Review of the Garden Tower 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 พ.ค. 2016
- We got our hands on a Garden Tower 2 from the Garden Tower Project, and we've published this video review for you to enjoy!
More info at:
www.gardentowerproject.com/
garden.org/ideas/view/dave/2639/
I just got one at a garage sale today. She wanted 80 bucks, I played my old lady card and got it for 60.!!!!! Thanks for the video😁
Early bird gets the 🐛
I am lucky my neighbor put in trash . I saw when I go to work I was very happy get it . It was two off them. Can’t wait to spring to use that to my neighbor 🙏🙏🙏👏👍🌹
I love mine. Takes care of a lot of my kitchen scraps too. Great video, thanks!
LOVE mine. Bought mine with its KickStarter last year.
Good to know you are putting it on your porch, as, when full, it will truly sink into the earth. Have fun with it!
Great to know! I'm waiting for mine I will need to get a platform
Your presentation is 10 times better than the manufacturer’s.
ThankU. I believe I am ready to get one of these.. I have had my eye on this
Im super Loving mine Highly recommend them
This guy seems so chill and cool. Thanks for the video :)
I would cut a 1 to 1 1/2" hole in the face of that reservoir drawer, ( center and towards the bottom ) and install a nylon ball valve that would connect to a hose to prevent waste. Run that hose to a 5 gallon bucket ( so you can add organic nutrients if needed ) with a 5 gpm pump, connected to a drip system for each plant. Add a quick change hose for watering and attach feed lines to a central distribution block so you can still rotate the planter as needed. Use adhesive backed zip tie mounts for water line management so you can drip neatly to each plant. Just my two cents, lol. Happy gardening!
SanativeRevolution hi...I like your idea of the drip water system. can I have your email contact pls for further clarification
I'm not very trustful of posting my email here, as it opens me up to EVERYTHING I don't want to be contacted about. If you're willing to do that, and I don't recommend you do by the way, then I will contact you. Or, preferably, if you have instagram you can tell me your handle, and I'll follow you and we can go from there. Be safe, take care.
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we are into vegetable farming in Malaysia.
Do a video to show how to addpump
Dave, do you have a video showing the growth of plants after a month or two? Thanks!
I'm wondering if there is a way to drill a hole on the front side of that water catch basin on the bottom, put a pump in there and have the pump tube go from the basin and back up to the top, attached to a few drip heads?
Nice review. One suggestion, is as the tower getting assembled each level should be filled with potting mix and next level inserted and filled with potting mix and so on. That way, we can ensure that potting mix of the necessary quantityu to cover the entire level in all nooks and corners.
Thanks. I wondered about that.
Do you have to fully replace soil at some point?
@@MajorIllustration I would think the worm bin would help keep the soil rich with nutrients, but I am no expert so not 100% sure myself.
Hmmm. Are you watering each individual planting area? If not, then what gets watered from the top will get drenched and little water will make it to the bottom. And won't the roots up the upper plants spread into the planting areas below them?
WOULD THE PLANTS ROOTS INTERMINGLE WITH OTHER PLANT ROOTS? IS THIS A PROBLEM WHEN TRYING TO REMOVE A PLANT?
Looks really good . What kind of plastic are they?
If I wanted to use this indoors, how do you propose lighting setup? Would the light bars need to be vertical around it?
I have eight of these. The lower two rings seem not to grow well due to watering issues. You have to use potting soil that drains well. Overall pretty happy with them. Have to water them everyday.
Drip system might help. See my comment above. Good luck!
did you try coconut coir or vermiculite?
How does this Tower work in the southern Arizona area with watering?
Dear Sir what is the height of this tower and diameter and cost of this per unit...what will b the coast if i will purchase in bulk ..
i m from India so what will be the transport charges
How do you get the worm compost out?
The directions say to add 1/3 of soil reaching in those holes to push the soil down then 3 gallons water, then repeat.
Would be great to have one to use and see how in works our in mid-Pacific
How do you clean it out? These things all looks good until the cleaning time, which very few cover
Where can I get the Garden Tower. Do you know if its available in Canada?
How often do you have to put water on the tower? is this somehow efficient?
I wonder if it's good for growing a certain plant that's legal in most states.
The best thing is the self composting thing and the water saving system, but way too expensive.
I think not just saving water, but also saving leached nutrients.
I have an indoor vermicomposting box, 5 years now, and was coached to keep it in a cool, warm constant indoor location year round. Also, to not have it outdoors in the high heat of Summer. Or, to have it out in freezing temps. So, does this mean we also need to bring this indoors for the New England Winter to keep our worms happy and alive? Does anyone have comments or thoughts on this regarding the Tower Garden Project 2?
From what I read in the facebook owner-sharing posts so far, it doesn't seem to be a problem, and from what I can imagine thinking of the basic physics of it, I think it should be okay unless you live very south. A vermicomposting box is specially designed just to compost things, nothing else, so only the compost and the minimum of 'extras' like some bedding and a bit of dirt would be added. Keeping it more airy and light is ideal for that set-up too. That could easily heat up, I imagine.
But this tower is essentially one giant block of pure dirt packed together, with only the narrow middle tube working as the actually 'composting' part of it, which is the more airy part. The dirt may warm up, but overall I imagine, well, it's dirt, it should still stay relatively cool all packed together and moist. The plant roots aren't being cooked in the dirt either, right? And it's so tall as well. The warms can just dig their way lower and lower and to the cooler dirt of the tower facing away from the sun if they feel hot, and they can go back to the compost tube at night or during cool weather when they're hungry. I think depending on where you are, there should be a similar insulating effect for the dirt in cold weather too, but I think that's more of a danger.
Now this part is just totally me guessing now, but I imagine the health of the plants would be a nice rough indicator for the potential health of the worms? If it's so cold the plants die off (not just 'sleep', but don't come back at all next year), it sounds sensible to be too cold for worms to live too. But if the plants can sleep and live, maybe the worms might be able to? You could try asking in the facebook group from actual owners if you're quite curious.
I find it funny that I’ve entered their contest to win one twice now because like I’d never spend the money to buy one myself, but this is now the 2nd time I apparently gotten 3rd place so I keep getting free seeds. 🤣 I’ll take it. Idk if basically everyone wins 3rd place as part of the gimmick or if I’ve just been lucky. Building up my seed collection for this spring I guess.
Fascinating, my "3rd place" was $100 discount code (still too expensive.)
cool from where i can buy it thanks
Also you're forgetting the fact that plants take up water and transpire through their leaf surfaces, so the water in the reservoir isn't going to last forever.
Somebody commented about the heat of direct sunlight will be bad on the worms? But how will it grow properly out of the sun?
Hello! Where can I buy this?
I want the container where can I buy it
We just got one! I was wondering if anyone knows approximately how much dirt needs to go in?
Think 5 cubic feet.
How is the garden doing after a year? I'm planning to go one.
@@kevinmaragh7510 it did very well! We could have planted a lot more than we actually did. It's a little hard at first to think of 60 things growing out of one spot but it's possible. We only planted maybe half of that as we planted little plants and not seeds. We grew Kale, green onions, which we harvested for a long time! Romaine lettuce, strawberry, flowers, oregano, spinach, and other salad greens. Like I said we could have done a lot more but we didn't plant seeds. We are redoing the tower again this year and we will make "Mel's mix" and use that instead of bagged soil like we did last time. We will also try putting worms in as we didn't put any in last time. We really didn't take advantage of the compost part as much as we could have mostly because we didn't have worms. I think the tower is great and want to plant seeds this time around and grow even more!
Very interresting... with led lights and pump for the water every 2 days... I'll get a few of them in my Kitchen and leaving room ! Let me know if this pot is available. Thanks.
Kalvin One this weighs a lot to use indoors. You could use straw and a really light soil mix and maybe get away with it.
Love the concept, but as stated prior the cost is quite high; that said, I am interested on how well it works! :)
Mine works well for herbs. Set up indoors with full spectrum lights set up vertically at 4 corners of a 4x4x6 grow tent. Have gingerroot in the top tier for ease of harvest.
Wow nice.this garden.tower available in the phil.?.???
Eventually, wouldn’t the middle fill up with worm castings, with no way to add additional scraps for the worms?
Then couldn’t you remove the screen so that fell down into the reservoir?
What happens to the worms in winter? Do I have to dump them out in backyard?
I have read that Red Wigglers are an invasive species in parts of the US, something about damaging the layer of earth on top that hurts local plant life, so I wouldn't recommend letting worms you purchase off free that way unless you research and are sure they are safe. I think you should just leave it be though and let them hung out in the tower if you get one, see if they can survive the winter in there first before making any other decisions! Who knows!
I wonder if covering it or maybe wrapping I'm it with bubble wrap would help. I live in SW wisconsin
Would this product be useful under a blazing tropical weather, I live in the Caribbean.
Depends on what your growing, but you can use a sun defusing cloth and create an awning over it if it's too hot.
will the plastics chemicals leech into the soil and into our food?
It says (says) 100 percent UV stable food safe HDPE. My PVC plumbing, hoses, seed trays and watering cans all have plastic, I feel your frustration. Try zero waste vertical gardening websites,, I found greatescapefarms.com has some super ideas for using natural materials.
Can this method be used in your apartment by i a sunny window?
@@melvinajohnson4250 no it would end up ruining your floor! It weighs with soil over 250 lbs.
So, since the 'core' is there for compost/worm food material, I assume you used a potting mix without any added, slow release fertilizer? It's kind of difficult around here to find such a mix in larger quantities. What mix did you use, and where did you get it?
I use sungro professional growing mix. It has no added fertilizers.
Mine is about 90% full. I put mine on wheels so I can follow the sun.
Good but out of my budget. Why so costly ?
@@rajanirao3420 I imagine to get it off the ground and because they are selling on their own the costs will be high for them. It is pretty ingenious. For them to make money or a profit they have to sell a ton of them. Jeez rain barrels cost $200 plus for and empty plastic container to hold water!
So I'm new to gardening and I live in South Florida. My first couple thoughts, wouldn't that water down at the bottom get nasty, mildewy? Don't some plants need different amounts of sun & water? So how do you handle this? Also, is the plastic a food grade plastic? Has it been tested to see if it has lead in it?
I live in SWFL, and it's so damn hot here vs the little you get out, that I water daily. If I have an overflow, I just pour it into an old commercial coffee pot I found as Goodwill. It only happens during the height of rainy season, and there isn't much to plant then anyway.
Awesome
How many bags of potting soil?
6-7quart of soil according to the product website's recommendation
Great idea, I HADN'T thought doing this compost pipe, it would work great; but it could be made out of sewage pipes.
Thanks for the review! I was wondering how high quality the plastic is on these things. Will it last multiple seasons? We've all had those plastic pots that crack because they're cheap. :)
It is pretty heavy duty. Should last for years.
They say it lasts 10 years
Don’t let plastic go to zero degrees.
What do you do about bug control.
Love this...WONDERFUL lesson for our children on how plants grow in Natures own cycle.
Only question is .... where do the worms come from? I did read you shouldn't use the kind of soil that is packaged with fertilizer, just plain soil from somewhere, so are the earthworms everywhere around us in the soil and they will reproduce in the Tower when they are settled and Nature is working. I hope the price comes down as its availability becomes known and we can begin to see them being used by local people who have trouble purchasing $$ produce at expensive grocery stores in OUR country.
Is there an automated Garden Tower 2 ?
can i use your video clip
I was hoping to see how it looked in several months at least, not just the initial setup.
Good. Where can buy it ? How much it ? Look like expensive
Is it food graded plastic??
yes
You still use this??
Whee can I buy this garden tower? And how much is this?
Does it rotate?
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In Italia non lo vendono così bello e accessoriato ! 🤦♂️
Looks like you would need to have a 5-gallon bucket to pour the bottom water into, so that you can put the empty reservoir back in
Very observant 👍🏼
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Where to buy them?
Can this be 3D printed?
Probably would violate patent laws if you worry about that kind of thing.
Natural News brought me here. This is pretty clever.
For the price it should have a pump and timer for watering.
Please could you tell me where you sell this product
Garden towers project.com I believe
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How it is available in India?
Has anyone designed a greenhouse covering for this product? I have 4 of these and they work very well. I still need to buy some worms. ha!
i want to buy this, how n where can i buy?
gardentowerproject.com/product/garden-tower-2-50-plant-composting-container-garden/?sscid=a1k2_aqsn8&sscid=51k3_2nq60
I'd like a white one to match the rest of my gardens but looks like only clay color is available.
I thought the center was for water. This one is different than the other ones I've seen
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How do I get one of those???? Hook me up..
I really wanted one of these for my family to grow produce but it's just too expensive unfortunately. :(
Try finding it used online?
Its really now try plantinf 30 plants much more money
how much does this garden tower 2 cost? and where can i find it?
gardentowerproject.com/shop/product/garden-tower-2/
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Ca existe en France?
£295 in the UK...WAY TOO EXPENSIVE...i can buy a lot of salad stuff for that money with no work at all. Ive got a worm composter, had it 5 years works great, use the compost to pot up new plants. Had a strawberry tower years ago, the soil settled and the plants pulled down into the tower. better to grow salad stuff constantly.
#cool
“I have worms, as luck would have it”
Amazon has some really bad reviews..so not sure about this item. I would buy it if I found it in a yard sale.
fill from the bottom up. dont build the full tower and then try to fill. put on one or two rings then fill with soil and spray gently with the hose
You can make your own for a fraction of the cost with a 55gal drum
Do any tutorials for this gallon drum version exist?
lms there are a few here on TH-cam.
Precios del vertical
can I buy this products from Bangla desh,plz number
How much it cost ?
$369.00
Take a piece of lattice put in a circle line with plastic put pvc tube with holes in the middle fill with soil boom tower garden. You're welcome lol. I'll put a video of mine on my channel.
Ha ha he said I have worms !!🐛
Whoa! Exorbitant price! I just got a green stalk and thought it was pricy. Yikes!
That little drawer for water doesn't look practical to me. The tower looks fun though.
Wouldn't a hydroponic /aeroponic version of this make more sense?
Look up Tower garden for the aeroponic version
No, hydroponic is cleaner, BUT the major downsides are: 1) it requires additive synthetic fertilizer 2) Salts in the synthetic fertilizer additive degrades its own structure as well as the whole system over time.
Tower Garden is nice, but at twice the cost and the added cost of upkeep its not worth.
As I understand it, some hydroponic towers need electricity, as water has to be constantly pumped to the top.
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Seems like turning it would tear roots.
doesnt seem like alot of room for the plants to grow
Fiyat
Mama possum and babies won’t get a mid-nite snack if I get one
While it seems like a good idea, the fact that you would water your plants often it would create a problem for compost being to wet and causing issues for the worms.
The barrel would do the same just don’t look as good,but you save $$350.00 dollars 💵
Really cool but not worth 350 bucks.
go to green stalk planter and wait a week for them to answer the phone????