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Growing in Earthboxes

in Earthboxes, Gardening on 02/14/09

I have been growing in earthboxes now for a couple of years. It’s a great way to grow. Space efficient, water efficient and it allows you to grow in areas where you otherwise could not – like on your deck, or on a concrete driveway/parking space.

If you don’t know what an earthbox is, see the link at the bottom of this post.

As I get going with growing this season, I’ll be posting more, but here are some results of past years earthbox growing. One of the great things about growing in earthboxes is the very efficient use of water – you don’t waste any water, and as long as you keep the compartment filled, the plants get exactly what they need.

You can grow strawberries in the same box for 3 years.

Strawberries in earthbox
Strawberries in earthbox

Peppers grow really well in earthboxes – it’s one of my favorite earthbox crops:

Hot peppers in Earthboxes
Hot peppers in Earthboxes
Hot peppers in Earthboxes
Hot peppers in Earthboxes
Earthboxes in driveway
Earthboxes in driveway

Kung Pao Pepper
Kung Pao Pepper
Big Bomb Pepper
Big Bomb Pepper
Earthbox harvest
Earthbox harvest

Hot Pepper Harvest
Hot Pepper Harvest
Trinidad Perfume Pepper
Trinidad Perfume Pepper
Cabbage
Cabbage

Earthbox Corn
Earthbox Corn
Corn Harves
Corn Harvest
Lettuce in earthbox
Lettuce in earthbox

Visit www.earthbox.com for more information about Earthboxes.

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Comments

  1. Tommyr says

    May 15, 2009 at 2:29 pm

    Good growing! I do bell peppers in mine and tomatoes.

  2. Mary Ann McCandless says

    April 12, 2010 at 4:47 am

    What are you using for the organic fertilizer?

    MA

    • admin says

      April 22, 2010 at 2:50 am

      I use Whitney Farm 5-5-5 for my earthboxes.

  3. Josh in Nashville, TN says

    December 30, 2010 at 8:56 pm

    Your plants look great. We grow a lot in pots cause the soil at our house in not so great. In our case it does require a bit more watering as the soil tends to dry out a bit, but the upside is you pay better attention to your plants that way.

  4. Barb says

    May 4, 2012 at 9:34 am

    This is my first year growing tomatoes in earth boxes. They are over 7ft now with lots of tomatoes! Yeah! I was wondering if U can use the soil in the pots, more than once??
    Thanks!
    Barb

    • admin says

      May 4, 2012 at 1:59 pm

      Hi Barb,
      Congratulations on your success with the tomatoes!

      In most cases you can reuse the soil in an Earthbox as long as you replenish with new fertilizer. Personally, I find that tomatoes have such a big root system, that I do tend to change soil after just one year. If however, you sift the soil through a mesh screen, to get rid of the roots, you can reuse the rest again.

      Boel

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