I bought my first earth box a few years ago. Since then i have planted it several times and I'm always amazed at the speed at which things grow, and the crop yield from vegetable plants, tomatoes and peppers mainly. .
I was fascinated by its hybrid hydroponic idea, and wondered why the earth box folk, had never modified and enhanced their original creation. So I decided to try some experiments with some inexpensive plastic pots, within pots.

Wow.. i was on to something! It was totally amazing. Of course I now wish I'd documented it with some pictures.. but.alas, i didn't have the foresight to for see this momentt. However I'm going to start documenting my present earth box crop (planted 10 days Ago.) I started it with fast growing Romaine lettuce.

Home Depot, supplied the romaine, the tiny ones in the 6 up container. They are considerably more robust, 10 days later, very fragile when i planted them. They've actually withstood quite a bit of rain and all that comes with it, and hardened up nicely.
Couple of shots so you get the gist of it.

The tall plant in the left back is a jalepeno pepper plant, planted at the same time. I figured it could stay through a few lettuce plantings.

Ahhhh,gotta love fall gardening in Florida! Fall, is really our best growing season. I anticipate it as much as i anticipate spring. So many garden plants are burdened by the heat at this time of year, and a lot we are saying good bye too till they surprise us next spring.. I will miss my caladiums!

I'm dying to know other earth box fans out there. And I'd love to share my earth box variation with you! In the mean time while i'm setting up the experiment, you can follow the real earth box "Project Lettuce" to see this concept work! We've only got the wire frame (from my summer tomatoes) to measure by at the moment, but i shall fix that!

Looking forward to getting to know some new friends that love plants and gardening. I occasionally post gardening articles at http://beclecto.com, my blog.