I just purchased the Earthbox and mixed my own supersoil with a wealth of nutrients. Do l still need to trench &amp; fertilize per directions?
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No. I used a nutrient rich mix I purchased at the nursery and it worked fine. I like the EarthBox. I have a friend who has great results. I also purchased a set from agardenpatch.com (a mulch top with fertilizer) and it worked really well on some old soil. I purchased that from a company that advertised in the parade section of the paper. Good Luck.
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Well, you can always add something (miracle-gro) mid season if you feel it is necessary. Get the best soil mix that your nursery has. The flowers in my flower boxes using the mix from the gardenpatch were exceptional. But, that had the fertilizer tube.
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Depends on what you're growing. I water with nutrients every other watering. Plus the box has stage by stage portion guide
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I have had issues with this mix, the 29 grams comes out at 800, its suppose to come out at 1500. tomatos did not do well. e-mailed them 5 times and no answers. if you are using this for seedlings you will be ok. do your self a favor and buy the master mix and the Calcium Nitrrate, Magnesium sulfate and mix it yourself. if you mix the master blend first in a 5 gallon bucket then your epsom salt, and finally your calcium nitrate in that order your nutrients will not fall out of solution (they cannot bond properly) and this is why people see the white stiff on the bottom of the bucket. you can go to https://www.morgancountyseeds.com/store/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=487 and get every thing plus shipping for under 40 dollars. also and this is importation buy either a ph meter or a ph liquid pool kit on amazon. you need to be beween 6.2 and 6.5.
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You have to shae the botle to release the fertilizer. It comes in so called pearlets so all ingridients are always mixed. you shuld water after applying to get the fertilizer released. I use it only for outdoor and there is rain coming to release it. Hope it helps.
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Paul, I bought this for my husband, so I asked him. This is what he said, "You can. But I just water mine enough to water the plants. I'm not trying to water it enough to get anything to run through and make fertilizer."Hope that helps. BTW...he loves his!
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Since only one person even came close to answering your q....and they were just guessing....they are all wrong. you only need about 10% at most, of this in relation to all other soil components per square foot. it works wonders. you can consider buying and working your own worm farm later when you see the results, that way you dont ever need to buy this again with your own worms, anddddddddddd.....you get to go fishing with free bait, besides, which is cool....@ about $3 a dozen for fishing worms, these days! Good luck to ya, Jaz Mom edit = i take that back, i misread vintagepksweetie's post, my fault......she wasnt guessing, she is dead right, and what i said agrees with her, its about 10% of the volume = worm poopy.
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Once I got creative and made muffins with the left over "mash" thumbs down turned out gross! Honestly of you have a garden it ends up making great soil. Years ago i used to compost. Once i used the pulp for smoothies. Depending on what you juiced it's amazing!
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It is sufficent to work as a 1 part veg and 1 part bloom. However I do recommend MaxiGrow for veg now. Also the koolbloom liquid and powder supplements are not required, but I have really noticed a punch using them. The liquid is used the whole time with bloom. I use the koolbloom powder those last 2 weeks before flush. Would recommend also used with GH Floranectar Fruit. On a side not, I also use Dutch Master Root Zone Gold for micro sup. I only need to up every couple months and I am grabbing hefty fruits! Worth the money!
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My husband and I have a small garden and we live in Kentucky. We wanted to try our hand at organic gardening. We mix sand, peat, compost, azomite, lignite (brown coal) and bone meal. I would normally use dolomite instead of bone meal in the fields but the secret to success in organic gardening is bringing about "cation" without fertilizers, per se. The active ingredient and catalyst in our garden is the lignite. We have had unbelievable success and I would recommend studying up on soil amendments on this site. (http://www.soilminerals.com/Cation_Exchange_Simplified.htm) and its very informative.
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I'm adding some new soil and will mix it with what I used last year. When I plant, I add a little Miracle gro fertilizer to pump up the soil as well. I hope we don't have as much rain as we did last year!
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I see you have to add water to soil, does the ph of the water skew the test or do you have to carry around distilled water?
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There are options to buy just the box or buy it with the fertilizer etc. I just bought the soil & fertilizer at my local nursery.
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Yes. I used it in Super Soil, and it works great if you add a little more than recommended. Hope this helps!
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You will need to also purchase Sphagnum Moss from Orchard Supply or other source. The EarthBox instructions will specify how much to buy. This "moss" becomes the "soil" that you plant into.
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I don't think it would be necessary but if it is a mild mix, you "can". Myself, I'm not a fan of chemical fertilizers, at ALL... ever.
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earthbox is good stuff. however, it does not come with the needed soil, fertilizers, etc. I strongly recommend that you look at their products carefully and then review what you want to accomplish and where. do you need a staking kit? if you are growing tomatoes, you might - or provide your own. I have found the small bag (1.0 cu ft) of miraclegro fills one earthbox. you also need an eartthbox replanying kit - fertilizer, lime, all pre measured. is earthbox expensive. you bet. doers it produce worthwhile results. you bet. they tend to be out of staking kits, etc. it is better to order all of what you need for one growing season before you begin. it is an good use of space and can provide excellent grower-control of your plants. If you are truly serious about growing this is a good option - short of a raised bed system. growums' is another option. I have never used growums, but I would if I could find them...Lowe's has them sometimes, some locations.