Planting 5 gallon buckets half way in ground?`

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I got my raised garden ready this weekend and also decided to try something else. I had several 5 gallon buckets left over that I was originally going to build some earth buckets with. I drilled several one inch holes all the way around the very bottom and one in the center. I tilled the soil up and buried the buckets about halfway in the ground. I prepared the potting mix basically the same way I did in the earth tainers as instructed. I planted a brandy wine in one and a husky cherry in the other. I heaped the mix up and also covered with black plastic to keep the Spring rains from drowning them. As it warms up, I'll use some mulch around the buckets and on top to keep them from drying out.

This is basically a test and was curious if anyone else on here has done it and what were your results. I hope that the large holes in the bottom will allow the roots to grow through and into the ground as needed.

Was also going to try and grow some Kentucky Wonder pole beans in two other buckets buried the same way. I've never grown beans before but figured what the heck.. it's worth a try.