Number of tomatoes in EB?

[MaterMaster]

I know this should probably be in the Q&A forum but I figured it might get more replies over here.  How many tomatoes can you grow in the EB?  My grandmother did the EB this spring and summer with great success with three plants. I know the planting guide says two but are there any real disadvantages with going with three?

[BPFSU]

The consensus is that the total yield for the box is the same with two plants as it is with more.  Not worth fussing over another plant if you're not going to get anymore production out of the box.

BP

[bdank]

I know this should probably be in the Q&A forum but I figured it might get more replies over here.  How many tomatoes can you grow in the EB?  My grandmother did the EB this spring and summer with great success with three plants. I know the planting guide says two but are there any real disadvantages with going with three?

As per the earthbox instructions, you're supposed to plant only two. Now over on the Tomatoville forum I was reading a thread about people saying they got a higher yield by planting two tomato plants in the same hole. But this is for in-the-ground planting and not for the earthbox. Would it work in an earthbox? I don't know. I'm sure that the Earthbox company has done a lot of testing to come up with the right amount of plants and fertilizer for the ultimate results. Still, I think everyone should experiment and break the rules sometimes. If you have more than one earthbox, you could do your own trials. Plant one box normally and put three plants in the other box. By the end of the season you'll have your answer. 

[ErnieHodge]

I know this thread is about tomato plants but I had To replant my Sweet Success cucumber box on Sunday. I started with three plants and was going to add two more to extend the harvest.

I was told in another thread that I could expect to harvest three or four a day. We didn't get that many. The bottom of the vines looked a little rough from wind damage but above that they looked fine. We would get a buch of cucumbers forming and then a lot of them would just sort of whither away and we would get a couple of nice cucumbers.

I started to notice the box would overflow out of the overflow hole and kept checking it for roots which I couldn't find. I made the decision to replant since things weren't going great and when I emptied the box what a surprise. There was a mass of roots in the entire box, under the screen and in the bottom of the fill tube.

I am only planting two plants this time and see what difference it makes.

I only plant two tomato plants per EB because of the roots that are left after the box has finished. I don't think I would want to put three in an EB unless it was a trial with a very small patio variety.

[movrshakr]

I know this should probably be in the Q&A forum but I figured it might get more replies over here. ..

Many of us read by using the 'unread messages' command
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