We've grown many vegetables in the birdcage using Earthboxes. Any vegetable that requires no pollination (lettuces, greens, etc.) grows well. Also, there are many vegetabbles that are self-pollinating. Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, eggplant were all proliific producers. There was no need for pollinators. The wind was enough. As for the concern about less sunlight, it's Florida. That's not a bad thing. We've also grown tomatoes in large pots. They were not as successsful as in the Earthboxes, but they produced. We've also grown 9 different dwarf citrus trees and some figs in very large pots. The trees were fun, but a lot of work for what we got. I actually ran drip irrigation around the outside and fed the small distribution hose into the birdcage. We've been growing food for over 50 years. The Earthbox system, while initially a large investment, provides a substantially better yield than anything else we've ever used.
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