Hooray for Earthboxes! I love mine. I dunno if you have mosquito issues where you live, but they do tend to breed in any standing water in the bottom of the Earthbox. I recommend taping a small piece of fine-mesh window screen, or pantyhose, over the drainage hole, and covering the top of the fill tower with same, to keep them from getting in there. Won't affect air circulation or drainage at all.
The only other problem I've ever had was that once, I plopped dirt into one too hard and collapsed part of the support structure - I didn't realize I'd done it until all my plants drowned from sitting in the water reservoir.
Otherwise, I love them. They also make excellent places to shelter transplants and cuttings, and seedlings that are hardening-off. :)
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Date: 2009-05-20 05:12 pm (UTC)The only other problem I've ever had was that once, I plopped dirt into one too hard and collapsed part of the support structure - I didn't realize I'd done it until all my plants drowned from sitting in the water reservoir.
Otherwise, I love them. They also make excellent places to shelter transplants and cuttings, and seedlings that are hardening-off. :)
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