How Many Plants in one Earth box ?

[ThatBoyZooted]

So I just decided to order up some earth boxes.. I have always been intrigued to try them out .

My main question is now , how many plants could I fit in one earthbox ? I know most people usually just go for a single plant , but could I get away with using say 2-3 plants in a single box & a shorter veg?

I ordered the orginal size , it holds about 2cu feet of soil * allegedly * . If anyone has experience please lmk !

think im going to pop LA Confidential , NYC Diesel & SSH .

 

[Livingblacksoil]

Yes

 

[hotrodharley]

Shouldn't be a problem. My daughter runs multiple cannabis plants plus herbs and other stuff in theirs. Using super soil in her case. You're going to have to train or use a SCROG I imagine.

 

[1shaggyDude]

I've done 2 and it worked out great. Just stay on top of the top dressings, they grow fast and get hungry. Tried 3 and it got pretty crowded.

 

[wil2279]

So I just decided to order up some earth boxes.. I have always been intrigued to try them out .

My main question is now , how many plants could I fit in one earthbox ? I know most people usually just go for a single plant , but could I get away with using say 2-3 plants in a single box & a shorter veg?

I ordered the orginal size , it holds about 2cu feet of soil * allegedly * . If anyone has experience please lmk !

think im going to pop LA Confidential , NYC Diesel & SSH .

I am assuming you are growing photoperiod plants? I just ordered my first earthboxes today but I'm super excited after watching Jeremy Silva using them on the Build a Soil YouTube channel. He explains how to use them very well and gets pretty excellent results using them.... Comparable to what he was getting out of 30 gallon grow bags. He said if he wasn't restricted by a plant count he could put like 6 clones in 1 earthbound and go right to flower....

 

[ThatBoyZooted]

I've done 2 and it worked out great. Just stay on top of the top dressings, they grow fast and get hungry. Tried 3 and it got pretty crowded.

Nice , thank you for the response . Think I will go with 2 per box

 

[Hollatchaboy]

Nice , thank you for the response . Think I will go with 2 per box

Are you doing 2 of the same strain?

 

[Milky Weed]

EarthBox Original Gardening System

Our planter box lets you effortlessly grow fruits, vegetables, and herbs anywhere. The award-winning system is 100% guaranteed for container gardening.

earthbox.com

If anyone’s wondering like me what it is.

 

[Jjgrow420]

EarthBox Original Gardening System

Our planter box lets you effortlessly grow fruits, vegetables, and herbs anywhere. The award-winning system is 100% guaranteed for container gardening.

earthbox.com

If anyone’s wondering like me what it is.

So it's an overpriced rectangle pot that comes with crap nutes and some crap soil?

 

[natureboygrower]

So it's an overpriced rectangle pot that comes with crap nutes and some crap soil?

They're 15 gallons and can fit 2 plants. You dont use the soil or nutes. SIPS style growing and they work great with the right soil

 

[Lordhooha]

So I just decided to order up some earth boxes.. I have always been intrigued to try them out .

My main question is now , how many plants could I fit in one earthbox ? I know most people usually just go for a single plant , but could I get away with using say 2-3 plants in a single box & a shorter veg?

I ordered the orginal size , it holds about 2cu feet of soil * allegedly * . If anyone has experience please lmk !

think im going to pop LA Confidential , NYC Diesel & SSH .

But why? fabric pots or regular ass plastic pots are so cheap. Not to mention you can get pots big enough to hold 2 or even 3 cubic ft of soil! The wonders of the world never cease. technology has advanced so far you can even add casters. Harbor freight has ones that even handle up to 250 lbs of weight each!

 

[Lordhooha]

They're 15 gallons and can fit 2 plants. You dont use the soil or nutes. SIPS style growing and they work great with the right soil

It’s still an overpriced plastic pot……..

 

[natureboygrower]

It’s still an overpriced plastic pot……..

It's for SIPS style growing. Sure you can make one but I'd rather not fuck around with custom fitting a rubbermaid tote. They have a water reservoir and a fill tube.
Yeah probably $40 is overpriced to those that don't grow SIPS . Not sure why you're even responding.

 

[Hollatchaboy]

I am assuming you are growing photoperiod plants? I just ordered my first earthboxes today but I'm super excited after watching Jeremy Silva using them on the Build a Soil YouTube channel. He explains how to use them very well and gets pretty excellent results using them.... Comparable to what he was getting out of 30 gallon grow bags. He said if he wasn't restricted by a plant count he could put like 6 clones in 1 earthbound and go right to flower....

No need to.

1 is plenty.

 

[wil2279]

No need to.
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1 is plenty.

No you don't need to... They grew very large plants in their earthboxes. But if you didn't want to veg as late ng you could put multiple clones in 1 earthbox and flip to flower much sooner.

 

[Hollatchaboy]

No you don't need to... They grew very large plants in their earthboxes. But if you didn't want to veg as late ng you could put multiple clones in 1 earthbox and flip to flower much sooner.

I see issues arising if you do more than 1 strain, or if they aren't similar strains.

 

[wil2279]

I see issues arising if you do more than 1 strain, or if they aren't similar strains.

I was referring to clones

 

[OneHitDone]

2 Earth Box's, 4 varieties from seed.
They hold about 10 US Gallons of media unless you do the mound.
I'm just using these as top water with this experiment with Nectar For The Gods Nutes.
Works good for catching runoff -just stick your shop vac on the fill tube

 

[ThatBoyZooted]

Are you doing 2 of the same strain?

yes , 2 of the same strain in each box . Trop. Cookies , Runtz , and LA Confidential .

 

[ThatBoyZooted]

But why? fabric pots or regular ass plastic pots are so cheap. Not to mention you can get pots big enough to hold 2 or even 3 cubic ft of soil! The wonders of the world never cease. technology has advanced so far you can even add casters. Harbor freight has ones that even handle up to 250 lbs of weight each!

Earthboxes act a lot bigger than they really are due to your ability to mound nutrients and the fact that you are bottom watering . Ive seen grows where they perform the same as a 25 gallon pot would , when realistically you are probably using more like 10 gallons of soil .