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My EarthBox / Re: Can't post pictures. Is it because of size of files or because I am new member?

« Last post by MCL on Today at 05:16:17 pm »

I've been playing with image sizes. The following dimensions have worked for me: 288 x 288 pixels, 4" x 4" image size
Let me know if that works for you.

Thanks. Resizing worked.

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My EarthBox / Carrots!

« Last post by MCL on Today at 03:45:31 pm »

Here's some pictures of my carrots.
Last spring, I had low germination, so this year overseeded x 2.
Used Nantes type carrots (shorter) and skipped the cover.
Reused the media from tomatoes from last summer.

Had a good crop. All the pictures are from the single Earthbox on the right.

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My EarthBox / Re: Can't post pictures. Is it because of size of files or because I am new member?

« Last post by gardendoc on June 02, 2020, 11:16:33 am »

I've been playing with image sizes. The following dimensions have worked for me: 288 x 288 pixels, 4" x 4" image size
Let me know if that works for you.

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My EarthBox / gardendoc's 2020 Summer Garden

« Last post by gardendoc on June 02, 2020, 11:12:42 am »

I'm going to start posting images and sharing my experiences in the summer garden. I'm an avid heirloom seed saver. Here's how I bag to protect against cross pollination

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Questions and Answers / Re: Dolomite setup

« Last post by gardendoc on June 01, 2020, 05:54:06 am »

You'll be fine, grow on!

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Questions and Answers / Dolomite setup

« Last post by Mabiscuits on May 31, 2020, 09:03:22 pm »

Previous Earthbox user who moved constantly and got out of it. I'm finally settled for a couple years, hopefully, and I pulled the boxes back out. I read the directions and reread them and got the box mostly setup.

Something didn't seem right to me and it turns out my reading and rereading was poorly done. Instead of mixing the dolomite in just the top few inches it is mixed throughout the box.

Is this a problem? Should I mix additional dolomite just in the top few inches or just let it be?

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Tips and Tricks / Re: Cattle Panels for Tomato Staking

« Last post by lindaray on May 30, 2020, 04:44:55 pm »

My husband made cages out of cattle panels for my tomatoes.    Worked so well he made them for all of my EB’s.

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My EarthBox / Re: Can't post pictures. Is it because of size of files or because I am new member?

« Last post by James on May 29, 2020, 01:45:33 pm »

I think there is a file size limit, but not sure of it at the moment! Will check back. Sometimes it does post, but just takes a bit to load.

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Questions and Answers / Re: Flies! Organic fertilizer. Do I start again?

« Last post by mindsketches on May 29, 2020, 09:54:49 am »

I used the plastic cover. As we had a heatwave here this week (I'm in NorCal, Bay Area) I flipped it over and discovered the larvae and many flies at that point. I poked holes for where I planted seeds, guess they got in that way.

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Questions and Answers / Re: Flies! Organic fertilizer. Do I start again?

« Last post by gardendoc on May 29, 2020, 09:18:47 am »

Did you use the plastic cover, I've never seen a fly issue with the organic fertilizer