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EarthBox RB-EB-TRC-PBB Garden Kit Terra Cotta | 
| Brand: Earthbox
List Price: $70.00
Buy New: $53.82
You Save: $16.18 (23%)
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Rating:  49 reviews
Sales Rank: 6140
Color: Terra Cotta
Shipping Weight (lbs): 10.6
Dimensions (in): 30 x 15 x 12
Model: EBXRBEBTRCPBB
UPC: 858385001040
EAN: 0858385001149
ASIN: B000JUW8RE
Release Date: October 2, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Easy to set up in just minutes | | • | Grow anywhere, indoors or outdoors | | • | Big enough to grow anything, compact enough for the patio | | • | Just add planting mix, seedlings and water | | • | Complete information and foolproof instructions |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 44 more reviews...
 Great container gardening October 31, 2007
Jeffrey S. Arrowood (Arpin, WI USA)
51 out of 51 found this review helpful
The Earth Box is an innovative approach to container gardening. The reservoir system ensures that the plants get exactly the water they need. All you have to do is keep the reservoir from drying out, which requires you to fill it every other day or so. You can't over-water - you just fill the reservoir until water comes out the overflow hole. Plants use different amounts of water at different times of their growth, so when I fill the Earth Box every other day, I sometimes topped it off quickly and sometimes needed to fill nearly the entire reservoir. When plants are using more water, it can take a lot of time to fill the reservoir. I set up a rain barrel with a 1.5" flexible tubing and a spigot, which fills the Earth Boxes very quickly. It took forever using a watering can. The fertilizer strip system works wonderfully too, providing adequate nutrients without risk of burning the plants (you don't use slow release fertilizer in the Earth Box).
You can use the Earth Box to grow transplants, or to plant from seeds. One word of caution - make sure the cover doesn't cover your plants, especially your emerging seedlings, or the sun will burn the plants. I cut out a square instead of an X for each plant (if the plants are too small to rise above the cover), which increases the chance of weed seed getting into the potting mix but decreases the chance of sunburn.
My plants were a little slow to take off, but they out-grew and out-produced my garden plants. The Earth Box is easy to set up and easy to maintain. However, they are heavy once filled. I use a hand truck to move them in for the winter. They are made of durable plastic, but they can be punctured - one of mine got caught on a protruding nail head and now has a hole in the bottom. Also be aware that the Earth Box requires ongoing purchases - at least of the covers which will need to be changed every year. However, you can use your own potting soil and fertilizer.
Great Way to Grow Veggies in a Limited Space July 14, 2007
Maria Weiser (Florida)
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
I bought the EarthBox to grow tomatoes on my lanai in the Florida sun. I planted tiny plants about 2 wks. ago and they're triple their size and flowering - I expect tomatoes by mid-August - about 8 wks. total.
Especially useful in hot climates is the fact that the box is on casters, so it can be wheeled out of the direct mid-day sun, if you want to do that. The directions for assembly are clear and assembly simple. You will need a large bag of potting soil, but that's about it. If you plan to use the box for tomatoes, you don't need to buy the staking framework that's sold for a hefty price separately. A few good stakes from a home supply store will do fine.
Veggies growing like weeds! May 21, 2007
JK (Gold River, CA USA)
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
I purchased 2 EarthBoxes to test my green thumb with vegetables. For comparison, I planted 2 tomato plants in my first EarthBox and 2 tomato plants in some inexpensive flower/vegetable pots that use the same "water from below" concept. For the first week and a half, there wasn't much of a difference between the Earthbox and the pots, but soon after, the plants in the EarthBox started to pull ahead. After 4 weeks, the plants in the EarthBox are one and a half times the size of the other plants, have much more foliage and are much more mature.
I'm sure a number of variables combine to yield these results, and for me, that's the beauty of the EarthBox; it provides water and fertilizer, and the cover gives protection from weeds and from pests like snails and slugs. Plus, it's easy to set up and to maintain.
My second EarthBox is growing bell peppers, cucumbers and some peas that have grown so well, they look like they want to do battle with my wysteria. So far, I'm very impressed and highly recommend the EarthBox system.
lives up to it's claims August 9, 2007
A. Peters (Maine)
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
Last year I tried the `upside down planters' and they failed miserably. This year I decided to try self-watering containers after reading a book by Edward C. Smith. I ordered the Earth Box because it was set up ready to go. I was late getting started and needed to get the vegetables in as quickly as possible. Set up was very easy. I followed the directions as given as I filled the box. The only thing I wish they would change is to make the water fill tube of clear plastic so there is never a guess when it is time to fill the water reservoir. The tomato plant is healthy with many tomatoes on it. Bush Green bean, lettuce and greens are also doing well. Next year I plan to have more containers, add other vegetables and perhaps some flowers. Some plants do not want such good treatment. Herbs do better with less rich soil and need less water. They will just rot in self-watering containers.
 Some Assembly Required March 2, 2008
Curly Mo (Austin, TX)
20 out of 22 found this review helpful
We just bought an Earthbox and planted tomatoes a week ago (Feb '08), so I don't know how the thing will work long-term. Because we wanted to get an early start on the plants, I was planning to wheel it in and out of my garage to take advantage of the sun during the day and avoid cold nights.
I do know, however, that getting those ballyhooed casters on requires more hands than I have. The engineers who designed this box did not provide for a way for the casters to stay in the holes if the box is lifted more than 2" off the ground. I felt like I was in a Three Stooges scene. "Don't lift it off the ground," you advise. Fine, but even rolling it over an uneven surface while trying to keep it level to prevent the water tank from draining all over everything caused the casters to fall out. Gravity appears to be everywhere. In a fit of pique, I took the casters off and if I have to move it, I drag it. I'll show those engineers.
This is not to indict engineers everywhere, but don't you people test your designs before foisting them on an unsuspecting public?
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