Yesterday Pickles was poking around in Pinterest and ran across this piece about trellises. I've been using the t-post and hog panel (we call it hog wire or field fence)...
I have had some type of self watering containers made with expanded clay aggregate on the bottom and the soil separated with landscape fabric. These have been working fine...
Tomato-debaters! I'm eyeing three different soil mixes to fill the top ~6 inches of my raised beds. They are each substantially different, and bring different things to the...
I had a 6 year old SIP, made from a 14 gal Rubbermaid tub, become very brittle (yet the other 14 gal is not nearly as bad, and the 18 gal Rubbermaids are still in perfect...
I have been tomato gardening for 10 years. My first few years tomatoes were amazing, disease free and huge. I had bought the best vegetable garden bed soil I could afford,...
I currently use 1/2 irrigation pipe to support frost cloth and netting over my 4' wide raised beds but I want something that will be useful to run down all or just part of a...
Several have said use nitrogren the first half or start of the seasopn and then more potassium second half or there abouts. when do you make the switch?
My tomato season is over. This year I planted my tomato plants in 20 gallon grow bags filled with MG potting soil. Plants grew very well and they looked very healthy. But as...
Hello! I admit I only recently heard the term interplanting and thought at first it must be something different than companion planting. I don't think it does.
Just curious as I don't often see posts about self watering containers except the Earth box and I'm wondering if anyone here has tried any commercially sold ones like the...
This is my first year using an EarthBox, I had to try them due to Fusarium in the main garden. I followed instructions exactly, using Sungro Professional Potting mix,...
Aside from dwarfs, what varieties do you like in an EB? This year, I'm growing several varieties that look like they are perfect fits for an EarthBox. Yes, you can grow...
These pics are from 2015, 2016, and 2017. (Nov. and Dec.). They sell EB and plants and accessories. This is where the late inventor, Blake Whisenant was based. He gave little...
Has anyone tried adding more fertilizer to the top strip in EBs after the plants were already growing in them? I pulled out a tomato that wasn't looking well; since I grow 2...
earthbox is new to me , container gardening is what i am familiar too , this year i am trying to grow larger tomatoes , taller plants and bigger yield Thank You
I have strawberries in 1 regular EB but it seems such a waste for such small little plants that could do as well in a smaller shallower container. I know the juniors are not...
I can't remember where I saw some postings of how some people put the fertilizer in a porous sock instead of directly on the soil in a strip. Has anyone tried this, if so...
Osmocote 19-5-8 Slow Release Fertilizer w/minors. Looks like pretty good stuff. My daily fertigation is a bit labor intensive during the heat of summer, in addition to all...
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