High Yield, Small Space – Container Gardening At It’s Best

Self-Contained Garden System

When you have a limited amount of space to grow vine crops, such as tomatoes, peas or beans, you have to get creative – or get the EarthBox Gardening Kit.

The EarthBox has been one of the best solutions to easy, carefree, high-yield gardening we’ve found around. It truly is a wonderful product that delivers what it promises. What makes it so successful is 1) the fact that it comes with everything you need except the seeds and soil and 2) it’s self-watering and self-fertilizing. Once it’s put together, it’s practically a no-brainer. What’s even more impressive is the fact that commercial growers are now beginning to use hundreds of EarthBoxes to grow crops and we all know that a farmer isn’t going to use a method that isn’t producing high-quality, high-yield crops.
There are so many factors that can lead to success or failure when growing vegetables. The EarthBox Container System attempts to address these factors by either eliminating or greatly reducing the amount of human intervention needed to provide the optimal support in the following areas.

Watering – If proper, consistent watering doesn’t occur during the entire growing season, the plants become weakened and the fruits, such as tomatoes, can become severely compromised and susceptible to disease. Blossom End Rot is just one example. The EarthBox has a water reservoir that you simply fill by pouring water into an easy-to-reach fill tube. The water gets wicked up naturally by the soil and your plants get just the right amount of water on a consistent basis. As long as you keep the reservoir filled every few days and don’t let it run dry, there’s no problem with over- or under-watering.
Fertilizing – There are so many fertilizers with different N-P-K ratios that the novice gardener doesn’t know which way to turn. Plus, it’s difficult to know just how much to feed your plants without over-fertilizing. With this system, you spread 2 cups of the included fertilizer in a strip on the top of the soil, cover with the special mulch cover that’s included and forget about it. The dry, granulated fertilizer will leach into the soil at a rate that’s optimal for your vegetable plants.
Weeds – One advantage of container gardening is the reduction of the amount of weeds a gardener has to contend with. This is even truer with the EarthBox System since you keep your container covered with a fitted mulch cover. You don’t ever need to take it off until your plants are done for the season. This also aids in moisture retention so you have to refill the water reservoir less often.
Pests & Disease - The EarthBox delivers such great support to the plants, they become optimally strong and have the best chance at warding off pests & disease. Many pests and diseases that invade a plant are supported by the exposed soil around the plant. This isn’t the case with the EarthBox since the mulch cover provides a physical barrier cover and takes care of that issue.
Physical Plant Support – Vine crops, such as tomatoes, require strong, ample support for the limbs. These plants need proper air flow and physical support for large tomatoes. If not adequately provided, these plants can fail. The EarthBox comes with an optional staking system and trellis netting that provides the strong support necessary for these types of plants.

Two other factors we love about the EarthBox is that it’s aesthetically nice enough to use on patios, balconies or even indoors and second, it includes casters for moving the entire system around with ease. Now there’s two reason the casters are important. First, those of us with little space find that we need to move our containers around a bit as we need more room or need to move our plants into more sunny or shady spots as needed. The second reason is this: you can start your seeds early in the season indoors and when it’s safe to move your seedlings outside, guess what? NO TRANSPLANTING! That’s worth it right there. — AND it’s reusable, year after year! Way to go EarthBox – you’ve got a winner!!

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