[ She's actually going over to look into the bucket to check and make sure they fully stopped. Nothing to latch to, no nutrients to reach for, safe one another. She even sticks a hand into the bucket to nudge the cuttings to make sure they didn't latch to each other. ]

If it's about speed, maybe both the wash tubs and buckets? The latter are easier to carry around, but the tubs will give places to safely empty them for the time. That and for longer sections of vines collected. Though I'd section those to be safe...

[ Nothing with these mangled bits, but the growth was so aggressive. ]