Items you’ll need:
2- 18 gallon totes with lids
1- Garden pond basket (you can find them in the plant section at Home Depot)
1- Section of PVC
1- Large bag of Potting MIX. The potting mix works better than the potting soil. (Remember that!!!)
Hacksaw
Drill (not shown)
Razor knife
Pistol 9mm or 40 is fine. I used the 9.
Few beers. This was about a 2 Natty Fatty job… so it doesn’t take that long…
Start by placing the pond basket next to one of the totes and drawing a line around the tote.
Flip the tote over and outline the basket. You’ll then draw a square line about ½” inside the original line.
Cut out your square basket hole and a hole for your pvc pipe. Then cut along the line you made on the outside of the tote. It will fit inside the other tote like this…
Cut a section of pvc pipe that will sit above the top of the tote. Make sure to cut a notch in the bottom of it like this…
Take the half tote out and shoot some holes in the top of it. I guess you could also drill some holes in it, but this is a hunting forum and this time of year our guns don’t get much work…
It should look like this…
Next drill an overflow hole going through both totes. You’ll want to drill it where the top of the half tote sits. That way you can fill it with a few gallons of water…
Fill the basket with the potting mix and then wet it down. It doesn’t have to be soaked, just moist. This will jumpstart the wicking process.
Then fill the tote up with more potting mix.
Cut the top out of the lid.
Next place your box where you plan on leaving it. It gets a little heavy and difficult to carry when full of water.
Plant you plants and then water the plants until the soil is moist.
Cut a black trash bag big enough to fit over the top of the box and then place the lid on.
Fill the box up until water comes out of the overflow hole and you’re done….
This is my pepper plant that I had growing in a regular pot, but it wasn’t doing very good. I transplanted it to an earthbox and I hope it does better…
In a few weeks your plants will explode. I don’t recommend planting too many in one box. I’d say a max of 2 per box for the following veggies:
Peppers
Eggplant
Tomatoes
Any more than that and they will get crowded when they get bigger. You can pretty much plant anything you want and it doesn’t require any upkeep. Have fun…
