I love WoWs, and have been using them the past 3-4 years. I use them mainly to get early tomatoes. The plants this year that were planted early in WoW's have tomatoes that will be ready to eat in 7-10 days. It will be at least three weeks longer before my other plants have tomatoes ready to eat. We cut the bottom out of a five gallon bucket, and use the bucket as a support when setting up the WoWs. It works great to hold them steady when filling the cylinders with water during set up. I buy the WoWs during the fall sales for around $1.00 each. I think they are wonderful and highly recommend them for getting an extra early crop of tomatoes.