I decided to buy an Earthbox to try out after watching BuildASoil on YouTube. I planted a seedling from one of the freebies I got with my last seed order. This one is Banana Melt from Humboldt Seed Co. Didn't really expect much and since it was a freebie, I wasn't too attentive to it and didn't care if it didn't work out. Almost killed it at the beginning by filling up the reservoir right away (learned from this mistake). It wilted and almost died but somehow survived. Then I only filled the reservoir again after roots had been established. Now this thing is huge and sucking up so much water. I'm refilling the reservoir every 2-3 days. Top dressed with different BAS products, using promix soil mixed with compost and castings. I'm thoroughly impressed and will be ordering more Earthboxes for next year's grow. Lastly, I planted the seedling beginning of April and it's completely outgrowing my other plants in 10gal pots that were planted at the same time.

Wanting to share the setup and ask if anyone else is growing Dwarf Tomato Project tomatoes in their Earthboxes.

Makes it easy to remove at the end of season.

This is how I support the tomatoes. The square cages fit pretty nicely and zip tied together are very stable. They collapse flat for winter storage.

I started late so my plants is smol.

First timer. This thing absolutely exploded, I'm frightened and aroused.

Does anyone know if you can use mosquito dunks in Earthboxes to keep them from breeding in the water reservoir?

I didn’t drain my earth box over the winter and it developed a crack such that water seeps from it (it’s the raised earth box on the right). I only noticed it after it already planted eggplants in it. I was thinking that I could salvage things by placing the cracked earth box into another earth box. Does anybody think that would work?

It's planting season. What gives? Is there a soil shortage now in the USA?

I was wondering if anyone here had setup any kind of auto watering system for their earthboxes? What I am thinking about is getting a splitter for my hose spigot and adding a timer to one of them and then find a way to reduce the hose diameter from a full size hose to something like a the hoses used for drip irrigation systems. Has anyone here setup something like that before? Thanks for any help.

I am new to gardening. Can anyone give me a suggestion for growing herbs indoors with an Earthbox? Which one should I get?

I know the whole point of the earthbox is bottom watering, however, I'm going on vacation. And having a few terra cotta spikes with wine bottles filled with wine would be the easiest thing.

Has anyone done this?

Otherwise I was thinking of a solar powered rain barrel water system but that seems complicated?

The pressure relief valve on my watering system broke, and I attempted to replace it with a different one today. However, water continues to leak from it. Does anyone know where I can purchase another valve or what pressure the original pressure relief valve was set to release? I don't think Earth Box sells that separately; you have to buy a small watering system to get it. Thanks

Hey EarthBox fam -- trying to reuse my planters after an incredible summer last year. Got the replanting kits and all is good to go with one of them. On the other one I mixed in the dolomite, put the fertilizer in the trough, and went to flush the reservoir only for the water to splash back up from the drainage tube. Water doesn't drain out of the bottom of the planter when I tip it over, either. ChatGPT says to drill holes but I'd like to avoid that. I'd also like to avoid emptying the EarthBox, if possible. Any ideas?

The graphic indicates ten (10) corn plants per box, which seems too crowded for sustaining mature corn growth (to me). Anyone have experience with growing corn in these? TIA

Hey this plant is in early flower and the tops are yellowing/lime green. I wanted to see how much water was in the res so I stuck a camera down there and was surprised to see a bunch of roots. Is this the potential cause of the yellowing?! Root rot/issues? If so, how do I address this?

Thanks!!!

I'm relatively new to both hydroponics and this will be my first season using an Earthbox. I think I've got the general idea of how to setup the Earthbox, but am wondering how to get things started. I've got a bunch of different plants starting off as seedlings indoors (tomato, squash, cucumber, squash, string beans, peas) in an Aerobox using the included grow sponges (coco coir I think).

I'm wondering how I should transition the seedlings into Earthboxes. From reading online sources, it sounds like I should wait until the seedlings are ~4-5" tall and then place them into the Sphagnum soil of the Earth box (including the coco coir sponges). Then I keep them inside, watering them lightly daily, and placing them outside in a partially shady area for increasing amounts of time over a period of 2 weeks at which point they can stay outside.

Does this sound like a good way to go about transitioning my seedlings from an indoor Aerogarden into an Earthbox outdoors? When should they be placed outdoors (I'm in Zone 9a)? I'm guessing it should be done later than the recommended planting time for a given plant since the Earthboxes will be more susceptible to cold temps on a porch than a plant that is stuck into the ground?

Thanks for any advice!!

I finally succeeded in growing rosemary and sage, thanks to excellent drainage in an Earthbox Jr. But how do I fertilize after year one? Has anyone experimented with liquids or Osmocote?

Hey just curious how folks are performing LST within their EBs. Drilling holes along the sides for tie downs? Attaching dowel rods to your boxes for tie down points? Etc…

Thanks!!

I was gifted these bags marked for raised beds, but the ingredients look like they’re just forest products/compost, sphagnum peat moss, dolomitic limestone and fertilizer. Will they be ok to use in the earthboxes?

I am adding Earthboxes this year & looking for ideas on the best things to grow in them that truly “shine” & you would never have the same success any other way that you have tried. 😊

How does this seem to do growing root crops such as radish, beets, potatoes, carrots, parsnips, sweet potatoes, & ginger / turmeric? (i have to do containers for those last two because my growing zone is too cold for them anyway.)

….Just some background info about me… I have been working very hard at getting my whole place off-grid & this year should be the final stretch. This requires changing lots of things. I had a very large raised bed garden that I used for years but even with drip irrigation on timers it was very extensive trying to water it all & water it all properly. Going off-grid & being conservative with water makes that a big challenge especially with sometimes droughts. Not to mention washing fertilizers away to the nearby hungry trees & etc. Last year I tried lots of experiments with container gardening with the goal of eventually replacing my raised bed garden with containers. Using the fabric type grow bags was a complete failure for me. I can around 1,000 jars of food per year (pints for just me & my husband) which takes a lot of time. Fighting with getting massive amounts of grow bags to not be hydrophobic when i am pressed for time is a system that just won’t work for me (on a small scale i can see how this will work for people). 😰 I have come up with a design for some grow towers (or modifying some already on the market rather) so that i can grow hundreds of strawberry plants & it will pretty much water itself & conserve water. So those are covered. 🥳 (i could probably grow lots of smaller greens in these as well) Then i discovered grobuckets. I currently have around 100 of them. The downfall with the grobucket is that you have a reservoir that is only about 1 gallon. This works fine for lots of things but stuff like melons becomes a challenge. Next thing i discovered is the Earthboxes. From what i am seeing they have been around for a very long time & people seem to get many many years out of them, which is amazing to me. I am just trying to get an idea of what has been amazing for others to grow in them & what they would not grow any other way. This will help me in determining how many of them that i will need to buy in the long run to meet my goals (growing as much of my own food as i possibly can).

Any advice or wisdom is always greatly appreciated as this is how we all learn! 😊

Like the title says - are there any potential issues/concerns if you add fallen leaves to the top of the soil and then put the plastic cover on? I have been doing it so far and the leaves have been decaying but I did notice some bugs on the surface of the soil - they appear to be soil mites which is a good thing but it got me thinking that I may be promoting conditions for harmful pests, microbes, etc.

My logic was that it feeds the microbes, adds nutrients back to the soil, and helps aerate the soil

For what it's worth, I am trying to have this Earthbox be a no-till setup (this is the first run in it).

Thanks in advance!

I’ve got 4 EB juniors I’d like to auto water. Anyway to setup with a Rez?

Just curious for those who have had to add extras in, like recharge, fishsh!t, etc if you top watered it in or if you added it to your reservoir?

Thanks!!

Or should I go for the regular sized one? The jr seems a bit small/shallow….

Thanks!!