I’m trying an experiment with my EarthBoxes and Wicking Tubs. If this works, this could be a time saver AND a money saver. I may not ever have to buy the EarthBox covers again!
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I'm trying an experiment with my EarthBoxes and Wicking Tubs. If this works, this could be a time saver and a money saver. I may not ever have to buy the EarthBox covers again.
Hopefully, you can benefit from this video.
Stay safe,
alan
Check out my Website.
I've written dozens of articles pertaining to all areas of homesteading and self sufficiency.
Here's the link: https://homesteadadvisor.com/
If you enjoyed this video and would like to see more videos like this. please give this video a thumbs up and leave me a comment!
Please subscribe, it would really help my channel!
Thank you for watching! ❤
Great tips!
We need to do a better job of mulching our garden and tubs. Praying you’re well today.
THANK YOU ALAN ❤ Still praying 🙏 for brother 🙏
Excellent timing for the content. Thanks!
Garden is suppose to be simple no need a lot crap.
This is really cool! Thank you for the thorough video, goes in-depth but stays relevant and not rambling about yourself like some YouTubers.
Mulch hunting has become my favorite weekly thrill as I rob people's curb piles in the neighborhoods. Nothing like the heart-pounding danger of being reported to the HOA! Living hardcore life on the edge. . . :p
Looks like a good idea, just got fresh mulch we will try it
I learned about Hoss Tools watching your channel. I have the Hossinator, Red Snapper and, Bell Rosa growing. Are you planning to trellis yours?
how do you support the round tubs? I'm down around San Antonio and my tomatoes went crazy in these pots and I cant get them supported now. They are happy and have tomatoes everywhere coming. But want to get something in place earlier next year.
I have used wicking tubs for years – try cheap white trash bags!
Hello Alan, praying for you and saying all is going to be great. I have been gardening in tubs for years and been using wood chips as mulch. But last year I used wheat straw and I was very satisfied, and will use it again this year since I already have it on hand. So happy gardening and God Bless.
You are living in the future 😁 mulch is the way
I have used the same earth boxes for at least 15 years. They are great. Maybe I have been doing this wrong, but I always put the black side out. I live in the northeast where it's colder. Thought the black side was to warm them up. Have used the covers multiple times before replacing. Also have used black trash bags.
Those Hossinators are looking fantastic. Won't be long now and you'll start seeing some blooms.
Your Tomato plants look great! Tomato Plants love mulch! I live in North Florida and it helped extend my growing season for Tomato's to last well into the Summer, as well as holding in the moisture for the plant by just watering the mulch real good in the mornings when needed, otherwise the soil temps would get too hot and they would stop producing flowers and start dying back towards July, and with the Mulch they will last till end of August to September! I also would take the suckers off and root some of them in seed starting mix at the end of June, and put them in Pots and place the Pots in a location with Full Sun Morning to shady in afternoon, to have production all the way to frost! Another thing Tomato roots love is to have their surface roots covered with Mulch, giving those roots more territory to spread out in! The Mulch keeps the plants healthy and thus aids in disease and pest prevention!
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That might be a mistake with the earthboxes, the cover is there to keep the water source and food source (fertilizer) separate. A good rain may possibly flush a massive amount of fertilizer into the water and burn the plants. Try putting a plastic bag strip over the fertilizer and then mulch to create a watershed…
Grass isnt m enemy as bad as the mistake I made 3-4 years ago by planting morning glory. Ive spent the last 3 weeks pulling up morning glory shoots out of my buckets ugh. And last year I let a lambs quarter get big and go to seed. It taste good but man it sprouts up everywhere.
Can you use hay – seedless??
Couple new developments in farming. It is "No Tilling" as well as "Cover Crop". check it out. 90% less fertilizer. nitrogen rich cover crops. multiple harvests of different crops on same soil..
Instead of Mulch, you might want to plant things like herbs or lower shade exposure plants.. No till allows better irrigation & fertilizer penetration.. revolutionary..
Absolutely mulch containers!!! I use cypress mulch from bigbox and it takes about 3 times longer to break down; fill in a few spots each season. At first, I thought it might float but hasn't thus far. However, my pots have sides to them and yours don't. Still, costs the same and use less. MULCH!
Anytime you can eliminate the use of plastic it is good.
Why would you plant your tomatoes right against the container wall which restricts one side of your tomato roots from growing outwards, in fact it will promote them root wrapping around your other sides roots?
I guess you don't have a ground termite issue in your neck of the woods. They invade wood chips here.
I am using cardboard in my garden for walkways and just thought you could probably cut some to fit these boxes as well. I always have plenty of boxes.