It's 6" tall and they only have it filled with dirt to about 3.5" deep. They state you're supposed to use a mere 6 cubic feet of soil... makes you wonder if it's worth the bother. I guess you could get two and stack one on top of the other.
I did buy a total of eight of these and stacked them two deep in a long row. The first year things were not bad, but they were bowing out with the weight of the dirt. The second year they bowed enough to pull out of the groves on the corner pieces and fell apart. I have not found a good way to fasten the side panels in place. They would probably work ok if your needs are for shallow soil type plants, but I tried to grow tomatoes and peppers in mine where the soil below the boxes is poor quality.
you might be able to plant four vegetable plants in this if you choose carefully. i planted one pumpkin plant in my homemade 8'x8' raised flower bed and it took over the whole thing.
out of 6 or 7 tomato plants last year in north central Ohio i think i only got 1or 2 good tomatoes. everyone i knew around town with a garden had a tomato blight. did anyone else experience this? makes me wonder if i should even bother with tomatoes this year??
So if the boards aren't very supportive why not just make some wooden stakes and stake the boards from the outside? Probably best to just go all in and frame it with a couple of 2x6s.
Not sure what these have, but if you want to build your own make sure you use some kind of metal mesh underneath so you can stop the burrowers from digging underneath to get in.
out of 6 or 7 tomato plants last year in north central Ohio i think i only got 1or 2 good tomatoes. everyone i knew around town with a garden had a tomato blight. did anyone else experience this? makes me wonder if i should even bother with tomatoes this year??
I had a huge yield last year, still have a couple dozen pounds left in the freezer, but didn't have any blight to deal with. The only tomatoes (fruit) I lost were due to insects.
1) If watering, don't get the leaves wet.
2) If you get too frequent rain or too much at a time, put an anti-fungicide on them. If the ground around them is perpetually staying damp and promoting fungus, put plastic sheeting down around them so rain doesn't splash that up onto the leaves.
3) Existing fungus can be killed with a spray mist of 1 part OTC hydrogen peroxide to 10 parts water. Be aware that even diluted it can still bleach clothing and hair a little. Stand upwind of it when applying.
^ Except where it's illegal, which according to 0bama is still everywhere. I can't see it being worthwhile to risk seizure of your property to grow a few plants in 6" tall x 42" raised beds. Usually you want to space them out in random places so they look like random weeds instead of a crop from the air.
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I had a huge yield last year, still have a couple dozen pounds left in the freezer, but didn't have any blight to deal with. The only tomatoes (fruit) I lost were due to insects.
1) If watering, don't get the leaves wet.
2) If you get too frequent rain or too much at a time, put an anti-fungicide on them. If the ground around them is perpetually staying damp and promoting fungus, put plastic sheeting down around them so rain doesn't splash that up onto the leaves.
3) Existing fungus can be killed with a spray mist of 1 part OTC hydrogen peroxide to 10 parts water. Be aware that even diluted it can still bleach clothing and hair a little. Stand upwind of it when applying.
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