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Following all the recent useful advice on cheap to free flower buckets, I've managed to obtain a small collection. The only supermarkets that don't sell/give them away over here are: Sainsbury's, Aldi and Tesco - They all use the same, very large and deep square type. I've been told they reuse them. It's a shame (for me), as they'd be absolutely perfect for container growing of French dwarf beans in a block.
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Well done Hillwalker. In our Tesco they are square and quite deep, so they would be good, but I suppose we should be grateful they recycle.Granny on the Game in Sheffield -
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I asked about the square ones, they keep them, but the round ones I've probably over 50 now!Comment
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This year I've had 41 from Morrisons, for the princely sum of £1.99.
Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
While better men than we go out and start their working lives
At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard KiplingComment
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It depends who you ask (and whether the supervisor is around!) I got half a dozen from ASDA a couple of years ago for nothing, just for asking on the the right day.Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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I'd challenge that JB. Ask for the manager to explain why other ASDA's around the country DO and, if they don't give them away, what do they do with them?Originally posted by Jelliebabe View PostMy local ASDA don't either - I just asked a week or so ago
Granny on the Game in SheffieldComment
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I got mine from Sainsburys and they're the deep ones. They're perfect for 2 tomato plants each but don't make the drainage holes too big. Four pencil sized holes are spot on for holding the water long enough to saturate all the compost within. I'm putting in about 2 litres of water into each every evening now that the plants are just starting to produce their 3rd truss of flowers.Comment
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They said they reuse them... I'm just going to go to Morrisons instead!
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I can't help noticing that of all posters saying they have them to give away appear to be from Yorkshire. Good old friendly never waste anything county. Think I need a drive up t'hill to M1 North!Last edited by VirginVegGrower; 20-05-2011, 08:51 PM.Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein
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Got mine from Tesco-asked on Mother's Day.They gave me 10 square buckets but I got told that they usually reuse them.Morrisons sells round flower buckets-8 for 99p.Comment
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They'd be so useful to me- i remember reading this on here a while ago and forgetting all about them. I must remember to get around this week and see if i can collect a few while there's still time do sow some seeds in themComment
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Mine just do them 8 for a £1 now which is still a bargain!
Would it be worthwhile continuing this thread and saying what we grow in them so that everyone has an idea?
I grow 1 tomato plant per bucket
1 cayenne chilli per bucket
1 Cucumber per bucket
Carrots in a bucket
1 Spud per bucket.
are they any good for squash/beans etc?
steveComment
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they are brilliant for beans, I grow 2 to 3 dwarf french beans per potComment
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Got mine from morrisons too,loads of them!
They've come in really handy this year as im moving mid growing season but i couldnt bare not to grow anything.....ive got runner beans, broad beans,tomatoes,cauliflowers, aubergines (patio type), leeks (probably be grown as baby leeks - ish) and potatoes all flourishing in my potsLife isnt about surviving the storm.....But learning to dance in the rain.Comment
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