Box Garden Advice

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My question is can we lay down something under the box to try and control weeds or is the box to shallow for the roots of plants to grow in the added soil of the box?

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You don't need to put anything under the box. spray the are if you must, but the dirt will choke out almost everything. Weeds that are going to come up will be delivered there by animals, grass clippings, and breeze. You can place gardening paper down and cut through it to plant your veggies.

Use compost and gardening soil for your soil base. Don't over water. Fertilize regularly (every 7-14 days) Use the green box of miracle grow until its time for veggies to start making. Then, switch to the purple box for flowers. That should get you started until you get more into it.

Thank you for the advice

Just remember how big some of those plants get and not crowd them. My tomato plants often get to 6 ft. tall and bell peppers will get to about 3 ft. tall during their growing season.

You don't want to plant tomato plants too close either. Leave room between plants so air can circulate. As the summer progresses and it get hotter, there is more chance for mold and fungal issues when planted close together. Also water from the bottom and not over the tomato plants as this promotes fungal growth with the plants staying damp longer.

Tomato roots go deep, so I wouldn't put any barrier on the ground before filling with your garden soil mix. Like mentioned, either spray to kill the weeds or simply scalp the area and dig up the grass already there.

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Square foot gardening is fun if ya into that sort of thing

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Never had much luck with it when it comes to larger plants like tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, etc.

Just too crowded. Works well with low growing stuff like kale, Swiss Chard, lettuces, etc.