Some basic tips and troubleshooting ideas for challenges you may run into with the Tower Garden. Plus a short gander at what I’m growing this season.
⏰ TIMESTAMPS ⏰
0:00 – Intro
0:35 – Replacing Plants
1:22 – Accuracy With pH Readings
2:11 – Making Daily Observations!
3:14 – Water Levels
4:08 – Optimize Convenience!
5:05 – Harvesting Daily + Health Rants
7:35 – Pay Attention To Lighting
9:14 – Pest Control
11:29 – What I’m Growing!
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22 Comments
I have a tg and my plants that are all about 1 month old…(ph is checked regularly to an optimal rate)…. are starting to develop brown and yellow spots…. I already moved the light back from the plants so it not that…. Have you had similar issues?
Firment some of those zucchini.
Great tips! In terms of lighting….I am also in Canada and will be growing indoors but I have floor to ceiling windows with medium sun coming into the corner. 'is it worth investing in the lighting right away or waiting to see how it goes?
Thank you for sharing all of your tips! (I know it has been four years, but I'm just getting started with my Tower Garden!
Are you still using your tower garden?
HI thanks for your videos. i was wondering do you thin the seedlings? i was wondering how many play cad i grow per rockwool cube if its something like kale or other leafy greens. thanks
Hi Joel where did you buy your Tower Garden? I live in Bancroft and would love to start my own indoor garden. Also, what do you use for nutrients? Would you be interested in giving a workshop of tower gardening? Thanks for spreading your knowledge!
You can also trim the roots by opening the lip on the reservoir and cutting the roots that are dangling into the pump or covering/clogging the pump. This way, you don't necessarily have to change the rockwool cubes out with new seedlings as often. Anyone else who has any other input on this. Please feel free to add your feedback. Thanks
Water with some 🌶 for pest
Thanks for all your tips Joel <3 I'm growing indoor all year round and want to know how much Nutrient Solution do you add for best for indoor growing results.
Thanks Joel 💕
Great quality video
I am considering starting my own tower garden and found these tips very useful thank you so much. Lots to learn.
I cant find where to leave a message or email so leaving a comment here hoping someone can advise me etc. I wanna purchase a tower but the company is currently out of the lighting system for indoor growing. Can you tell me an inexpensive alternative I can make or create using Home Depot parts for example ? Thanks so much .
I'm working on four towers for my school during the pandemic. I've been growing kale and leaf lettuce. Recently I planted 83 tomato plants. any suggestions for growing tomato plants. right now the towers are in the greenhouse. Do I have to pollinate them by hand?
When you get your tower and put your minerals in . When do you put them in again and how often?
Thank you for the water tip! I was wondering why my plants aren't flourishing and I retested my water and is reading red!!
Amazingly helpful video!!!!
I see in one of your replies you said to thin down to one or two seedlings, do you do that for the baby greens (like spicy mix, chives, green onions, etc) as well? So in other words every transplanted rockwool should only have 1 or 2 seedlings regardless of if they're baby greens or regular greens?
Thanx in advance! 🙂🙂
Thank you so much for this video, it is very helpful. I've had a hard time growing with the tower garden and what does yellow leaves mean??
Tim Blank mentioned hosing outdoor tower gardens every evening to keep off pests.
How do you know when to pick the squash?
Thank you for all your videos. I have a tower garden but I'm having some problems. According to my research, I think there should be approx. a 3-week harvest but my plants are growing slowly. My PH is good, lights are good and seeds are good. Do you have any suggestions of what I may be doing wrong?