Love the idea of a snacking tower for the kids. I am beyond that stage, but my kids would have loved it. Thanks for the variety ideas that work well in a green stalk; I have two towers I switched to since regular bending is getting harder in the garden for me. I haven't figured out the fertilizing part yet, some things are so spindly.
Liquid fish emulsion (fertilizer) is my favorite all-around fertilizer. It won't burn your plants as long as it's used according to package instructions: foodprepguide.com/supplies/#neptune-harvest
Girl! What a great idea!! A snack tower of goodness!! I love it!! I may have to work me up a snack tower for my grands! And hunny, don't worry none about pronunciation, here in the south we call'em maters and we grow taters too. Lol! I've always wanted to have a strawberry tower but never got around to it yet. I do have a raised bed designated just for strawberries now tho. I'm growing the everbear variety because they put out runners and all it takes are a few plants that will fill the bed out given some time. Love your content. May God bless you and your family with a bountiful harvest! Oh, I was going to ask you if you have thornless blackberry vines? Besides my little strawberry patch my grands love to come over and pick and eat my blackberries. They will pick the ripe plums off my trees too, and my muscadines. Lol
Lol! We call them maters & taters, too. :) Thank you for your kind comments and encouragement! We don't grow blackberries because they grow wild all over the road we live off of, and we're able to forage for them. Unfortunately, they're not thornless. I might have to consider that because harvesting those blackberries is NOT fun lol. I bet your grands LOVE coming to your house! ❤️❤️
@@foodprepguide It's not just easier picking them, I don't have to worry about ticks, chiggers, or snakes either when picking. It's in my back yard that's kept mowed and I weed them too. So advantage there! Although, with thornless, they are such huge berries which means bigger seeds! But what the grands don't eat I usually have quiet a bit that I juice and can without sugar for making jelly later. I have 3 fifty foot rows of them. Hun, if you were in arkansas I'd dig you up some that come out from the sides and send you home with enough to start your own row. We have gifted to several people throughout the years that way. It's the gift that keeps on giving! Also, I will run a batch of the berries through my juices several times and end up with thick puppy juice without the seeds. I can make cobbler with it for my inlaws and it doesn't effect their diverticulitis. I love my thornless berries!
@@foodprepguide Yaaay!! You won't regret it!! The first year we started one 50ft row from starters our aunt gave us. We got a handful of berries that year. The 2nd year I got like 18 gallon buckets full. The 3rd year I got 29 gallons of berries picked off it. Then I dug up the ones that were growing out from it and we had enough to start our 2nd 50ft row. From there we got our 3rd row and that's not counting what we gave to family and friends! There is some work involved once a year though! You have to cut out all the old woody growth. We set T-posts in ground every 8ft and then ran 3 rows of cable across and I would train the vines as they grew up and had a full fence of berries. We do our muscadines and grapes the same way. That is the easiest way to maintain the vines for us. Also, sometimes I would let a vine grow long enuf for end to touch the ground and they will take root that way too, then I would cut it 6 to 8 inches up from where it rooted and have an extra plant to give away. Easy to grow! We dug a trough and filled with good organic soil to plant them in. A couple years later after we butchered our hogs, I shoveled some dirt from the pig pen around them and man! They loved that! Hope that gives you ideas. We worked with what we had. Shoveled some from our chicken pen too one time when we had chickens. It all works!
I love this idea! I have two young girls who are involved with all my gardening. I have my second Greenstalk getting delivered on Tuesday. I'm new at gardening but I started it for my girls. I was wondering do you direct sow the seeds in your Greenstalk? I would love if you did a video when you do yours. Thank you! 🫛🥬🍅
You can direct Sow or start seeds indoors prior to your last frost date. (Read the seed packets for germination dates and count backwards from your last frost date to know when to start them) It may also depend on the seed variety as some do not like to be transplanted.
I do both - like what @irony11 said. For greens and bush beans, I direct sow. For the tomatoes, I start them in milk jugs, then transplant when they're several inches tall. I find it difficult to germinate tomato seeds directly sown in the Greenstalk because I have to remember to turn it daily so all sides get some sun - and to keep it moist during germination ... and I tend to forget both those things! Lol Beans, however, seem to germinate anywhere in any conditions, so they have no problem sprouting directly in the Greenstalk.
Thank you so very much! All the info helps and will save me time. I did have lots of success with tomatoes in the milk jug so I will use those. I'm also using the Top Hats!
Great information! I was preparing a Baker Creek order so now I have a few more fun things to add! Do you always use these seedlings in soil or do you ever do them hydroponically? I have a Farmstand which I use exclusively indoors. I LOVE growing my greens in it as I don't have to fight with bugs, heat or cold and the finished product lasts for a super long time in the refer after harvesting. Thank you for your great videos!
Love the idea of a snacking tower for the kids. I am beyond that stage, but my kids would have loved it. Thanks for the variety ideas that work well in a green stalk; I have two towers I switched to since regular bending is getting harder in the garden for me. I haven't figured out the fertilizing part yet, some things are so spindly.
Liquid fish emulsion (fertilizer) is my favorite all-around fertilizer. It won't burn your plants as long as it's used according to package instructions: foodprepguide.com/supplies/#neptune-harvest
@@foodprepguide thanks for that tip! I've got some in my shopping cart now :) Anything to have better success.
I love the vertical tower. I also have the orange hat tomato and like how it's so compact.
It really is convenient. :)
Girl! What a great idea!! A snack tower of goodness!! I love it!! I may have to work me up a snack tower for my grands! And hunny, don't worry none about pronunciation, here in the south we call'em maters and we grow taters too. Lol! I've always wanted to have a strawberry tower but never got around to it yet. I do have a raised bed designated just for strawberries now tho. I'm growing the everbear variety because they put out runners and all it takes are a few plants that will fill the bed out given some time. Love your content. May God bless you and your family with a bountiful harvest! Oh, I was going to ask you if you have thornless blackberry vines? Besides my little strawberry patch my grands love to come over and pick and eat my blackberries. They will pick the ripe plums off my trees too, and my muscadines. Lol
Lol! We call them maters & taters, too. :)
Thank you for your kind comments and encouragement! We don't grow blackberries because they grow wild all over the road we live off of, and we're able to forage for them. Unfortunately, they're not thornless. I might have to consider that because harvesting those blackberries is NOT fun lol.
I bet your grands LOVE coming to your house! ❤️❤️
@@foodprepguide It's not just easier picking them, I don't have to worry about ticks, chiggers, or snakes either when picking. It's in my back yard that's kept mowed and I weed them too. So advantage there! Although, with thornless, they are such huge berries which means bigger seeds! But what the grands don't eat I usually have quiet a bit that I juice and can without sugar for making jelly later. I have 3 fifty foot rows of them. Hun, if you were in arkansas I'd dig you up some that come out from the sides and send you home with enough to start your own row. We have gifted to several people throughout the years that way. It's the gift that keeps on giving! Also, I will run a batch of the berries through my juices several times and end up with thick puppy juice without the seeds. I can make cobbler with it for my inlaws and it doesn't effect their diverticulitis. I love my thornless berries!
Ok, you've sold me! You had me at "don't have to worry about ticks and chiggers." LOL They'll likely have a place in my garden next year. ❤️
@@foodprepguide Yaaay!! You won't regret it!! The first year we started one 50ft row from starters our aunt gave us. We got a handful of berries that year. The 2nd year I got like 18 gallon buckets full. The 3rd year I got 29 gallons of berries picked off it. Then I dug up the ones that were growing out from it and we had enough to start our 2nd 50ft row. From there we got our 3rd row and that's not counting what we gave to family and friends! There is some work involved once a year though! You have to cut out all the old woody growth. We set T-posts in ground every 8ft and then ran 3 rows of cable across and I would train the vines as they grew up and had a full fence of berries. We do our muscadines and grapes the same way. That is the easiest way to maintain the vines for us. Also, sometimes I would let a vine grow long enuf for end to touch the ground and they will take root that way too, then I would cut it 6 to 8 inches up from where it rooted and have an extra plant to give away. Easy to grow! We dug a trough and filled with good organic soil to plant them in. A couple years later after we butchered our hogs, I shoveled some dirt from the pig pen around them and man! They loved that! Hope that gives you ideas. We worked with what we had. Shoveled some from our chicken pen too one time when we had chickens. It all works!
Thanks bunches for the recommendations!
My pleasure! 🙂
Pretty windy here today too 😅
Lol "tamaters" 😂❤ i just found yall tiday 🎉 subscribed
I get tongue-tied ALL the time. 😂😂 Welcome to the channel! ❤️
I love this idea! I have two young girls who are involved with all my gardening. I have my second Greenstalk getting delivered on Tuesday. I'm new at gardening but I started it for my girls. I was wondering do you direct sow the seeds in your Greenstalk? I would love if you did a video when you do yours. Thank you! 🫛🥬🍅
You can direct Sow or start seeds indoors prior to your last frost date. (Read the seed packets for germination dates and count backwards from your last frost date to know when to start them) It may also depend on the seed variety as some do not like to be transplanted.
I do both - like what @irony11 said.
For greens and bush beans, I direct sow.
For the tomatoes, I start them in milk jugs, then transplant when they're several inches tall. I find it difficult to germinate tomato seeds directly sown in the Greenstalk because I have to remember to turn it daily so all sides get some sun - and to keep it moist during germination ... and I tend to forget both those things! Lol
Beans, however, seem to germinate anywhere in any conditions, so they have no problem sprouting directly in the Greenstalk.
Thank you so very much! All the info helps and will save me time. I did have lots of success with tomatoes in the milk jug so I will use those. I'm also using the Top Hats!
Great information! I was preparing a Baker Creek order so now I have a few more fun things to add! Do you always use these seedlings in soil or do you ever do them hydroponically? I have a Farmstand which I use exclusively indoors. I LOVE growing my greens in it as I don't have to fight with bugs, heat or cold and the finished product lasts for a super long time in the refer after harvesting. Thank you for your great videos!
Yay! I’ve never tried hydroponics. No bugs sounds nice!