Earth Box, tall enough?

rzr · March 21, 2007

Will this string system be tall enough for supporting the plants?

feldon30 · March 21, 2007

Which varieties are those?

Suze · March 21, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by rzr

Will this string system be tall enough for supporting the plants?

Unless your plants are determinates, no. What varieties are they?

MikeInCypress · March 22, 2007

Even Determinates can get 5' tall. So unless these are dwarves it is not high enough. i was going to do something similar except with 8'h fence posts. I was going to hang rewire on the fence with about 2 of the rectangles being above the posts. and the bottom 2' open. I would have the wire between 2 ros of tomatoes.

tumbleweed · March 22, 2007

rzr - I hope so, that is how I am planning to do it. am going to try plastic clothes line instead of nylon. will let them climb up and over.

good looking boxes, are they the real mccoy or home-made. like your use of duct tape to seal the cover.

good show.

rzr · March 22, 2007

Those are homemade earthboxes based off of Joshu's instructions for the most part.

From left to right:

Cherokee purple, Cherokee purple, Sweet 100, Better Boy.

I have 3 more boxes that will be there soon, they will have

Sungold, Sungold, Sunsugar, something, black cherry, kelogs breakfast.

bydsign · March 22, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by rzr

Those are homemade earthboxes based off of Joshu's instructions for the most part.

From left to right:

Cherokee purple, Cherokee purple, Sweet 100, Better Boy.

I have 3 more boxes that will be there soon, they will have

Sungold, Sungold, Sunsugar, something, black cherry, kelogs breakfast.

You're growing what?

My Sungold plant grew taller than 7 ft!

carolg · June 20, 2007

Where can I see Joshu's instructions? Thanks.
carolg colorado

rzr · August 3, 2007

sorry for the late reply,

here is the link:

http://www.josho.com/Earthbox.htm

carolg · August 3, 2007

rzr,
I appreciate the reply so you are on time for next years thinking. I do appreciate the response. Never assume you are late as we always learn from each other.

carolg z5 co....home of fighting aphids still

rzr · March 22, 2007

I just measured it. 3'4" from the base of the plant to the top string. hmm, I guess I need to find taller posts.

Suze · March 22, 2007

Maybe you could make a cage for your EBs like Earl did.

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...0173#post50173

There is a person in Florida on Dave's Garden that makes these enormous towers for his EBs out of PVC pipe. I believe he designs them so that the EBs sit on top of the base, thus weighting the whole structure down.

rzr · March 22, 2007

Maybe I should, but I really like the string idea. I am going to see if I can get some tall steaks somehow. Or maybe build it with wood.

RDUN · March 22, 2007

I would say you are definitely going to need to rethink this system for the Sungold and Black Cherry. The two on the right are both Sungolds from last fall. The fence behind the tomatoes is about 9' tall.

Tomstrees · March 22, 2007

WOW ! Nice plants & sysytem !!!
Looks like you got plenty-o-maters !!!
Good growing ~

Tom

March 22, 2007	#4
MikeInCypress Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 963	Even Determinates can get 5' tall. So unless these are dwarves it is not high enough. i was going to do something similar except with 8'h fence posts. I was going to hang rewire on the fence with about 2 of the rectangles being above the posts. and the bottom 2' open. I would have the wire between 2 ros of tomatoes. __________________ "Growing older, not up"

March 22, 2007	#5
tumbleweed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Dallas Texas Zone 8A Posts: 37	rzr - I hope so, that is how I am planning to do it. am going to try plastic clothes line instead of nylon. will let them climb up and over. good looking boxes, are they the real mccoy or home-made. like your use of duct tape to seal the cover. good show. __________________ Nature favors harmony.

March 22, 2007	#15
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	WOW ! Nice plants & sysytem !!! Looks like you got plenty-o-maters !!! Good growing ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

March 21, 2007	#2
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	Which varieties are those?

March 22, 2007	#6
rzr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Pflugerville, TX Posts: 79	Those are homemade earthboxes based off of Joshu's instructions for the most part. From left to right: Cherokee purple, Cherokee purple, Sweet 100, Better Boy. I have 3 more boxes that will be there soon, they will have Sungold, Sungold, Sunsugar, something, black cherry, kelogs breakfast.

June 20, 2007	#8
carolg Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 29	Where can I see Joshu's instructions? Thanks. carolg colorado

August 3, 2007	#9
rzr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Pflugerville, TX Posts: 79	sorry for the late reply, here is the link: http://www.josho.com/Earthbox.htm

March 22, 2007	#12
Suze Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 3,027	Maybe you could make a cage for your EBs like Earl did. http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...0173#post50173 There is a person in Florida on Dave's Garden that makes these enormous towers for his EBs out of PVC pipe. I believe he designs them so that the EBs sit on top of the base, thus weighting the whole structure down.

March 22, 2007	#14
RDUN Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 78	I would say you are definitely going to need to rethink this system for the Sungold and Black Cherry. The two on the right are both Sungolds from last fall. The fence behind the tomatoes is about 9' tall.