Hopefully I can post these pics....
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Veges in Earthboxes and Topsy Turvy Maters
Edited to correct-These are cucumbers-Thanks Red!
This message was edited Jun 25, 2007 10:25 AM
Cukes
Mammoth Sunflowers
Maters
Maters and Peppers
Maters in Topsy Turvy Tomato Trees
More in Tomato Trees
Still More
And More
huggle002,
Looking good! That 1st picture doesn't look like crookneck squash, if that's supposed to be Yellow Summer Crookneck. They are a bush type and don't produce runners/vines. Please correct me if I'm wrong. ☺
Red
You are so right Red! You really know your stuff...that was another pic of the cucumbers-I corrected the post. Heres the Crookneck Squash. We did already harvest 9-10 really small ones and boy, were they yummy! It was my first time growing squash, and I can't believe the difference between the taste of that squash compared to store bought. Thanks!!!
~Dawn
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It is amazing the difference in taste from store-bought and fresh from the garden. I grew Blue Lake stringbeans and was completely amazed of the difference in flavor. I couldn't eat enough. Well almost! I'm going to try peas for my fall-winter season along with broccoli. Big_Red's broccoli got me to drool. Never grew broccoli but if the difference in flavor is as good as my results with melons and beans --- I'll be in hog heaven!
huggle002 ----- Is there a particular reason why you did not use the plastic covers that come with the EBs??
Hi Tplant. These are a different version of the earth box-they are called The Garden Patch Grow Box. Same premise, with minor differences. They are much cheaper then the earthboxes, especially when purchased in larger quantities.....
http://www.agardenpatch.com/home.php?cat=354
HTH
~Dawn
Dawn --- They are very similiar. Never saw them before! Live and learn...Your plants look great!!
Thanks! I love using these for veges...They are also good for minitaure roses. I have 1 box with 6 mini-rosebushes in it, and they are thriving.
~Dawn
How many boxes do you have?
I have 7 boxes this year, and 3 TT tomato trees. I am going to buy 3 more boxes for next year.
Do you use the eartboxes? If so, what are you growing in them....and how is it working out for you?
~Dawn
You name I grow it! I have nineteen earthboxes and about the only thing I have not grown are pineapples and the only reason is the time and one pineapple per plant.
oh wow-19 boxes! That is wonderful. Yes, I understand about the pineapple thing. I tried growing one inside....It took forever, and it never fruited....It did look pretty though.
In your zone, you cold pretty much grow year-round-right? Must be terrific!
~Dawn
I really like the garden patch boxes, too. The reservoir appears to be larger that the EB, and because the lip is wider and the plastic cover isn't snug, you get to benefit from Mother Nature. Best of both worlds. The only thing I don't like about them is the mosquitoes they draw. I'm finding that the uncovered, stagnant water is a real breeding ground here. Next year I will put a layer of lightweight netting across the center section before I snap the boxes together. Should work fine, though it will annoy the kitties since they discovered they have 3 new water feeders! I tried to get a picture of Timmy-Tim-Timmerson drinking from the lip of the planter, but by the time I got the camera, he was full up!
Hi Sequee. I have heard that a TBS of oil or 2 in the reservoir will stop the mosquitos. It puts a barrier on the top of the water and the mosquitos cant survive. I havent tried it because I havent seen any mosquito activity-and I do have a resident frog that lives in the reservoir of my sunflowers....
LOL! Last year I went around sprinkling the ground around my raised beds with garlic powder, now you want me to add oil to my Grow Boxes - whatever will the neighbors think???
LOL-well-if you are growing maters as well, your garden would make one heck of a bruschetta! or maybe a pasta sauce....YUMMMMM
~Dawn
Uh - only 50 plants. Dang! I swore I was cutting back this year (I live alone!), but... I wanted to try an experiment, so I have alot of duplicates. I felt the only way I could really test growth differences in large tubs, EB's, sq ft beds and raised beds was to grow the same tomato in each. So, we shall see.
I think the maters are doing even better in the earthboxes then they are in my tt tomato trees....
Sounds like your gonna have tons of maters when your done experimenting Sequee...Your friends and neighbors are gonna love you!
~Dawn
"Good tomatoes make good neighbors." (Forive me Mr. Frost, sir!)