Outdoor Earth Box grow

The_Green_Viking

The_Green_Viking

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Anybody have experience using earth boxes outside for cannabis? I live in nor cal and I'm wondering about watering. Stays in the 90s all summer with low humidity. Any pros, cons, and tips would be appreciated!
 
go go kid

go go kid

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you would do better buying some animal feed trugs and drilling some holes in the bottom of them. plants do better when you have one per pot.
 
PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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The_Green_Viking said:
Anybody have experience using earth boxes outside for cannabis? I live in nor cal and I'm wondering about watering. Stays in the 90s all summer with low humidity. Any pros, cons, and tips would be appreciated!
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The sun is gonna dry them out quicker, but if you keep up with watering you'll be good for one OK sized plant. You'd be better off digging a hole and putting good soil in it, or get a big fabric pot. BAS sent me one once that I didn't order that would be sweet outside. It's 65 gals.
 
The_Green_Viking

The_Green_Viking

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PadawanWarrior said:
The sun is gonna dry them out quicker, but if you keep up with watering you'll be good for one OK sized plant. You'd be better off digging a hole and putting good soil in it, or get a big fabric pot. BAS sent me one once that I didn't order that would be sweet outside. It's 65 gals.
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Yeah I've been using 20/30 gal fabric pots for a few seasons. Probably going to put one plant in the ground and test run 4 earth boxes. I'm light weight so it's been overkill every season. Trying to dial in the amount to grow and find a low maintenance system. Been watching the BAS 10x10 videos. Be nice if he did a series that was earth box specific.
 
OneHitDone

OneHitDone

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Haven't grown cannabis outdoor in earth boxes. Too many pm problems etc at my coastal location but have grown garden veggies including zucchini which I would argue are more water thirsty than cannabis and got really nice crops. You might be filling the res daily mid summer but if you keep the shower cap on it's completely doable. 1 plant per box.
Setting up for my veggie garden now :peace:

P.S.
Earth Box = ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Grass Roots Fabric Bed = ⭐

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natureboygrower

natureboygrower

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The_Green_Viking said:
Yeah that would be the ideal set up but I'm worried about the rez getting all funky.
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That res shouldn't funky. Those plants will be drinking enough water to constantly be refreshing the reservoir.
OneHitDone said:
Haven't grown cannabis outdoor in earth boxes. Too many pm problems etc at my coastal location but have grown garden veggies including zucchini which I would argue are more water thirsty than cannabis and got really nice crops. You might be filling the res daily mid summer but if you keep the shower cap on it's completely doable. 1 plant per box.
Setting up for my veggie garden now :peace:

P.S.
Earth Box = ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Grass Roots Fabric Bed = ⭐

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What a setup.:clap:
 
OneHitDone

OneHitDone

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The_Green_Viking said:
Nice! Gonna give it a shot this season. What is your soil set up?
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A blend of every indoor soil mix I've been experimenting with for a while. A lot of pumice and Sunshine 4 plus lots of amendments, peat, compost, etc weathered over the winter.
Had to do something with that mountain of used material so might as well repurpose to the outdoor garden :peace:
 
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