Perhaps a solution to mixing plants with different watering needs on a single Tower would be to plant strawberries 🍓 in the top 2 rows, and other more demanding plants below them. You could manually water the lower plants 🪴 more frequently. 🤔
Thanks for this vid! One question about strawberry towers and refreshing soil. Should I take strawberry plants out of greenstalk, refresh the soil then replant? What would be your strategy?
Even strawberry plants tends to develop extensive root systems over the years, so I would do a complete refresh and replace every 2-3 years. If the soil has sunk in the pockets also, I would pull the plants up and fill up around them with fresh soil and some granular fertilizer. Just make sure not to cover the crown where the new growth emerges, or you will kill the plant!
@@mayasalter1624 so glad you liked it. It's really depends on what you expect the full size of the plant to be. I grow three micro tomatoes in one tier but if the variety is larger, I would grow just one. For peppers also if you are growing a smaller variety you can maybe grow three, for a larger variety maybe two. I'm assuming that you are planting in the original tier. For the leaf tier I do not recommend tomatoes and peppers
@@GreenLove1 Thank you for responding so quickly! I am dedicating one original GreenStalk to peppers and tomatoes. I am going to plant the peppers on the bottom tiers. The varieties I chose are supposed to be 2ft or less…in theory!😅 I chose micro-dwarf tomato varieties for the top tiers. I am going to plant edible flowers and herbs throughout the container to attract pollinators and help fight the pests I don’t want to see. LOL, I am buying enough quality potting soil! I am a relatively new gardener and this will be my first GreenStalk. Suggestions and advice are definitely welcome! Peppers 🌶️; 1-Candy Cane Chocolate Cherry 2-Jigsaw Pepper 3-Lemon Spice Jalapeño Pepper 4- Lesya Pepper 5-Mattapeño 6-Pippin’s Golden Honey Pepper 7-Shishito Pepper 8-Sweet Heat Pepper 9-Violet Sparkle Pepper Micro-Dwarf Tomatoes 🍅; 10-Baby Micro Dwarf 11-Betimes Macbeth Micro Dwarf 12-Gandolf Micro Dwarf 13-Inkspot Micro Dwarf Tomato 14-Tiny Totem Micro Dwarf Tomato 15-Red Robin Micro Dwarf Tomato 16-Micro Tina Tomato 17-Micro Gemma Tomato 18-Birdie Rouge Micro Dwarf Tomato 19-Shimofuri Variegated Tomato 20-Pinocchio Micro Dwarf Tomato Flowers/Herbs/Pest Control 🌺🌼🪻🌱; 21-African Marigold: Mary Helen 22-Basil: Purple Ball 23-Basil: Mammolo 24-Basil: Blue Spice 25-Common Chives 26-Dwarf Celosia 27-French Marigold: Panther 28-French Marigold: Queen Sophia 29-Garlic Chives 30-Nasturtium: Alaska Red Shades
Great, and hopefully you watched my other video on 11 Awesome tips for the GreenStalk... A lot of people found it useful, and lots of great tips in the comments well
This video was sooo helpful! Yes, I think I’ve made a few of these mistakes!😂 I love my 2 Greenstalks, and yes, I’d like more!
@@nicoleterry911 Glad you found it helpful! And yes I do would like only three more (I think!). 8 is a much rounder number than 5 for me!!
This was so helpful…um…I think I’ve made a few of these mistakes!😜 I too, love my 2 Greenstalks and I want more!
Perhaps a solution to mixing plants with different watering needs on a single Tower would be to plant strawberries 🍓 in the top 2 rows, and other more demanding plants below them. You could manually water the lower plants 🪴 more frequently. 🤔
That's an excellent idea, thank for sharing.
I loved this, very informative and creative! 💚
So glad you liked it! ❤💚❤
Excellent video!!! Thx
@@mush3199 so glad you liked it. And also for caring to comment, it really helps spread the video to more GreenStalk gardeners!
Well on a positive note, I see alot of compost coming out of those Greenstalk, to refresh your soil with life. Those plants are not total loss.
Oh, for sure, all that will get recycled back into my garden for the next round!!
Thank for sharing
Of course, you are welcome!
Thanks for this vid! One question about strawberry towers and refreshing soil. Should I take strawberry plants out of greenstalk, refresh the soil then replant? What would be your strategy?
Even strawberry plants tends to develop extensive root systems over the years, so I would do a complete refresh and replace every 2-3 years. If the soil has sunk in the pockets also, I would pull the plants up and fill up around them with fresh soil and some granular fertilizer. Just make sure not to cover the crown where the new growth emerges, or you will kill the plant!
Wonderful video and terrific tips. Also, how many pepper plants or tomato plants would you advise to plant in each pocket?
Thank you.
@@mayasalter1624 so glad you liked it. It's really depends on what you expect the full size of the plant to be. I grow three micro tomatoes in one tier but if the variety is larger, I would grow just one. For peppers also if you are growing a smaller variety you can maybe grow three, for a larger variety maybe two. I'm assuming that you are planting in the original tier. For the leaf tier I do not recommend tomatoes and peppers
@@GreenLove1 Thank you for responding so quickly!
I am dedicating one original GreenStalk to peppers and tomatoes. I am going to plant the peppers on the bottom tiers. The varieties I chose are supposed to be 2ft or less…in theory!😅 I chose micro-dwarf tomato varieties for the top tiers. I am going to plant edible flowers and herbs throughout the container to attract pollinators and help fight the pests I don’t want to see. LOL, I am buying enough quality potting soil! I am a relatively new gardener and this will be my first GreenStalk. Suggestions and advice are definitely welcome!
Peppers 🌶️;
1-Candy Cane Chocolate Cherry
2-Jigsaw Pepper
3-Lemon Spice Jalapeño Pepper
4- Lesya Pepper
5-Mattapeño
6-Pippin’s Golden Honey Pepper
7-Shishito Pepper
8-Sweet Heat Pepper
9-Violet Sparkle Pepper
Micro-Dwarf Tomatoes 🍅;
10-Baby Micro Dwarf
11-Betimes Macbeth Micro Dwarf
12-Gandolf Micro Dwarf
13-Inkspot Micro Dwarf Tomato
14-Tiny Totem Micro Dwarf Tomato
15-Red Robin Micro Dwarf Tomato
16-Micro Tina Tomato
17-Micro Gemma Tomato
18-Birdie Rouge Micro Dwarf Tomato
19-Shimofuri Variegated Tomato
20-Pinocchio Micro Dwarf Tomato
Flowers/Herbs/Pest Control 🌺🌼🪻🌱;
21-African Marigold: Mary Helen
22-Basil: Purple Ball
23-Basil: Mammolo
24-Basil: Blue Spice
25-Common Chives
26-Dwarf Celosia
27-French Marigold: Panther
28-French Marigold: Queen Sophia
29-Garlic Chives
30-Nasturtium: Alaska Red Shades
OMG, it is going to look absolutely gorgeous! I wish you every success, those look some great choices!!
@@GreenLove1 Thank you! I hope so! I have been putting all of your tips together to help me research my choices!
Great, and hopefully you watched my other video on 11 Awesome tips for the GreenStalk... A lot of people found it useful, and lots of great tips in the comments well
Where did you buy your trellises
Those are Texas Tomato cages, look it up. Not cheap, I was fortunate to pick up some free giveaways on NextDoor