24.5 in. x 20.5 in. Patio Raised Garden Bed Kit with Watering System and Casters in Cobalt Blue

I am doing 4 and it works - all 4 are producing nicely. However, next year I’m buying an additional planter and I’ll do 3 each, which I feel will be more manageable.

nope. Just the container. You need to buy potting soil

The mulch cover is like a tightly woven mesh cloth that keeps the soil from drying out and the soil from being disturbed by rain. The main way it is watered is through the fill tube into the reservoir at the base. It works really well. I have 3 of them and have had great results.

We have had 95 degree days. I’ve watered once in the evening. I use the self watering feature and it takes 3 gallons to fill the space under the plants.

I love the self watering feature. The dirt won’t wick if you leave it dry too long. I use a gallon jug each night and pour it into the long tube, which allows the water to go into the space beneath the plants. It takes 3 gallons to fill the space. I think this method works wayyy better than other regular planters because the roots don’t rot and the dirt doesn’t dry out the same way.

I use a 2" peice of toilet paper roll through the plastic cover fill the roll with soil and plant my seeds water from the top till the plants have the 1st set of real leaves comes out

it has drainage holes on each side, I'd just fix a tube to them and route it off your porch to avoid water on the porch. That way you can have it and no water damage.

I think it depends on where you live. In AZ we have 12 of these planters and have successfully used them for 3 yrs without the covers. Yes the cover traps moisture but unfortunately the roots of my veggies would boil under those covers in our intense heat. I find the secret to these planters is the square-foot gardening technique of planting several plants for a high yield which also covers the soil completely as your plants fill out. This helps the soil retain moisture. I water through the tube only once every 10 days in the hot summer and once every 2 weeks in the winter (we can grow year round here).

You can probably plant 4 Jalapeno plants but make sure to keep them trimmed and you make have to put up some stakes with string or chicken wire to hold them up once they get taller. Make sure to pick your peppers when they are ripe.

I just set mine up with 2 - 1-cubic-foot bags of soil. Instructions say 1.5 cubic feet, but I ended up using all of both bags.