Grow THESE 3 Veggies in Your Vertical Garden
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- Grab a GreenStalk: bit.ly/39HSU0Q - If you're a small-space apartment or balcony gardener, growing vertically is your best friend. You'll get WAY more yield out of the same square footage. These three planting ideas are tested by us over multiple season and proven to perform extremely well.
00:00 - Intro
00:45 - Strawberries
02:06 - Beans
03:30 - Bonus Options
04:40 - Lettuce
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Beans work REALLY well, easily my #1 favorite in vertical systems. P.S. We sell GreenStalks directly on our store now! bit.ly/39HSU0Q
Which of the two towers was your favourite?
Thanks to you my wife had bought your book I got started gardening 14 years ago after Iraq gave me a reason for going on with life after brain surgery I look forward to growing season every year, my garden seems to get bigger lol and I get better and learn more.. thanks for everything!
I have 3 strawberry towers (Greenstalks), 1 lettuce tower, 1 spinach tower (fantastic), 1 bean tower, 1 pea tower, 2 flora entrance towers, and 1 greens tower. I LOVE them so much - not enough sun to grow in-ground and these are way easier to harvest, plant, upkeep few weeks, look over to destroy the bad bugs, keeps rabbits and deer away, and did I mention easy to water, weed, work? I succession plant and always have delicious fresh salad makings and 'treats' to eat while in the garden - sugar snaps, strawberries, spinach, etc. AWESOME!!!!
Seems to me you could grow lettuces on one side and sun loving ones on the other and reduce your need to rotate the tower. Thanks for another great video 👍😊
That's actually what I'm planning to do.
Totally could!
miner’s lettuce
That’s what I do!
The spinner has wheels so u can move it around. Once u fill it with soil and water it you won't be able to move it without taking it apart. I highly recommend a base.
I have the 7 tier Greenstalk and the first year growing it. I planted it last month and have a good crop of Swiss Chard growing at the bottom tier and all kinds of different varieties of lettuce and spinach in all of the other ones. $3.00 for one lettuce at the grocery store, it will save me a lot! I start new seeds every 2 wks so I'll have plenty for ourselves and some to share. I would definitely get the spinner at the bottom so you can move it entirely in the shade later on in the year when it gets very hot or for spinning for even growing.
I got my vertical system from the dollar general it’s only 3 per container but it is really nice for under $10 😊
Agreed. Green stalks are too expensive for some of us.
Much better value. I got 12, I couldn’t fathom paying $169 for plastic
Mine is 4 per container and I got 10 layers from the dollar store for like $1 or less/ layer (can't remember, it was last year)
I’ve had wild success with my greenstalks, so much that I bought 7 throughout my first year using them. I’ve grown pretty much everything in them. I just planted a lettuce tower and a carrot tower and I’ll be planting two cooking greens towers. I also have a dedicated strawberry tower. Over the summer I grew beans, eggplants, tomatoes and peppers in different towers. I prefer to use a tower for only 1 or two similar plants because it’s easy to fertilize from the top so you want it to work for everything planted there. Love greenstalk and bought them as gifts and will be getting myself even more.
Wow ! Love to try these type of vertical garden here in India 🇮🇳 ☺️🔥
Also great for cities where you don't have much space,!
@@self-sufficiencyinthecity true !! high population with low land spaces ! So only I do terrace gardening
you guys should do a series one season that shows how you guys would plan out a plant a smaller garden (maybe 5x20ft) for a whole season. maybe throw other maintenance tips and best producers for that season
Commenting to boost this! Somewhat similar to what AcreHomestead does but for in ground beds would be awesome!
yes please!
Yes! I'm growing in 8 4x4 raised beds. That's 128 sq ft. For me i think that's all I will do and have time for, at least for now. Thats a great idea imo.
I know you mentioned vertical growing in a shoe organizer a couple of years ago. I'd love to see a full video on that as an inexpensive means for us balcony gardeners that don't have space for the tower.
Def!
I have 2 greenstalks under a screened in patio. We do get full sun on our patio most of the day and they work beautiful for growing all sorts of veggies and greens. Because I am under a screened in patio in Florida I do crops that are self pollinating.
You can get the base and then they can also be used inside. Or also if height is the issue you cann split them up and do a 2 teir and a separate 3 tier. I was skeptical about it especially plastic thru snowy Winters in Nebraska but they've won me over.! Luv mine! Getting more!
Very nice…I am actively looking for these more space efficient setups. Thank you!
Same here! 😎
I did a Tower of Basil and a Tower of Cascading Petunias.
I just got my Greenstalk garden yesterday and plan to plant after getting my soil tomorrow! Love the video and can't wait to read the comments! Thanks to all.
My leaf has a bunch of difference lettuce, kale, arugula, spinach, and a few other things. Being able to walk outside again and just pick dinner has been great. My original is going to just have 4 different kinds of beans. There are only 3 of us, but its probably our most eaten vegetable. I just put the first batch of seeds in, but I can't wait to have that one full again.
Thank you for your wonderful videos. I am a retired teacher. I have grown flowers for years, but started vegetable gardening 2 years ago. I think I made every rookie mistake! Your videos have taught me SO much. You are an excellent teacher and your work helps so many. Sending best wishes and much appreciation!
Wow, it's like you're speaking directly to me and about me. I have two greenstalk towers. One is exclusively for strawberries, and the other is for leafy greens, and in the summer I switch out the lettuces for beans and my favorite dwarf tomato, the tiny Tim. I bought the towers with lettuce and strawberries in mind, it's so great to grow them off the ground.
Man, I really wanna get one of these sometime. I'm at work for a lot of the peak daytime hours a lot of the time, so it would be insanely cool to have one of these with a built in motor in the base to rotate, then a timer, so the tower could self-rotate and still give all the plants plenty of light, even if you can't be there! A fella can dream😂
Actually that wouldn’t be too hard to accomplish. A gear chain motor and a way to hold everything in place.
I love my green stalks..i bought ONE last yr..reg one deep pocket grew so much greens last year..
Bought the leaf planter this year which has my greens and pok choy..still a green..
But in my deep pocket one I planted sprouting broccoli and cabbage..6 inch smaller head ones and they are doing great..harvesting the broccoli regularly and 2 heads so far of cabbage..im doing beans after the cold weather crops are done..love them!
thanks Kevin - I am going to buy another greenstalk for the mothers day sale (I have your EG leaf teal version) - and was going back and forth whether or not to get the smaller pocket (leaf) or larger pocket (original) I think I am going with the larger pocket for peppers and salad greens. thanks!
I have 3 Greenstalks all filled with strawberries! I love the Greenstalk and plan to add 2 more later this summer. They are so worth the price and it's American made and family owned.
I have 5 originals and 1 leaf and 2 towers I made out of a 32 gal tall trash can with holes made by a holesaw and a pvc pipe in the middle for water and feeding. All did fantastic for bush beans last year. I also got a decent yield for small saldette and cherrry tomatoes and jalepeno peppers as well as several herbs. My petunias and nasturtium did well in them too. I am switching from spring to summer plants in them now but the Swiss chard did outstanding and the spinach, brocolli rabe and asian cabbage did well too. Love these planters.
I have two Green Stalk towers. I have been growing strawberries and herbs in both for the past 2 years. They are a great investment.
I love the way you produce these informative videos and this one does a great job with the strawberries. Thanks.
Love your videos. I’ve learned a lot from the channel and I grow quite a few of the same things as you. Nothing better than fresh green beans. I grow everything vertically because I’m in the Caribbean on a steep hill.
I built my beds into the hill and then made trellises for beans, tomatoes but everything, even my herbs are all growing vertically. Nothing is flat here, it’s a lot of retaining walls and vertical growing. My small kitchen garden is 15 feet higher at the top if you are standing at the bottom.
I love my Greenstalk- I planted most from seeds. Dwarf carrots, bush beans, spinach, cosmos, basil, lemon balm, lettuce, strawberries and cherry tomatoes for the frame section. 🌿💗👍🏼 hi from Oceanside !!
Very Cool! I have the 5 tier ( mine is a 3) and it has worked well for lettuce, herbs, cherry tomatoes and a few bee attractive flowers. Thanks for the additional tips! Especially the strawberry suggestion.
I love these towers. I have two of them. I grew onions and leeks in them this year. I made some potato leek soup with the keeps I free in my greenstalk tower.
I bought my very 1st Greenstalk after watching your video on growing beans. Now I have 6 and I use mine to grow lettuce, beans, strawberries, and misc items to see how they do compared to in my raised beds. I've tried Carrots, Peppers, Cherry Tomatoes, Jalapeno, Serrano peppers, Ancho chili peppers and Swiss Chard.
This vid is perfectly timed! I’ve convinced a handful of neighbors to adopt the greenstalk system on their decks for summer perfect tomatoes, peppers and herbs!
Hi everyone! so great to see so many likes, very encouraging that so many are interested in gardening.
Perfect timing as always, Kevin! I was just putting fresh soil in my GreenStalk and trying to decide what to plant! We grew strawberries, bush beans, and peppers in our GreenStalk for it's first season last year. I was trying to decide if we should grow the same plants again this year! Thank you! 🌱♥️
You bet!
What a great idea! I may do something like this for herbs like lemon balm and basil too.
I’m hoping to put two green stalks in my garden eventually. I have so much to do and that’s sort of in the tale end of my list. The expansion is so big I have to break it up. I’d say 80% was done this year. Fence expansion tripling my space, replacement of all raised beds to be metal, two new trellises, blueberries, apples, a memorial garden/pollinator habitat, and so much mulch…I have another trellis, 6 raised beds and a greenhouse to get in over this fall/winter. Hoping to finally just plant and maintain next spring. Fingers crossed. So much learning, so much work but it’s so rewarding and looking exactly how I imagined.
There's an absolutely legendary couple of videos from Sea Spring Seeds on how pot size controls the harvest from chili plants. I'm sure it depends on the variety as well but I think it might be that instead of 6 shishito plants, if you grow one in a large pot you'd get a lot more yield.
I'll check that!
This planter seems ideal for my needs but for one thing - I really don't want more plastic in my life. It might seem an odd concern since I want to use them in my back yard which is surrounded by vinyl fencing, but I had no control over the fence material since my HOA requires it. I wonder if I could make something similar out of cedar or wicker? Maybe make a basket that has a similar shape that stacks? It would not last long, but I'd rather have to re-make it each season than buy more plastic stuff.
Love the video!
I just planted some strawberry plants in my vertical pot. I’m doing flowers in the other, this year.
I really wish you had touched more on other things you grew and how that worked out for you. Your past videos have shown you planting out all those things you showed in the small clips, but there was never a follow up to how well they did. This video would have been a perfect opportunity.
I would have loved to learn about the kales, chamomile and if you tried carrots in the green stalk. I've wanted to invest in this system for awhile and would love to buy one soon as I know the absolute diversity of things that truly make sense to grow in here.
We can do a video on what didn't work! For the most part everything we've tried aside from HUGE plants work well
@@epicgardening that would be totally amazing to have more follow ups. Kevin shows a lot of planting out content, but I really want to see how his garden plays out over the season. Don't get me wrong, I love the guide videos and all.
But example A) that comes to mind, he planted out corn last year along with a couple squash plants that never made it into the video due to it being a guide on corn. But I'm really curious to see how a classic 3 sisters truly works throughout a season.
AGREE, I actually had cherry tomatoes in my greenstalk but freaked out bc of Jacques container tomato video. It doesn't look like they'd have enough space so I moved them. Also I think it's important to note he said dwarf tomatoes. But regular sized peppers are okay? I'm a little bit torn on what relatively "larger" plants I can grow in summer months. Obviously strawberries...then maybe dwarf varieties of tomatoes, peppers, not sure what else
Can this garden be knocked over by the wind?
@@dorseybox5833- only if it’s not watered.
This is absolutely awesome! What a fantastic idea
Absolutely love this garden! I first saw it on your channel! I have a “cocktail” one I’m doing with herbs and flowers for summer cocktails…and cooking! First saw them on your channel
Just planted my first greenstalk yesterday and I already think I need a second one!
Hi! Although I don't have a garden I want to have one someday, and I'll make sure to use you tips!
Peppers and eggplants went nuts in my Greenstalks last year. I’ll hopefully be reproducing that this year🤞😅🤞. I’m also experimenting with tomatoes and butternut squash this year. I’m very lucky and haven’t needed the spinner. The sun goes directly over them and the side that gets a little less I just plant things that don’t mind it. Thanks for the great suggestions!
Eggplants sound fun!
Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing plants lovely collection ❤❤
Love the vertical pots ❤
I 💚 vertical gardening 🤩 Thanks for sharing!
I just planted out my chocolate brown leaf that I got on clearance at the end of last season. Can't wait to get strawberries now!
Thank you Eric.
I wish you had talked about what type of soil mix to use and watering the GreenStalks. I am about to give mine away as nothing has been successful in it. I have tried some very expensive soil mixes and it always compacts. I also can’t seem to get the watering right.
For watering, tower must be level, make sure grey trays aren't clogged up with soil and holes are aligned with pockets. new soil: water whole system at least 3 times over a 12 hour time period to thoroughly moisten soil. Any light, potting mix is supposed to work. Pro-mix is a recommended mix. I have to say I'm having a hard time finding such mixes. Also liquid fertilizer recommended every 10 days to 2 weeks. That's all I know. I'm sorry it has been difficult for you.
I found a small cork , placed it in each level to avoid getting soil in that area, remove and repeat on each level. I mixed a good potting soil with worm castings and pearlite for air circulation. Don’t overwater…. If say basil likes more water than what’s above, dash a little water on basil.
I use Happy Frog potting soil in my Greenstalks now. I tried some other popular potting mixes, but after the 1st year I dumped them out and replaced it with HF. All I do at the beginning of the season is add some worm casting, coconut coir, perlite and vermiculite to top them off and use liquid fertilizer once a week.
You can use some painters tape over the openings to avoid getting soil inside, then after planting, take the tape off to stack!@@dawnbrady152
Great channel, Kevin. Just found you. The way you explain and show , is exceptional. You come across very knowledgeable and your presentation style is spot on....I am already a fan...
I agree growing lettuce and strawberry's and some of those others like Hurbs would grow great In a green stock
Excellent video as always.
The backbone of my garden for the last few years has been the GreenStalk system. This year I am doing almost everything you suggested, with the exception of lettuce due to heat (we are already over 100F), in my 5 towers. I am doing Chard and Chinese Spinach as my greens; and they are already taking off.
As you mentioned it in passing Herbs & Tomatoes are also super easy to do in a GreenStalk. With some fancy trellis work, I have been success growing full size indeterminate tomatoes, but the small cherry style work best (I enjoy Orange Hat).
Some other things that I have found do well in the GreenStalk are Ground Cherries (if you can keep up with all the fruit drops), Stevia, and Lemongrass (though cleaning out the root mass can be some work).
I look forward to seeing how the Epic GreenStalks turn out and what you will do with them in the future.
Honestly, they are such a solid system
@Epic gardening why do you prefer the green stalk system? Thank you. Just mindful of $$
I purchased 2 of the GreenStalk vertical planters late Sep 2021. I live in south Texas and planted seeds mid-Oct. thinking I would have veggies by mid-Dec. Well...that didn't happen. Guess I planted too late. So mid-April, I directly planted green bean seeds, tiny yellow onion bulbs and leaf lettuce in the GS planter. The green beans and onions germinated well and are growing nicely, but the leaf lettuce is a bust. I direct seeded in the planter, and they aren't germinating well at all. Not sure why. Maybe it got too hot too soon for the lettuce to germinate. What I have learned growing veggies in the vertical planter is - don't plant large veggies like turnips, kohlrabi, etc. There just isn't enough surface space in one pocket for multiple veggies to grow big. This year I am using grow bags too. Kevin, I bought your book about grow bags, have enjoyed reading it and learned some great information from you. The grow bags are doing well, much better than the vertical planter. It got really hot here in April, which is unusual for this time of year, and has stayed hot. I moved my grow bags and vertical planters under the outdoor pergola so they get some sun and shade with the overhead slats, hoping to ease the growing stress of 90°-100° temps. If you have any tips or suggestions for a hot climate, I would love to know. Thanks.
Wow ! Love to try these type of vertical garden here in India 🇮🇳 ️
This is fantastic! another terrific idea, thank you~
I have two 7-tier green stalks and they're great! Last year we grew strawberries BUT we didn't protect them through the winter (zone 6) and unfortunately all but one of the strawberry plants died. We have some in-ground strawberry plants, so I'm hoping we can save enough runners this year to fill up our towers again next year. I have noticed that we have so many more pest problems with in-ground strawberries than in the towers, so I think that is an added reason to use the towers. I just can't seem to get any ripe in-ground strawberries before the bunnies, chipmunks, squirrels, and birds. This year I've filled the towers with flowers for the pollinators.
Excited to grow all peppers so hard to pick a favorite
i have one for garlic, one for greens, and one.. mint has taken over. I really like the bean idea, think ill clear out the mint and make way for a bean tower this year.
First year using green stalk. Love them. Here are some things I don’t think I’ll grow again in them: dun peas- too bushy and hard to fiddle with keeping them off other plants above, radishes/turnips- just not enough space to grow and let their greens flourish, English lavender- too hard to control the amount of water it gets vs the other cells above or below. But absolutely recommended for so many other things!
Yes I tried radishes but our weather was unpredictable. Anyway they didn't grow. 3 per pocket is a lot bc the one that's more towards the back I don't think gets enough sun. I'm using the original 5 tier
@@flowerpixel mine grew really well, they just kept pushing themselves out of the soil early and the greens took over. Not to mention the pea vines pulled some out of the soil by trellising on the greens 😬
Love, love my greenstalk
Watching this is giving me and my daughter ideas
I've got all of those in my greenstalks except the strawberries! Great planting 🤗🌿
Peppers and eggplants went nuts in my Greenstalks last year. I’ll hopefully be reproducing that this year. I’m also experimenting with tomatoes and butternut squash this year. I’m very lucky and haven’t needed the spinner. The sun goes directly over them and the side that gets a little less I just plant things that don’t mind it. Thanks for the great suggestions!
Thanks for the advice ! Semper fi all
Grew lettuce and strawberries in my green stalk and the lettuce growth was amazing🥬🥬🥬
Thanks!
I’m new here (and to gardening 😅), but so glad I found your channel Kevin! You’re so informative! Thank you for your videos. Question: do you think growing garlic in the green stalk would work well? Have you tried it?
Thank you for a great video
I have 2 greenstalks and I live in Florida. I get full sun all day. I am growing lettuce, beans, nastriums, kale, collard, swiss chard, peppers, cherry tomatoes, dandelion, herbs, arugula and testing zucchini and bok choy. Last year I actually grew brussel sprouts in mine! We love our greenstalks no bending and no weeding!
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Shishito peppers, lettuce, garlic chives have all done well in my green stalk. Will have to try beans.
Hello 👋 epic gardening thanks🙏you for making my day
I planted a ton of strawberries this year but the bugs love the leaves!
Thank you for sharing this. Do you find that planting on specific levels for the different watering requirements of different crops is helpful? Also, have you tried scallions or other onions in these?
Another great Greenstalk promo video Eric
Finally discovered the Dollar Tree version just yesterday. Stoked! Those towers are expensive.
I have the original Tower project. But these newer ones look pretty nice too. And less expensive. Thanks.
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Strawberries hands-down are the best in the tower with beans (dragon tongue) right behind it!
I gifted my labmate the original deeper celled ones (her ex is refusing to return it to her post-divorce 😒) and she straight up grew squash, cucumbers and peppers in it. It was amazing when it was covered on greenery and her 2 kids LOOOOVED it. I wish she could have it back cuz I guess her ex is leaving it to the wayside and the kids miss gardening in it a lot. 😢
Great stuff
Excellent video Brother
Question: How often do you need to change the soil? Could you grow the lettuce indoors during the winter if you have sufficient light? And finally, thank you for the vids!
You can certainly grow onions inside with fluorescent or LED light in winter, have to check re lettuces
Of course you can. There are people who have entire greenhouses that operate during snowy winters and produce fine.
@@self-sufficiencyinthecity thank you!
@@PerfectionInMotion69 thank you!
Has anyone tried using this system in their kitchen? That’s what I want to do.
i luv growing michigan mini .summon in mine too!
Awesome video
Last winter something happened to my strawberries and I didn't get much fruit but a lot of runners which I planted
This year I'm going to have a ton of Strawberries :)
Great vedio plant 🌹
I saw a special edition greenstalk tower on the rusted garden. It was the most beautiful red colour! It was a while back and no shipping to Canada. 😥
Big kev ! U th man ,I love beans! Vertical gardening….yeeAaaaaas!
Can you explain how the watering works.
Really good video.
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Good video!
We got some of the stackables at the dollar tree. They are quite a bit smaller than the greenstalks BUT for $1 ya cant beat em.
I’ve planted red and yellow onions in my green stalks.
It’s not complete failure but bulbs did not develop well. Although leaves and stems grew so think. Probably more to do with not enough or too much plant food and hot winter(Dry LA weather) And I had Black aphids infestation. Also Noticed that higher top 3 layers grew better than bottom 2 layer. It was amazing how much roots were developed in soil. Almost too packed with roots that may be not enough soil for onions …
Next time if I do onions, I will just put it on every other pocket and only top 3 layers.
Bottom layers got more aphids than top.
It’s hard to feed plant on tower. Whenever I give them fish &kelp water, Aphids or bug goes crazy over it.
Still experimenting with this tower. But I think strawberry is better idea than onions.
Great suggestions! I have strawberries planted in our little planter tower. Green stalk is still on my wishlist for now! 😁
You can buy individual sections as you can afford. You will love the towers.
@@CJ-qj3pk I didn't realize that! That's so cool! Thank you!
I loved your intro!!!
I have always worried about growing larger plants in a vertical system. Now I know it will work,
Homage to the epic bean tower... Nice!
Strawberry, beans, and peppers. Makes sense for California.
Hi. What kind of soil would you use for growing carrots and beets? How many plants per section/pot?
I have only a driveway I can grow on (I can't "kill" the grass -.- ) so containers and towers would be amazing.
I've been coveting a bean tower for a couple of years now. Just watch out for giants!
This is such a great idea, did you mentioned cherry tomatoes? Can I grow baby spinach? It's just me but if I can grow a few of my own stuff, what a savings and fresh from the garden. Thanks for the suggestions for small spaces, does it matter if it's in an enclosed patio?