Nice looking plants KY. Can you explain the buckets to me, I assume the bottoms are cut out. How does that affect the root system. Yours are staked, would the buckets work with cages and unpruned plants? My plants got septoria late in the season, they always have. Been removing all plant matter at end of season for a couple years now, and it seems to have helped a lot, the septoria comes later now. Had plenty of maters right til it was time to pull and winter cover. Do you spray? Never sprayed before, but am going to try several home made brews next year. Don't care for commercial sprays, I am not totally organic with fertilizer, but use no toxins, although every thing is toxic at the right level, lol, even water.