In the winter i grow in bin its so dense i go in and clear cut. Entire plants right back.
Discussion
This season's dabbling has taught us a lot. Got a bit more intuition and feel for watering and other intangibles, and plan to scale up a bit next go around. Peppers and herbs have been easy and worth it, tomatoes are final boss now. Plants are huge but fruit minimal. Just whacked/pruned bottom a bit for first time this morning to avoid rot (first try got mold, likely due to my watering it like a garden fairy from atop instead of at base lol). Fun to grow either way though