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Container sizes

pegleg48
11 years ago

Hi all

This will be my 3rd year container gardening, and the first that I'm trying to get big enough containers for my veggies.

I know you need at least 5 gallons to grow just about anything bigger than lettuce, but my problem is: how can you tell how may gallons a container is?

Most planters/containers give you sizes in inches (if at all) and not gallons (or Litres, in Canada-land).

If a standard bucket (the kind you get at the hardware store/leftover from food storage) is 5 gallons, whats a good example of 10? 25?

I got a couple big planters, but have no idea how much they will actually hold.

Photos of examples would be great.

Or, should I dig out the measuring tape and do some basic math?

Thanks

Peg

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