Most important has been the adaption of a commonly available Pea Fence, which has the proper aspect ratio for the 31 gallon EarthTainer. The two bolts in the upper Aeration bench do provide support, but only in a secondary capacity. I don’t think an airstone would be productive. I am not sure if I have any more room to put them in the backyard, lol. Jeff, Personal preference, I guess – – but I am now using two fertilizer strips along the front and back sides, about 3 inches in from the walls, and about 3 inches deep. I never would have believed it – – but here is proof positive of a Purple Haze planted in early August, and is now doing well into November in its EarthTainer II design: The same pressure that compresses container mix in the wicking basket would also push the landscape fabric above it down into the top of the wicking basket, so soil to fabric contact will be maintained.ĪUGUST WILHELM HOFMANNREIGNING CHEMIST-IN-CHIEF PDF
If I had never seen the instructions for your first versions, I might assume no cutout over the wicking basket. All times are GMT Thanks for all the great information Ray. You never want an air-pocket to develop in between the landscape fabric and the top of the potting mix in the wicking basket or the system will stop wicking. Zucchini are very prolific plants and one plant should produce enough to feed my whole family. The time now is Find More Posts by troad. My experience as a tech writer tells me this. I have limited space for vine crops, and am wondering if this would work for cantaloupe, or not? The time now is There may be a different issue that instructions to mound up soil above the wicking basket before adding landscape fabric may help with, which is setting the whole thing up dry before adding any water. I made mine almost exactly the same way except: Check out this link for some great instructions on how to make a self watering earthtainer. The more often you fertilize the more often you might want to flush. The EarthTainer II improved design now uses a shorter Aeration. Here is a link that might be useful: Rev EarthTainer Construction Guide. Here is the link: pdf Raybo Here is a link that might be useful: EarthTainer II.
Here is a link that might be useful: EarthTainer II WaterMizer Edition. Just a quick update after finishing 12 of my planned 25 EarthTainers.
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