Planting a Lettuce Tower - Grow a Lot in a Little Space

[@CaliKim29]

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[@amberchantell]

I love gardening. It’s truly my therapy. I am doing a strawberry grow brag with holes this year. I can’t wait. I hate insects and bugs. It made my skin crawl to see you pick up the slug lol.

[@FloridaGrowing]

Thank you Kim for wonderful ideas❤️❤️

[@BenjasUberHobby]

It is really great to see you strawberries doing so well! The plastic crates are holding up well. Thanks for sharing :)

[@healthygirl3021]

Great idea! I have some extra crates I’m gonna give it a try!!

[@brandon3872]

Your strawberry/lettuce tower looks beautiful! 😊

[@Cidtalk]

CaliKim, thanks for always being so enthusiastic and informative! I love your videos, and all the gardening education I get. You mention the worm castings and tea and other things you do that help your growing beauties, but would you consider a video that covers several things you have tried that did not prove to be as productive or that you personally just didn't really like using? Thanks again!!

[@MrVjay70]

Great idea!!!!! I'll send pics of mine this spring....on the east coast we are growing snow right now

[@CaliKim29]

Would love to see some pics when you build yours, Vaun! Hang in there - and dream of sunshine. Thanks for watching!

[@paulyates2548]

what a great idea who would have thought to do that cant wait to see the reults

[@lesterexton5666]

nice tower, I like the lettuce addition . great video.

[@CaliKim29]

Glad you enjoyed it, Lester. Any plans for some crate towers in your garden?

[@lesterexton5666]

I want to put in a strawberry and a lettuce tower this year. We bought a house last jan, and I am just getting to put in a raised garden. I have to start from scratch ...again...lol

[@SushyDraws]

I would love to turn a pallet into a vertical garden! Perhaps a nice idea to show in a video here as well? You can grow herbs in it, and probably lettuce and strawberries too.

[@CaliKim29]

Hello Sushy - thanks for the suggestion - thats a great one for the garden projects list - and maybe a video series. Appreciate you stopping by!

[@leftmarginnotedpm7062]

Everything is looking great. I'm envious as someone left the tall and wide deep freezer door WIDE OPEN here. Forgot about the crate towers as they are a crate idea for several indoor veggie starts I (lettuce of course but I have bell peppers, cherry tomatoes too) have. Currently, they are in two soon to become three portable clothes closets as grow rooms in my apartment. Just have to figure out how to get grow lights on them.

[@thefuzz2006]

anyone else see the frog run for his life at 01:13 of the video? And his accomplice playing dead to the left?

[@onerestlessmuse9254]

I love this

[@denisek5208]

What a great idea!

[@jackielittlefield5273]

kim that's a great idea never know you could plant lettuce with strawberry.s I well have to think about that in the spring I always thought strawberrys would take over

[@carolmaltsbarger2341]

Love this idea!

[@CaliKim29]

Hi Carol - glad you like it - the sky is the limit with the crate towers - literally! Let me know if you try it, I'd love to hear what you grow. Thanks for watching!

[@TheJunkyardgenius]

You gave me a great idea. have many of these on a slow spinning base (say 5rpm ish) with a tiny motor but with a rigid pole inside a pipe going through all of them. ontop of the pole is a small solar panel which powers the tiny motor to turn the base. that way all 360 degrees of the crate or barrel should get an equal amount of sunlight.

[@CaliKim29]

What a great idea! Very resourceful - I'd love to see some photos of your invention and hear more about how it grows. Keep me posted!

[@cf8959]

Oh my gosh! You look just like my cousin with dark hair! BTW, she's beautiful on the inside as well as the outside.

[@barbarasodek7396]

I love this and cant wait to try it! What other veggies can you grow in a crate tower?

[@sidneythompson159]

How is the water getting down to the second & 3rd crates. Also, why do you typically not put any plants in the bottom tower but yet you put soil ?

[@tylersavage9548]

i like your video's. and i look forward to your videos

[@willowkennedy735]

What do win u have to move an all of your new seeds have to move to 🌱

[@EE-jc3wp]

You can grow strawberries and lettuce together? Is their a benefit to that? I’m new to gardening

[@cf8959]

Could you also stack them diagonally?

[@deepapai9018]

Love this idea. I am going to plant with my son. How to water the plants in the bottom crates? does water passes through the liner?

[@ronaldfeuerstein435]

Thanks again Miss Kim.. Never tho of putting my lettuce in with my strawberries... How did it all turn out?

[@CaliKim29]

Hi Ronald - it is growing in beautifully - watch last weekend's garden tour video to see an update. Are you going to try it? Thanks for watching!

[@celinebridges7817]

Hey CaliKim 😃 What a super great idea. Strawberries looking good .cant wait to see how they do . When do you start your spring planting like tomatoes bell peppers . 😃 Love your videos Blessing 👩‍🌾

[@CaliKim29]

Hello Celine - glad you liked it, looking forward to harvesting a ton of lettuce from this small space - any plans to have a crate tower of some kind in your garden? Here in CA, I'll start my warm weather seedlings indoors in about 3-4 weeks. Cool weather veggies are going strong! Thanks for your kind words - appreciate your support.

[@shiny_x3]

i think it would be a little easier if you punched the holes before you start. obviously not if you come back to it like this, but if you are starting a new one, you could make neat holes that line up

[@gaiaandreacompagni5393]

YAAAAAAS!

[@sco68dsl]

where did you get the hook tool pls

[@creationslandscapedesigns]

I would love to do a video about your garden.

[@CJ-qj3pk]

I am in No. Calif. and have strawberries called Albion. I was looking for more space and my eyes landed on a nice, sunny spot of fence. I bought an item called Living Wall Planters. I was checking the internet and fount some on houzz.com that are about the amount I paid a couple years ago from another site. They list four for $59.99. They are made from recycled milk bottles. You could grow many different things in them. I wanted strawberries. I also tried to save my bell peppers this year as you suggested. I cut them back and moved to a more sheltered location outside. I packed some dry leaves on top of soil and then placed a bit more soil to hold down the leaves. So far so good. Thanks!

[@CaliKim29]

Hello CJ - I love the idea of a Living Wall, I'll check it out! What a great way to plant a lot in a little space! How did your strawberries do in it? Glad the peppers are overwintering, you'll be so glad you put the extra effort into doing this as soon as the weather warms up and you are a jump ahead - let me know how they do! Thanks for watching!

[@bigpapi3636]

Nice! When in doubt go vertical. I can't tolerate store-bought lettuce. Every time I drive through the Salinas Valley there are aircraft spraying something pretty stinky over the head, romaine and butter lettuce fields. The beautiful heads in the supermarket must be 90% pesticide.

[@CaliKim29]

Hi Big Papi - Yes, vertical is such a space saver! And there's nothing like garden fresh lettuce. Especially when it's growing in your own backyard - you know exactly how you grew it and don't have to worry about pesticides. Thanks for watching !

[@michaeljvm]

I love strawberries

[@movingnaturefilms]

Are those Empress of India nasturtiums?

[@CaliKim29]

Hello Tim, they are pretty amazing nasturtiums - they reseeded from last year and some of the leaves are as big as a dinner plate. They are not Empress of India - I can't remember the name offhand, I'll try to look up the seed packet and let you know. Not as many flowers as I would like, but hopefully those are coming soon. Do you grow any nasturtiums in your garden?

[@noureid61]

Hi ...I'm from Egypt and I've been following your videos for a while and I do have a problem with my seeds growing can I have your help please??

[@PrettyAliceNight]

When do you first plant your lettuce seeds?

[@CaliKim29]

Hi Alice - I try to always have some kind of lettuce or green going. Since our summers (and fall this year) is so hot, lettuce does best here in the winter. I started these seeds indoors about a month ago, but you can also direct seed into your garden during the cooler months, OR grow some salad greens indoors during the very cold or very hot months, kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKPLZoinodyorbM. Let me know how your lettuce does - thanks for watching!

[@PrettyAliceNight]

CaliKim29 Garden & Home DIY Thanks. I planted a few varieties of lettuce a once it cooled off but before it got too cold but it never really grew more than a couple inches tall. I kept the soil moist and it got enough sun because it was outside so I don’t know why none of it grew well. This seems to be a constant factor for me in gardening- I can sprout the seeds and they start growing nicely but then when they are still pretty small they suddenly just stop growing and stay that size. It happens with all kinds of veggies and I’ve tried changing the soil multiple times, moving where they are planted, trying planting both in containers and in the ground, watering more or less, but it still happens. I don’t understand why I can’t seem to grow things from seed but if I purchase a veggie plant I can grow that just fine.

[@TheRenexxxxxx]

Is there a Good dirt discount code?

[@CaliKim29]

Hello Rene, unfortunately - I don't have a discount code for Good Dirt. It is without a doubt the best soil I have used in my garden - everything thrives in it. More info coming soon on why it works so well - stay tuned. Thanks for watching!

[@nirmapussella7849]

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[@anserniazi2110]

so sweet pls tell me about soil

[@barbaracarbone4658]

It really looks awesome. It will fill in nicely. I def wanna add a tower or two to my gardens.. Thanks!🍆🍅🌽

[@CaliKim29]

Hello Barbara - the crate towers area great way to grow lots in a little space - let me know when you build yours and what you plant in them. The possibilities are endless! Thanks for watching!

[@اشرفغالي-ح3ض]

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[@anserniazi2110]

i mean kind of oil mixture

[@thuongle4414]

[@CaliKim29]

Glad you like it - let me know if you give it a go. Thanks for watching!