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Anonymous
06/27/26(Sat)12:13:46 No.2997560

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Anonymous 06/27/26(Sat)12:13:46 No.2997560

can you wash these out and use them as tomato pots?
i googled it and reddit says absolutely not youll definitely get cancer but boomers on an agriculture forum posted by tapatalk circa 2010 say its fine

Anonymous
06/27/26(Sat)13:45:37 No.2997574

Anonymous 06/27/26(Sat)13:45:37 No.2997574

>>2997560
>motor oil bucket
Didn't even know those existed.
Is this your only option?
Don't you have other containers?

Anonymous
06/27/26(Sat)19:11:29 No.2997606

Anonymous 06/27/26(Sat)19:11:29 No.2997606

>>2997560
plastic is porous, you will never get small amounts of motor oil out of the walls.
Tomato plants climb the walls of any buckets you put them in, they will be laying directly against it.

I wouldnt do it personally

Anonymous
06/28/26(Sun)21:09:50 No.2997766

Anonymous 06/28/26(Sun)21:09:50 No.2997766

>>2997560
I don’t think 5 gal is big enough for tomato and besides there’s the contamination others noted

Anonymous
06/29/26(Mon)02:05:16 No.2997782

Anonymous 06/29/26(Mon)02:05:16 No.2997782

bruh. just buy a new bucket from the hardware store

Anonymous
06/29/26(Mon)23:25:48 No.2997900

Anonymous 06/29/26(Mon)23:25:48 No.2997900

>>2997560
https://www.homedepot.com/p/The-Home-Depot-5-Gallon-Orange-Homer-Bucket-05GLHD2/100087613
>$3.88 / each

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