Amazing Creation Stackable Planter Vertical Garden for Growing Strawberries, Herbs, Flowers, Vegetables and Succulents| Indoor/Outdoor 5 Tier Gardening Tower| Hanging Planter (Terracotta)

you'll find several vertical garden tower options on amazon, and this one had the best price and seemed to be a decent product. I was happily surprised by the quality and size of the tower pieces. A very high quality thick plastic used, and excellent sized stacking pots. Can't wait to fill this up and start growing my strawberries and herbs in it, I know I'll get a lot of plants in this!

This was a present but the person I gave it to seemed very pleased and is now planting it up. It looks like a clever idea.

The media could not be loaded.  As you can see.. even though it is autumn here I have a lovely crop of lettuce and tomatoes are flowering.. this garden was only planted 3-4 weeks ago.. looking forward to many yummy salads.. so easy to put together, plant and maintain. Highly recommend

I went with the cheapest version available and I was so happy with my purchase! My plants are growing well and the ease of assembly is amazing. I plan to buy more.

Alright so this might be a long post, bare with me.Pros:First of all, these are thick which is great because they'll withstand the typical greenhouse abuse that's expected, you get 15 slots and they have soil separators.The soil separators are a great feature because potted plants tend to get root bound, the separators create air pockets beneath the soil so that when roots hit the air they stop growing and send a signal to the plant to send out new roots. From personal experience I can tell you that you'll get better growth and yield at harvest time.Now onto the cons and the following are the reasoning behind taking stars off. Hopefully the manufacturer reads this so that improvements can be made. Otherwise I will follow the cons with a section on how to adapt the kit.Cons:First and foremost, drainage is wrong. The location that put the drainage holes makes it so that water pools in the bottom of each planter level, maybe that's their intention but that creates a mosquito haven in each level.Second, the slits in the soil separators are too wife and allows for soil to get down into the pocket below which will lead to a mold situation as i had observed, mold is bad.Third, and this is on me not the manufacturer however they should note in the instructions to not go over 5 levels unless you have a center support to prevent toppling. Trust me, I learned the hard way. 😞Now onto advice and solutions plus plans i have to upgrade these kits, which i most likely will buy many more. Again, they're not bad, they just need tweaking.So as to the drainage, I suggest you drill some holes in the flat portions of the bottom so that you don't have standing water and silicone seal the premade drainage holes. Use a strip of window screen which is cheap and silicone it over the drainage holes you drilled to prevent insects, especially mosquitoes, from getting inside.Now onto the soil separators, cut to fit landscape fabric or window screen to prevent soil from getting down into the "aeration pocket" to prevent the drainage holes grom getting clogged.Third, do not go higher than 5 unless you have a center support. A 6 foot rebar pounded into the ground will suffice and prevent toppling.Improvements and tweaking i plan on doing.I am going vertical in my greenhouse next year so i plan on making improvements so I can achieve my goal of growing a lot of food in a small foot print.I will have sonotubes 2 feet in the ground with a 6 foot rebar in the center and concreted so that the base is stable. I will attach steel turntables/lazy susans to the concrete bases and bolt the tower bases so that the entire tower will turn freely. Using construction adhesive, every other level till have a beating glued where the venter hole is so that the plastic isn't rubbing against the rebar. Yes i know this is over engineering but doing these improvements will allow for tall towers and prevent tipping or toppling.I am also going to find a way to add an automatic watering system so that each tower can be hooked up to the irrigation system I have plumbed in already.In closing, these are really good towers and are thick. Depending on how you intend to use them will determine how well they work out. If you plan on having them stationary on a deck, then I would recommend the new drainage holes along with the screen/fabric and you can go 10 high. If on soil, then please add a center support so you don't suffer the failure I have. Now if you plan on going gonzo like me which would be 10 levels high with turntables so the towers can be spun not just for ease of access, but to provide every plant equal amounts of sun, then you have the blueprints i laid out above. I do plan on buying more because greenstalks are so expensive and my upgrades to these will save a ton of money, just make sure you come up with a game plan based upon hownyou intend to use these. In the future I will post pictures as an update and if the manufacturer wants I'll provide them with photos so that customers can see the different ways of utilizing these towers.