EarthBox 80606.01 Junior Garden Kit, Standard, Eggplant

Used it to plant Swiss Chard inside garage & then carried to deck after it germinated & started growing.

I love these boxes. They might not be for everyone as they are smaller then the bigger ones. Which means maybe more watering. Less yields and less space. But if you are like me and just like gardening as a hobby and don’t mind if you are buying produce from the store and want to mess around and not take gardening seriously, these might be for you.I have some tips as I’ve been a pot gardener for the last 14 years. I would think about using 1/2 to full coco fiber. There is a reason as coco allows more air space and somehow the plants seem to grow bigger then in peat and can resist dry outs a lot better then peat, also re wetting is never a problem as peat is. Coco has its problems where it can attract fungus gnats easily or your coco might even come with them. It’s buffer ability with nutrients is far harder which is why old times they abandoned the media as they couldn’t grow plants well in them. We figured out they just need more Ca. Mg and iron or wait a while to get that in load into the media to start cycling. But if you are growing anything like tomatoes you need to supplement with a cal mag solution for sure and make sure you have lime. The fungus gnats is you do have are easy to get rid of. Water on top with neem seed meal soaked in water. Take the water and use in whatever you water with. A couple weeks and they are done..If you can see by the photos these boxes grow!! I use the plants in my smoothies daily. Also a tip if you want is to fill the box completely to the very very top with soil media. That photo with the kale, the box is only half full!!! That’s about .75 a gallon that is growing in!! It would do better in more soil though. I recommend lettuce though half full so you don’t waste soil but up to you. That might mean watering more or keeping water in the reservoirOnto that water reservoir. I say don’t keep it full or think about keeping it water logged unless plants are big and established and it’s super hot where the soil is drying out that bad. Too much water can be a bad thing. And I think if you like gardening you know it’s daily work. Don’t let me scare you though. You can keep water in there. I just don’t believe the plants do as well as have cycles or daily watering...So with some of those tips. I just want to encourage you to get out there and try them out. That’s what I did. I’m not a pro. Just a guy who like gardening and takes the time to try to learn. I just want to show you though you can grow in these. Even beets!!! I have a huge beet growing and all my beets have grown well in these super small boxes. Just experiment and have fun. That’s what it’s all about anyways right.Another tip is to add some dry nutrients and some dolomite before planting for sure. If you are having yellowing or things going on with your plants. I can tell you from years of experience it’s either too much water. Not enough or the main one is nutrients. I use day nutrients before planting and liquid ones throughout. There isn’t enough nutrients in these small boxes for more then a couple weeks maybe a month. They need constant fertilizer. You can even drop dry nutrients into you watering can and top water to get in that way... but they will suck up nutients and that is the main cause of problems in container gardening... bar none. It’s a learned system so have the patience and keep going at it!!!Enjoy

Hoping to grow tomatoes as well as my Dad did with this project

Spend more money and buy the big one. This one makes the plants too close to the water. I have the same cherry tomato plant in the bigger one and it has gotten really big. The cherry tomato plant in this one looks like a Charlie Brown Christmas tree. I'll use it for herbs next year and honestly herbs don't need a lot so this is overpriced for even that.

Works perfectly! Although I recommend waiting for root development before filling the reservoir, mold starts building up fast!

So far - so good! I followed the instructions carefully and after two weeks, my little seedlings are big seedlings. They look healthy and are starting to flower. However, directions say that you will know when they have enough water because it will overflow into dish, but it never overflows after I pour in a whole pitcher of water. I’m not going to add more water than that unless they look droopy.

Have only used it to grow herbs indoors so far and most did not survive the winter but they may have been more the lighting and me not filling the reservoir every day. Will use it outside this Spring with the larger EarthBoxes I bought. Notice the picture still shows the bag of dirt which is NOT included and was supposed to be removed fro the picture as it is misleading. Go to the earthbox web site forum for a list of potting mix you can use with this and buy at the store. You can't use normal potting mix/soil because it has to have specific ingredients so that it can wick the water up to the plants from the reservoir.

I bought this because I hate spending my money on the tasteless grocery store tomatoes. So I decided to try growing my own on my balcony. The instructions are very thorough, and easy to follow? My brother recommended this. I bought 2 tiny tomato plants ( they were about 8 inches tall when I planted them and are now about 2 feet tall with lots of little yellow flowers, and one small tomato! I've been trying to pollinate them with a Qtip but may try a soft artist brush ... Apparently the bees don't 6 stories high.

Finalmente puede cosechar en mi propio jardín. Hay que tener cuidado de seguir estrictamente las instrucciones que vienen con el Earthbox Jr.

I'll be planting peas, beans or lettuce very soon. There's no point fooling around with DIY self-watering containers at this price.

It was a present for my brother and he is very happy with it