Gardening in a GreenStalk (In the First Year)

[@TheEnglishladyskitchengarden]

My Greenstalk is arriving Thursday. North East England

[@jaytoney3007]

I made a pepper tower this year, filling 26 of 30 pockets with 5 varieties, Hungarian Yellow Wax, Corona di Toro, Jimmy Nardello, Leysa, and Lipstick. The remaining four pockets were planted with dwarf zinnias. The productivity in the GreenStalk was better than the peppers planted in a raised bed. Some of the plants have grown tall, nearly five feet tall. Support for the plants is necessary, so I am using 3 ft bamboo plant stakes, and jute. My biggest problem is I need to use a step ladder to harvest from the top tier. I have already purchased a second tower for next year's Twin Towers of Pepper. My third GreenStalk is planted with Seascape Strawberries. My garden includes 8 raised beds, a 10x12 foot polytunnel greenhouse, 34 grow bags, an 8 ft long cattle panel tunnel, and a half dozen assorted pots for herbs-I can't let my mint take over my yard.

[@oreopaksun2512]

I think that unboxing video made me sub to Eli&Kate; it was adorable how excited and happy Eli was! So thanks to all of you for the entertainment and gardening wisdom you have shared since then.

[@eliandkate]

awwww I hadn't realised that :D

[@debc.8925]

That was such a “feel good” video. Gardeners are usually kind hearted, good sharing people and Gardener Scott is the ultimate kind hearted gardener.

[@smithyrayner]

This is so funny, I saw one on their channel and bought one too! I'm in England!!

[@jo-annjewett198]

So timely. My green stalk arrived yesterday.

[@eliandkate]

Exciting… so come on then, share all your fabulous plans???

[@eliandkate]

Still loving it and my little pak choi seedlings are happy 🎉

[@heidiclark6612]

It is so very generous of you to send Eli and Kate such a fabulous gift of a GreenStalk! I love the collaborations you do with Eli. Yes the first year is a challenge. Here where I live our irrigation water is on a separate system and it will be shut off on October 4th. So watering after that will involve lots of feet of garden hose.

[@simplifygardening]

Such a great collaboration between you and Eli and Kate. A Great system to use too loads of possibilities. Great video Scott

[@eliandkate]

putting a padlock on my greenstalk just in case you have any nefarious plans of stealing it 😜

[@dianagarlock3094]

I love Eli and Kate❤

[@eliandkate]

Awwwwwwww and we love you 🥰

[@darcyferrigno]

I am so excited to get mine, ordered it yesterday. I live in a condo in Florida so we have the sun I just need the vertical garden space. Thank you for this video. And Eli, I LOVE your accent. :)

[@robingirven4570]

I purchased a “Leaf” and 2 originals. In the leaf I filled it with strawberries m. The originals I grew one with onions (full size, nice sized onions) and the other with herbs and lettuce. Great harvest! So glad I bought them.

[@GmamaGrowz]

I grow in containers and purchased a small vertical tower that has pockets like the green stalk planter. I'm learning to grow in this new planter and enjoy the information received from this video. Thanks for sharing 🤩!

[@MsRunningdeer]

I could listen to that accent forever

[@eliandkate]

🥰🥰🥰

[@GARDENSTATEGARDENER]

Enjoyed watching this

[@elizaC3024]

I love my 2 green stalks, they have been great for second rounds of planting here in Northern Michigan. I get more beans and more lettuces.

[@Birdhouselady]

I have my green stalk full of strawberries. I love it. It keeps the berrys off the dirt

[@Flownthecoup23]

I love the idea of copper tape to deter slugs. I have a copper wire scrubber I can stretch around the base 😊

[@kathyshinn1007]

What a wonderful thing you've done. Watching Eli's joy just makes me happy. I recently received my first GreenStalk. Now I'm waiting on my strawberry plugs. :)

[@joannagel4681]

I have 4 active Green Stalks, one with only ever bearing strawberries, one with only my salsa peppers ( my third year growing peppers in this) one with just bush string beans, & last was lettuce in spring & some small herbs, when lettuce bolted & planted more beans

[@eddieslittlestack7919]

She makes a good point. I’ve (in the us) have seen videos of em but never have used em & theirfor never thought of what I’d grow in one. Bunching onions aka green onions is such an obvious choice! Another great video Scott.

[@eliandkate]

the green onion were the thing I forgot to mention even though they were right there, staring me in the face :D

[@SherryEllesson]

I could listen to Eli talk all day long. What a generous, beautiful thing your gift was! I have loads of space for planter boxes, orchard space, etc that I probably won't spend the extra $$ anytime soon on a Greenstalk, but if I ever did want to do something like plant the little Alpine strawberries or something else so delicate that it might not survive in a box, that would certainly be an option.

[@sandy-rr1by]

I jumped on the greenstalk bandwagon, but have not been thrilled with the results. I am going to move them from full sun to part shade to see if next season is better. I plan to use them for strawberries.

[@tanillecramer3915]

I’m wanting to buy one this year

[@Sezicoolcat2]

I am UK and we now have a UK distributor - Rooted in Bolton. .. Takes a while and rather expensive (we don't have the sales etc). Paying around £200 for the leaf/original combo with moving base and wheels. I have 2 so far. 2nd one I got from the Swedish distributor Eli and Kate used. I have not set them up yet. Was going to wait until spring but I do have around 30 strawberry plants that need somewhere to live over winter, so I might set mine up this afternoon. Great watch. Thank you for sharing

[@katsinnamon]

Beautiful love it

[@LadyRenira]

I also used the sticker technique to remember when I'd turned it last, lol. I considered doing 3 stickers for like S, T, Th and just turn it the night before one of those days. I had a ton of trouble with fungus gnats, but regularly feeding with mosquito bits helped. Amazingly, no real issue with slugs. Watering was troublesome because of the PNW weather because the top was getting more moisture than the mid and bottom tiers. I had to kinda focus in and give those tiers direct watering.

[@eliandkate]

I think the watering will be something I’ll have to learn slowly. Especially remembering the size of the plants and roots

[@dustyflats3832]

@@eliandkatei think they would make great planters for herbs and miniature plants. I noticed Renee’s Garden seeds here sell mini vegetables especially lettuce. Yeah, the watering thing could be an issue unless it is under an umbrella as long as it doesn’t block the light. I’ve heard some have problems with tipping over. I think they are perfect for balconies and kitchen herb gardens. Maybe you will have to get a small umbrella for the top😂

[@aimeekitty]

Eli, I definitely have problems with slugs and snails in my greenstalks. and I definitely find them in my tower when I move or disassemble it. I've tried using Sluggo but I'm not sure what else to do.

[@dustyflats3832]

I don’t have one, but Eli did use copper on bottom. I don’t have slugs, but wonder if a mote or copper platform would work. I read the best beer for traps was Bud light.

[@bluefalcon84]

Pro tip - rotating the green stalks is typically a main attribute to growing in them. With the auto watering system, all the hose clips placed on one side of the planter isn’t needed to keep the vertical water line in place, so use one every other pot (or tier) and take the others and put them on the opposite side of the planter (or buy extra clips and place them on opposite sides of each other on the planter). When time to rotate the planter, simply remove the vertical hose from the clips, spin planter around to other side, clip water line back in on the opposite side. Bam, back in business.

[@S.Marinka]

This is so smart! Thank you for the tip. I purchased the watering system but stopped using it since I can't spin the greenstalk. I will try what you said

[@bluefalcon84]

@@S.Marinka thanks, its been working perfect for me.

[@Swiergotka78]

Not sure Eli was a Greenstalk pioneer in Europe last year. There's a company in Sweden officially representing and distributing Greenstalk in Europe and I believe they've been in business last year already. I ordered mine this year April to Poland and they were already able to tell me exactly how long the shipment wil be underway. But I love her experience and would love to hear more!

[@kayleighjohnson3612]

Her accent is so beautiful❤

[@GardenGal-f3o]

Yeah, once you have 1, you want more. I ordered my first one about a month ago. My 4th one will be here tomorrow. I have only planted one, but I saw enough reviews online from gardeners I trusted, I wasn't going to wait until next year to get more. Thanks for reviewing the Greenstalk planters. I LOVE them

[@anniecochrane3359]

So useful, and beautifully watchable. The greenstalk has just become available in Aotearoa/New Zealand so I"m aiming to get one for the new downsized property I'm soon moving to. Great advice to help me get started.

[@carolynstreet5325]

I thought I had a great plan for what to plant. However, we have a strong deer presence and they pret😂ty much cleaned it out. I have a few deer-resistant herbs in the top 2 tiers, but the rest are basically empty.

[@caraphillip4203]

You can buy them in the UK just brought one from Rooted in Bolton. Brought one for my Birthday gift for myself.

[@cathypolera9748]

I love Eli. I have an issue with snails/slugs in my Greenstalk as well. I would love to know what you did to handle those little pests? Thank you.

[@eliandkate]

The very first thing I did was add copper tape to the spinner base. It won't stop them, but it deters them if you use tape with a high percentage of copper and make it as thick as you can. So far too good.... not had a single slug yet, but I know I have to stay vigilant

[@dustyflats3832]

@@eliandkateI wonder if a whole square of copper to park it on would do it.

[@MsRunningdeer]

The way she says peppers!!!

[@eliandkate]

😁 but how do you say it? What accent should I imagine you having?

[@anthonydraper]

I would love to contribute to a fund to send Eli and Kate another Greenstalk or two!

[@GardenerScott]

Thanks for the idea!

[@Birdhouselady]

Copper tape on the bottom of the stand. Great idea

[@eliandkate]

happy to report no slugs at all anywhere in the greenstalk... fingers crossed that continues

[@cbuslady]

What a fun video, Eki explained her experience well. Let me know if you need the first person in Tokyo. 🗾

[@deadradeedeebreeden7379]

Yes I would love to have one. 😢

[@doileychair595]

I bought 2 GreenStalks last year. Filled them with Mel's mix and nothing but strawberries. The strawberries did great... except they didn't survive the winter. The strawberries in my raised bed did. So how do I keep my strawberries alive through the winter in a Green Stalk?

[@GardenerScott]

Moving them into a protected area can help. A warm garage, a basement, an insulated shed. If they freeze and dry out they won't make it through winter.

[@nicoleedgecombe9273]

just bought my first and im pretty sure im the first in my island of St. lucia

[@lorraineschilling2416]

I live in Canada and they have 2 affiliate companies that sell greenStalk gardens. Maybe they have something similar in the UK? Check in to it,You never know!

[@GardenerScott]

There is a company that is selling in the UK now, but I don't think it's called a GreenStalk.

[@lorraineschilling2416]

@@GardenerScott worth checking out tho as The company that I bought mine from is an actual original GreenStalk seller So u never know! U may get lucky.

[@rosalindhb]

Sounds like green stalk needs to sponsor themvans sell 8n the U.K.

[@brad4527]

I've been thinking about buy one from Amazon,sorry Scott, to expensive from G.S . I would like to grow strawberries in it next year . Any suggestions? Great video

[@GardenerScott]

Strawberries do best in containers in Zone 7 and above. For colder regions you'll probably need to protect them.

[@primalzodiachunter]

Mr gardener Scott can you please get a price on 5 of theses amazing gift of abundance shipped to Queensland Australia im going to try turn my few acres into the next jungle full of birds and bees a project I would love to share with they thank you sir

[@GardenerScott]

You could check with an international shipper to see what they charge for a large box from the US. My guess is it will be a lot.

[@mikecarrillo7245]

Gardener Scott is a stone cold PIMP

[@eliandkate]

😂😂😂😂

[@frankbarnwell____]

I'd a greenstalk rip-off at Lowe's. Much smaller. Maybe a gallon in each planter. Good for herbs and smaller plants. But not.... green Is the 🇬🇧 in Europe? Nvm . No geography or politics

[@eliandkate]

yup the UK is in Europe (the continent not in the EU that's the economic region ) 😍