EarthBox 1010044 Garden Stand

This stand is a good option for elevating your Earth Box if you are planting something that doesn't grow tall or requires staking. It can be used when preparing your EB, but keep in mind that you will have to lift the filled box up & out of the stand. Assembly is pretty simple--you just attach the legs using screws, washers, & nuts. A small flat wrench & Allen wrench are supposed to be included for assembly--mine was missing the flat wrench. I just used pliers to hold the nut on when I tightened the screws.If you're growing tomatoes or other tall, heavy crops, I'd skip this stand. I elevate those EBs with a couple of cinder blocks--this stand would be too top heavy & likely to blow over.

I bought two Earth Boxes and two of these stands because I have back issues and I didn't want to deal with stooping. I was irritated that the stands cost around the same as the boxes and look flimsy in the pictures, but I have to say these guys are solid. The parts don't fit together like a precision machine but they don't really need to - wiggle the bolts around a little and you can assemble one of these in no time.They are sturdy even when a loaded EB is placed on them. No wiggling, no worries that the stand will buckle or tip over, at least not so far. When I was prepping and planting my EBs I was leaning down hard for several steps and that was not a problem.These don't come with casters but the ones that came with my EBs slide right in to the legs of the stands. I expected a firm CLICK into place but there's not one, you just slide them in until they stop and then they're installed. Ever the pessimist, I expected the casters to be too wimpy to support the stand and the loaded-up EB but I was wrong again - you can give a push and it will sail across the porch on the casters. Two of the set of four EB-supplied casters have wheel locks, a good thing.Oh, and they are a very dark green, matching the dark green EB very well. The illustration on AMZN shows them as a much brighter shade.You can add these later but they made the setup and startup a lot easier for me that it would have been had I not had them. Recommended if you don't want to squat to work with your EB and don't have another solution like a shelf or something.Now for tomatoes and other climbing things, these may not be the best idea because the fruits of your labor would require a ladder to get to. But I'm not there yet, so these are working well for me.

The stand looks as if it is used. The stand had scratches and dings in it. It was suppose to be new but I'm sure it was not. Also some of the hardware was missing.

I loved the idea of this product and loved them when I first put them together and started using them. Aside from a couple hardware missing issues, they went together easily and the casters are a nice addition. I have seven Earthboxes; six with the stands and casters. Today I went out into the screened in area I have them and found one unit pitched over at an odd angle. Upon inspection, I found that a leg had rusted through and the caster, which was held in with just a small plastic plug, was lying on its side next to the rusted out leg. I checked the others and found that three out of the six wer badly rusted where the casters mount. What good are these stands if they don't even last one year?

Everything was fine, except one screw would not go in the unaligned holes.

I ordered this item for a client with whom I work who wanted to garden, but because of her disabilty is unable to garden in a traditional sense. The stand (with the caster wheels) works great for someone in a wheelchair who isn't able to ambulate, bend over, etc. The wheels enable her to move the plants around to maximize sunlight. The product itself is decent quality and it was a surprise to find it in stock on Amazon when Earthbox, the retailer, had them on back order on their website. I think it's a little on the costly side but for the opportunity that it created for this client, worth the money. I ordered this plus the planter and caster wheels that go with it and when it arrived, it was missing some parts. It was an inconvenience to have to contact the seller to correct the problem, but Earthbox was very gracious and prompt with sending out the missing components.

I have 4 earthboxes. Two are for tomatoes. I bought one stand for the strawberries and planted them first. Then I had to bend over to plant the two tomato boxes. Ouch! My back immediately started to hurt. I decided to wait to plant the last box (herbs and lettuces) until my second stand arrives! Next year I will think about using one as a workstation: I'll temporarily place the tomato earthboxes in the stand just to plant them!The stand is very sturdy and well made. It was easy to put together and came with all necessary tools. I highly recommend it!

We've barely begun the growing season yet, but so far I really like this stand. It was very easy to assemble, is very sturdy, and rolls easily even with the weight of a full EarthBox on it. The instructions suggest that it can be a handy way to prepare EarthBoxes without so much stooping and bending, and while that would be true, I'd far rather stoop than lift a full EarthBox out of the stand, so I didn't even consider trying that. We started out with a very warm season and quickly tapered off to a colder one, and it's been a great help wheeling early seedlings in and out to protect them from freezing. The one drawback is that it can't be used for tall, top-heavy crops, but that's pretty obvious from its design and in case it isn't, the instructions and even the product description reiterate it. I'm not downgrading it for this since this isn't something that would be reasonable to expect. I'm a big fan of EarthBox gardening, and I like having this stand as one more of my tools for success.