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.
Peppers grow really well in earthboxes – it’s one of my favorite earthbox crops:
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- Hot peppers in Earthboxes
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- Hot peppers in Earthboxes
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- Earthboxes in driveway
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- Kung Pao Pepper
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- Big Bomb Pepper
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- Earthbox harvest
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- Hot Pepper Harvest
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- Trinidad Perfume Pepper
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- Cabbage
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- Earthbox Corn
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- Corn Harvest
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- Lettuce in earthbox
Visit www.earthbox.com for more information about Earthboxes.
Good growing! I do bell peppers in mine and tomatoes.
What are you using for the organic fertilizer?
MA
I use Whitney Farm 5-5-5 for my earthboxes.
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.
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
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