


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[HALIFAXHOPS]

Tough one, can you make a inverted "u" out of pvc pipe with like t on the bottom and straddle the containers and tie string to the top? Kind of hard to explain without pics.

 

[westchesterBrewer]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. The teepee idea struck a nerve.

Could I fill a bucket with concrete and the 10 foot pole and use that as the center of the teepee, then use 3 buckets with the plants and have the twine tent up to the center pole? Would this be wind resistant enough? I imagine I would put some heavy rocks at the base of each plant bucket (to also anchor the twine), then fill with soil and the rhizome.

Thoughts? I can't dig into ground where I live...

 

[HALIFAXHOPS]

Sounds like it will work. Make sure you remember toput a few drain holes in the buckets, hops like it damp not wet.

 

[501irishred]

Sounds like a plan. The center pole could also double as a Festivus pole!


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