Advantages and Disadvantages of the Grow Box System

When you look at the pros and cons of the grow box system of crop production, you will observe that there are numerous advantages.

Let us, therefore, explore some of these Advantages.

Advantages

• A grow box is ideal for places where the soil is poor in quality.
• It is also ideal for places where there is little space for planting.

• The Grow Box can be constructed on paved surfaces e.g. concrete and asphalt.

• The system is fairly easy to understand.

• The boxes can be situated around the home.

• If done appropriately, there should be little or no weeds in your grow box and therefore you spend less time weeding and little or no money on weed killers.

• There should also be fewer effects from pests and diseases and therefore less use of harmful pesticides. This means produce would be safe to consume.

 

Disadvantage

The major Disadvantage of using the grow box system for crop production is:

• The cost to start up the system.