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Originally Posted by garaj
Over the last four planting seasons, I've averaged about 14 lbs in each of my 18 gallon DYI Self Waterers. This past Spring, One of my containers, planted with two of the Brandy Boy variety, produced a tad under 20 lbs. That's been the best so far. Fifty lbs a box sounds like quite a strech to me. Garaj
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Have you used the commercial earthboxes for comparison?
I have been wondering lately and have stumbled upon some info on the web that seemed to indicate homemade boxes tend to under yield the commercial boxes.
One suggested reason for this is the height of the planting medium. The commercial boxes are quite shallow, whereas the 'typical' homemade boxes using 18 gal rubbermade totes are quite tall by comparison. Something about poorer air circulation in the homemade boxes due to greater height of the planting medium.
Now, I don't know if any of this is true or not, just something I read somewhere.