Step #6
Fill ePlanter to top with the final 1/2 of your amended mix, set your plant, and water in well one final time, until run-off is established.
After watering in, pour 1 cup of balanced fertilizer in a 2" ring around your ePlanter, as far away from new roots as possible. Recommended fertilizers for eBuckets/ePlanters will have any combination of numbers between 10 and 15, e.g., 10-10-10, 13-13-13, 10-12-15, etc.
Balanced means all three numbers will be the same.
Sprinkle top gently with garden hose so as to moisten (but not disturb) the fertilizer ring (run-off has already been established).
Position trellis and/or plant stake.
NOTES:
- eBuckets/ePlanters are generally covered to prevent rainwater/hosing from washing away topsoil
- Covering keeps the soil warmer and keeps water from splashing up on plants.
- If using a lid (for 5-gallon buckets), cut holes for fill tube and plant using hole bits.
- You may cover a planter with a square of dark plastic cut to fit. Use duct tape or a bungee cord to secure plastic cover to planter. Cut "x" slits in the plastic for the fill tube and seedling to fit through.
- eBuckets/ePlanters will be a bit heavy after being filled with wet potting mix and the water in the reservoir. It is advisable to situate buckets/planters in their intended final location before planting. Or, have a plant dolly on hand!
Hope these pictorials are helpful to you!
