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Artificial Bushes | Home » » EarthBox RB-EB-TRC-PBB Garden Kit, Terra Cotta | | | | | | | Description: | | The patented EarthBox was developed by commercial farmers and proven in the lab and on the farm. This maintenance-free, award-winning, high-tech growing system controls soil conditions, eliminates guesswork and more than doubles the yield of a conventional garden with less fertilizer, less water and virtually no effort! No digging, no weeding, no guesswork. Vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers grow bigger, tastier and faster in the EarthBox! The EarthBox Garden Kit measures 30" L x 13.5" W x 12" H and includes fertilizer, dolomite, two germination covers and castor wheels for easy movement. Almost any brand of potting mix for containers or hanging plants will work with EarthBox (not included), which has a large capacity of 2.5 cubic feet. | | | Features: | |
• Wheeled garden box growing kit with fertilizer, dolomite, 2 germination covers
• Great for cultivating vegetables, herbs and flowers on windowsills, decks, balconies
• Sets up in just minutes to grow anywhere, indoors or outdoors
• Just add planting mix, seedlings and water; includes foolproof instructions
• Measures 30 by 13-1/2 by 12 inches (l x w x h); 2-1/2-cubic-foot soil capacity
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 30.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 15.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 12.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 11.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 29.2 inches | | Package Width:
| 13.6 inches | | Package Height:
| 11.3 inches | | Package Weight:
| 11.4 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 82 reviews |
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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Favorite way to plantFeb 15, 2010
I have quite a few earthboxes and I'm always ready to add more. Many years ago, before I discovered Earthboxes, I purchased a couple of simiar, but different planters from another source. Those original planters used a heavy capillary mat to wick water into the soil. The capilary mat support eventually collapsed, but the planters are still being used today by my neighbor. I rigged up a support by poking holes in an inverted inexpensive litter tray and placing a brick under the center to support the weight of the soil and plants.
I've found Earthboxes to be superior to those original planters and would be lost in our hot, unforgiving summers without them. Although I have a few raised beds, they never produce as well as veggies I grow in earthboxes.
We still have many of the older ones without casters that are difficult to move, but the newer ones with casters are a dream come true. Now I can roll the maters under some shelter from the scorching sun or position plants as needed to assist nature.
Being able to fill the reservior instead of time-consuming, labor intesive watering duty cuts down on stress the plants experience and saves me time.
Not having to weed endlessly makes gardening a pleasure.
My neighbor and I have both found many methods to replace the elastic covers instead of endlessly purchasing them.
You can purchase dolomite or lime from any garden center, look for deals on good granular plant food and use trash bags or other methods to cover the planters when the covers wear out.
The planters keep right on going, year after year.
Periodically replacing or refreshing the potting soil is beneficial, but aside from the original purchase, the cost of gardening with them goes down over time.
The fact that it makes it easier and more pleasant to grow more of your own fresh veggies is reason enough to consider them. Some people build supports to hold them off the ground making it easier to tend.
Still getting betterJan 09, 2010
I've been using and recommending Earth Boxes for a number of years, and they just keep getting better. The addition of wheels to the self-watering planter was new to me and saves me propping it up on makeshift pieces of wood to preserve my deck. For the first time I got the kit, and am hoping the soil and amendments are as good as the rest of the product. It's already planted with a winter crop of Sugar Snap Peas which are now emerging. Snow-bound gardeners, eat your hearts out!
Thanks for making this product available Amazon.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Gardening without a gardenDec 25, 2009
Warning! This product is addictive! Bet you can't buy just one! Visit the Earthbox user forum ([...]) to see how fantastic this product is. It is well-made, and effective, and is slowly (two boxes at a time) turning my driveway into a small farm.
I love thisJun 26, 2009
This is my 2nd Earth Box and I love it. I have no green thumb what-so-ever but I have flourishing plants. The Florida summer heat is a little much for my plants right now but the box is working really well. Make sure you keep the water filled!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
FANTASTIC - especially for purple thumbs and lousy weatherJun 24, 2009
I'll try to add pics to this later. Suffice it to say, I do NOT have a terribly green thumb, but my tomato plants are thriving so far. Shortly after planting one well-developed tomato plant (which already had one small tomato) in a standard container and 2 much younger tomato plants in my earthbox, we got slammed with rain. Days and days of it. The plant in the standard container has some what-cha-ma-call-it ... rot, fungus, can't think of the name of it, but it resulted from too much rain. My earthbox plants went through the same horrific rains, but are doing just fine since the soil was covered by the plastic. And since the earthbox holds 2 tomato plants, it really was no more expensive per plant than the large standard container that holds just one plant.
The trellis system for the earthbox seems quite pricey, so I didn't order that. I went to KMart and bought a roll of garden twine and a pack of 4' bamboo stakes - 12 for under $4 - and built a trellis system that I think will work. I might have to do some modifications, but still - you can do a lot with 48' of bamboo stakes! I just poked them right through the plastic and laced the pieces together with the garden twine. I'll try to post pics, but just about anything would beat the $30 or $40 they want for the official trellis system!
HIGHLY recommend the earthbox. Just spent time today researching time-to-maturity for other vegetables to see if I have time to start more this late in the summer, and will probably order a second and or third to get started on for cucumbers and squash.
As I said, I'll try to post some pics. Might try to do the same out on twitter as the plants progress. Twitter handle is the same ... @WarmGingerTea. Earthbox is out on Twitter as well at @Earthbox.
Buy it, plant it, and enjoy it !!
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