What is dangerous about using hydrated agricultual lime in your Grow mix.

I have five pepper plants in one 'Tainer; I think I'll just consider this another test run and see what happens. I read something about doing another set in the fall so I might try fewer then. Twelve cucumber plants sounds like an awful lot! I followed the Earthbox guide and planted 4 in a single row along one edge. Would it make sense to put another row on the other side? If so, where/how would you recommend additional fertilizer since I have a single strip along the other edge? I just planted them this week so I suppose I could try to move the fertilizer strip to the center... How about eggplant? I put some spinach in my trial 'Tainer in January and now that things have warmed up here, it's trying to go to seed. I was thinking that I might redo that one for eggplant. How many plants would you recommend and how many fertilizer strips? Should it be caged like the peppers? Thank you very much for all the time you've put into the guide -- it's absolutely amazing that I've been able to do this myself. Athena

woodcutter, Thanks. I put a lot of thought into the EarthTainer III after looking how to improve the prior design. The Pea Fences from Gurney's were a wonderful coincidence!! ...from an "old" WA2WOD Raybo

Thanks Raybo for sharing this excellent grow system!!! Im only growing one or two containers this year (hopefully more next year) so ordering a Burpee pea fence would cost me a lot more than 4 tomato cages (around$16). Looks like a Burpee Pea Fence would cost $34 for two: http://www.burpee.com/gardening-supplies/garden-growers/supports-ties-and-fences/pea-and-cucumber-fence-2-pack-prod001250.html?catId=2320&trail= is that the right fence? If so how many Earthtainer cages could I fashion from the order of two in the link above? I found it nearly impossible to use a bedliner (to block roots from reaching water reservoir) using 3 legged tomato cages (all I had) so I had to improvise by mounting the two outer legs of each cage to the side of the inner Earthtainer, see pic: [URL=http://s1183.photobucket.com/user/Remodeller/media/Gardening_plus_WaterPurification/473138_10201002348249591_630854343_o.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x468/Remodeller/Gardening_plus_WaterPurification/473138_10201002348249591_630854343_o.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The center legs just sit on top of the bedliner, and the top ring of the cages are joined together by a wire rope clamp. This also adds further support to the aeration bench since the side mounted wire rope clamps go through both layers of rubber, I used washers on the outside of the Earthtainer for these side mounts: [URL=http://s1183.photobucket.com/user/Remodeller/media/Gardening_plus_WaterPurification/472690_10201002451252166_1920797485_o.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x468/Remodeller/Gardening_plus_WaterPurification/472690_10201002451252166_1920797485_o.jpg[/IMG][/URL] It seemed really sturdy when it was all done, also I cut a round hole in the bedliner for the wicking basket- then I realized you didnt specify doing that- did I defeat the purpose of the bedliner? See pic: [URL=http://s1183.photobucket.com/user/Remodeller/media/Gardening_plus_WaterPurification/472338_10201009822476442_1146976258_o.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x468/Remodeller/Gardening_plus_WaterPurification/472338_10201009822476442_1146976258_o.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Also- I saw on another forum that panty hose (lol) works great for keeping the mosquitoes out- youll notice a piece on my watering tube in that last pic above. I also used pieces of pantyhose on the overflow holes for added insect protection: [URL=http://s1183.photobucket.com/user/Remodeller/media/Gardening_plus_WaterPurification/IMG_20130506_190733.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x468/Remodeller/Gardening_plus_WaterPurification/IMG_20130506_190733.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Im new to this forum so some of this may be old news, if so sorry!- but let me know if there is a cheaper way to get a pea fence for a small amount of containers or if you think the side mount cages are the way to go for 1-3 Earthtainers, thanks again for all your info!!