My best zukes have always been in containers. Last year, my most productive plant was in a TWO GALLON planter box! It went nuts and out performed the "in ground" zukes 5 to 1.
I just let the vines trail where they will, and move the container if need be. The in-ground zukes just sprawl everywhere uncontrollably and didn't produce that much fruit.

Dave
RainyPNW

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Interesting thread. I haven't grown any zukes in containers yet, but I'll be following along to see what other sorts of input others have. Heck, I have 54 10-gallon totes I can plant in, so if they take better to being in containers, there's no shortage of them at my house.

So far I have been absolutely LOVING growing everything in containers and my results have already been way better with 10X less hassles.

Bell Peppers--last year the stems barely got as big as a pencil and I managed to get just a handful of bells all year and they were not that big.

This year the plants already are larger as in taller and stockier than last and are loaded up with fruit.

Eggplants--same as above. Keep in mind many of my egg plants and bells are in 3 gallon buckets. Both the bells and eggplants are almost waist high and loaded, and have stems fat as my thumb.

Tomatoes-- they are LOADED with tomatoes and I have already been eating some cherries. 96 days from sprout to eat. And on top of that NO WEEDS. I raised about 15 tomato plants for my dad at the same time I was doing mine. He put his in the ground and I put mine in buckets on the same day. Mine are WEEKS ahead of his for comparable varieties. My fruits are the size of baseballs. His are the size of golf balls.

Watermelons-- 3 or 4 vines per 5 gallon bucket and I have fruit larger than baseballs already. Cantaloupes are a little slower but are covered in flowers.

Zuchs-- they are already producing handfuls of fruit every so often. They didn't get big and bushy but thats fine as long as they keep putting out fruit.

All of my plants are twice as big and twice as healthy as they were in the ground (with the except of the zuchs). They are half size but are out performing plants planted on the same day 25 feet away. Seems to me the ones on the ground are all vine and no fruit...

I ran some soaker hoses across the tops of my buckets and bought a Y for the waterhose. I zip tied the hose down and now with one knob turn I water everything and I have yet to pull a weed.

I would say give it a go. Put 4 small holes in the bottom edges of your totes and plant away. Get some good soil and mix'er up with some miracle grow and from now on you can control what your plants eat and drink. For me it is almost automated now except for picking the fruit. If I invest in a waterhose timer it will be automated.

If you have 10 gallon containers I would be on that like white on rice.

Dave, nice garden! What size containers are your potatoes in? Thanks in advance!