momato: Thanks. These purple boxes are Growums brand boxes. I purchased them for $10 each on clearance from the "blue" Big Box store (which I prefer because they donated $10,000 to a community garden in my area) when they were on clearance a bit over a year ago IIRC. Normally, I think they wanted $30 each for them. They are essentially the same as an EarthBox, except that they ship with coconut coir as the grow medium instead of peat moss. You could change that out if you so desired, but for me, the selling point was the price! I bought all 4 of them and keep an eye out for them every time I go, to see if they will ever have them again.
luigiwu: I'm sold on self watering containers. I'm planning on building a few EarthTainers soon for larger growing capacity, but need to get some landscaping issues taken care of to open up East-facing areas for those containers. My full sun area raised beds get too darn hot and everything in them gets fried. I just ordered a piece of aluminet to cover that area, so I'm hoping that will change once it is in place.
biodarwin: Thanks! I haven't grown them before, so didn't know what to expect. They look like they are coming along nicely and producing pretty good clusters so far. It doesn't seem to be in full production yet, as the plants got little light initially before I moved them. The new flower clusters are longer with more flowers and there seems to be quite a few of them popping up now, so it seems to be coming along nicely. The flavor is not as pronounced as I would like, but they seem to be a good producer, so that will likely compensate.
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