GreenStalk Update: What I Won't Be Planting Again
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- Опубликовано: 13 авг 2020
- Find out what I will not plant in the GreenStalk again as I am pulling out summer plants to prepare for the fall in my container garden.
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Great video, I wish more RUclipsrs documented what works well/doesnt
I found plants are SUPER hungry-they need food beyond what you orginally put in the soil to start them off- in order to grow, flower & fruit-they need continual feeding-liquid fertilizer at least 1x week(neptunes is good) YOU HAVE TO FEED containers-unlike the soil where the roots can draw nutrients from the deep-in containers-any container-plants are limited to what you give them & watering & rain can wash out some of the nutrients as well. you'll LOVE LOVE LOVE your greenstalk planted with the lettuces, kales, small greens & root veggies- small bouquet herbs (not basil), snow peas, small flowers, think small foot print. save bigger plants/vining plants for garden beds, 5 gallon buckets & grow bags. btw Hoss Tools has some of the best germination in seeds.
If you planted a tiny Tom or a very small variety of tomato it would work better. You only have a 10 inch pot to plant in, and you have to plan accordingly
I planted Dragon Tongue beans last Spring in my Green Stalk and they did okay. My Sungold tomatoes produced like crazy. Also marigolds, basil and lemon thyme. Now I've got broccoli rapini, kale, beets, lettuce and still the thyme in the tower, and everything is doing great.
I'm doing dwarf tomatoes, bush beans, lettuce and herbs this Spring.
Have a beautiful garden and you taking such wonderful care of it. Thanks for sharing how you go about doing up.
If you look up rainbow gardens she grew nothing but peppers in greenstalks and they grew really good!!!! Yeah, the challenge is organizing your plants right in the stalk when you have a big variety. I'm growing cherry tomatoes in the bottom of mine this year and peppers more towards the upper middle part. I'll do micro dwarf tomatoes in the top tier.
I just ordered my Greenstalk and plan to use it all for greens and herbs. (We have a finicky tortoise who loves home grown greens!) Being able to step right out on my deck to grab herbs and greens will be wonderful!
Oh I also recommend topping your pepper leaves when they're young. It'll bush out more.
You can’t put huge plants, or plants that start out small and get very large. Lettuce, spinach, strawberries and small rooted veggies would be much better.
What are you growing in yours?
You can actually grow almost everything in the greenstalk. You just have to plan accordingly. Bigger stuff on the bottom.
I had great success with bush beans in my Green stalk. Yellow beans not so much.
Thank you
I think your problem might be not enough sun light? Because some of the plants appear a little leggy. Also, are you feeding them enough food? That could be another issue. Honestly, I think most of what you put in looked pretty good. There was probably just one thing that went wrong. Try leafy greens and see if those work out better for you. Good luck!
Thanks
I also have gotten pole beans they said but they were butter beans🤪Crazy right!! I was so disappointed!! I am growing bush beans and sweet peas and cucumbers (3 on bottom tier). Looks really good. So far. Ordered another one and going to plant as in beans again and rotate!! I also am using DE to keep bugs down! So far so good. Good luck!
Good to know about lemon balm grows 😊 great
Well, I thought I’d stop by and see what you’re gonna do today
Greenstalk has a great mother's day sale now!
That happened to me too. I planted bush beans that ended up being pole beans.
I noticed that the soil level in your Greenstalk is not flush with the tops of the opening. According to their directions the soil level should be up to the top of the opening.
Ac silly, I just read this from greenstalks blog: “Next, fill the GreenStalk with your chosen potting mix. It you are growing from seed, fill the mix to the very top of the planter. If you are growing from starter plants, leave an inch or two from the top to make sure you have space to plant.”
Interesting. My bush beans are doing great! Was it southern exposure seed exchange?
I want to get one Greenstalk planter just for strawberries. Just plant them in the top and train the runners down to the next tier.
That is what I'm doing this year. When my bare root strawberries get here I'll be doing a video to share.
Yes! I just ordered and received three green stalks for just strawberries! I have a massive patch in the ground and am hoping to skip the tedious weeding! Also, I’m hoping they will come back year after year in the green stalk? Strawberries will do that right?
@@jessiekidwell670what is your zone? If z 6 consider potted plants to be 1 zone less. Perhaps 2 frost layers on them.
Are you familiar with two types of tomato plants? Determinate and Indeterminate? That may help with your selection of tomatoes.
I know it's kind of late to make this comment regarding the seed company that never got back in touch with you. I work in customer service. Our software for creating support tickets for customers doesn't automatically import emails that get diverted to spam. AND we respond to customers who THINK we didn't because their email server diverted our response to their spam folder- even if they emailed us first.
Don't write off a company based on an email communication that failed.
Thanks for the great video!!
I just got my first Greenstalk planter and I plan to grow the following, from the bottom up: Baby Boomer tomatoes (small), flowers for pollinators, cilantro, flowers for bees/hummingbirds, and parsley on top. The flowers should grow no higher than 3-5 inches tall, and I bought a support ring for the tomatoes so they can waterfall over the second tier. I will let you know what happens.
How’d it go?
It means so much when you say that you’ll let us know what’s going on and then you never return thank you
@@Inpreesme Life got busy. My upper levels did very well (flowers and herbs) but the lower tiers produced little fruit or plants. It could be that amount of sunshine they are getting because my neighbor has a huge overshadowing pecan tree.
Looks like an issue w watering. Suggest not putting things that need significant pollination between other bushy plants. The bees prob cant find the cucamelon blooms. Make sure only determinate tiny types or small like juliet or tiny tim in greenstalks. Lemon Balm (in mint family) and mint will take over the entire level w roots. I cant even grow brusels sprouts in the ground due to the dreaded moth damage in VA. Suggest 3 tomatoes and every other bean in lower level. Too many leaves will shade other plants.
Hope you transplanted the aloe. It can take a lot of punishment and still grow.
I did. I have it inside right now.
Feed your plants manure tea and see how beautiful your plants will be.
Curious to know the seed company you won’t use again.
Probably Southern Exposure Seed Exchange.
I will say I’ve ordered seeds on a number of occasions from them and not had issues with poor germination or incorrectly labeled seed.
This vid is the first I've seen of yours. Since you haven't gotten much fruit on your plants, I wonder if there was something lacking in your potting soil?
Got a little bit of a late start and we had solo much rain so that may be it. I used great soil and worm castings before I planted. Started most everything from seed.
@@amandabaity9085 excess rain can really be a problem!
Tomato plants just get too big for the GreenStalk.
Yeah I keep seeing RUclipsrs talk about growing tomatoes and I can't help but wonder its bc it's a paid promotion
Some dwarf and determinate tomatoes stay fairly small. I agree though indeterminate tomatoes, especially cherries, just get too big, even if kept to a single stalk.
There are other RUclipsrs and bloggers that have very successfully grown tomatoes and peppers and even corn in GreenStalks. The thing with tomatoes and peppers is that they really need to be determinate, have good support, and you should leave the two spots next to them empty (and be careful what you plant in the layer above them as well, plant things that do well with shade or that are able to grow a little taller to make up for the shade they’re getting)
Good morning Amanda, you are not growing the right things in your greenstalk. Let’s face it, tomatoes, potatoes and corn are not suited for the Greenstalk.
too long to get to the point. sorry.
I have 2 of them, hate them both. I'll never use them again, big waste of time and money.
What did you not like about them? I was thinking of getting one. Wirkd like to hear the cons of them so I can make an informed decision.
Could you share why you dont like them? I was thinking about getting two.
@OzarkMel it would be so helpful if you could tell us what you grew and why you don't like them!
I have 2 of the originals and one leaf one. I love it one is full of only strawberries, the other has carrots,kohlrabi,celery, chives,and onions I'm going to replant with herbs,mint,flowers and basil maybe this spring, the leaf planter all my lettuce,spinach,kales etc. Going to buy the dark green one next. I use promix or fox farm soil like it recommended and haven't had an issue.
You could have easily left out about 50% of the words you used here. Watch/listen to it and see how many times you repeat the same things.