need ideas where to get 5 gallon buckets (NOT LOWES OR HD)

anonymuss

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hey all i need to know where to buy some 5 gallon buckets. i got some rootbound little bitches and they are not liking it.

I would just go to home depot but i am minus a car and cant lug all the shit i need on the bus.

Any ideas who ELSE might carry buckets i can use for soil?
 

Lil Czr

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Don't you have a local farmers co-op, or a tractor supply company or something like that?
 

bernat

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I've had a lot of luck tracking down 5 and 6 gallon buckets just by asking bakeries and restaurants (a few people have mentioned this). A lot of places get their oil/liquid eggs/etc. shipped in these containers and are happy to part with them, often for free if you pick them up. I call ahead to ask, and just tell them I use them for gardening, which is totally true! A few places even put them aside for me and called me when they had some empties.
 

grassified

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Just use grow bags if your using soil, so much easier and convenient.

But if u need em for dwc then the bakery/restaurant idea the above suggested works good.
 

sixstring2112

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The orange buckets from home depot suck for hydro but will be fine for dirt. they let alot of light in, but the silver lowes buckets are lightproof.
 

roachwagon

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one can never have too many buckets for pot. I pick up four or five everytime I go to lowes. working up to a hundred so I can have a 25 plant perpetual grow
 
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