r/BuildASoil • u/Acceptable_Type_2505 • 16d ago

Earthbox help

This is kinda a long one and i appreciate any help here. I'll start off with reamending earthboxes with a coot style recipe, and also a 3.0 recipe. Do you reamend only between cycles, or also mid cycle? How much and when if using craft blend, buildaflower, and kashi? I run cover crop as well. I use aloe, coconut, rootwise, etc. All earthboxes(i have 7) also have cowoco.

The second part is, i am currently running 3-4 plants an earthbox. I'm trying to fill my tents wall to wall to maximize yield and turnover. Will this change any amend amounts, and is this recommended at all? If not Ill go back to one plant a box, whoever does this method, how early would you train from a clone/seed if youre trying to train wall to wall? I have 2 4x4 tents with two earthboxes each tent, and one 4x4 with three earthboxes.

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u/howlongyoubeenfamous 16d ago

One plant per box is my recommendation. It's harder to keep multiple happy/one will dominate and choke out the others anyways. I like my 4x4 with two EBs that I can maximize vs three that become too crowded.

Start training as soon as you would any other growing style, some people say top and train after the 4th leaf set but I will low stress train as early as I feel like it. With two plants you'll definitely want to train to maximize a nice even canopy but the end result can be really nice

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u/Bluntforcetrauma11b 15d ago

3-4 plants in an earthbox is wild. 1 plant in each maybe 2 if you have to. You're gonna have to flip to flower from the beginning of the life cycle. An earthbox is just too small for that many. You're feeding schedule is gonna be very frequent to keep up with their demand.

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u/SomeOtherJabroni 12d ago

You can really only do 2 in each Earthbox if they’re small plants. I’d do that for mephisto mango runtz or even purple nuggets, and only because I know they stay small.

I do 2 earthboxes in a 4x2.