In moderate climates water from the top 4-6 gallons 3x per week during peak summer growth, and 1-2x per week during spring & fall. Water once a month in the winter to maintain soil structure.

Every time the Garden Tower® is watered, available (soluble) nutrients are moved from root zone to root zone as the water moves through the connected soil levels. Nutrient uptake is increased for faster growing, more nutritious plants.

Internal horizontal shelves entirely prevent potting soil compaction and aid in absorption of water back into the soil. This helps extend the life of most potting soils to several years.

In a raised-bed or typical container, >90% of available nutrition is lost below the root zone. The Garden Tower® recovers these nutrients and optimizes delivery to the plant roots for hydroponic-like growth rates.

Add compostable non-meat kitchen scraps and "browns" (shredded paper, etc) from your kitchen to the compost tube.

Red worms eat the kitchen compost as soon as it begins to decay. Red worms stay near the fresh compost and are protected from dryness, excess moisture, heat and cold by the surrounding soil.

This stable red worm habitat is why the Garden Tower® is much easier to maintain than typical vermicompost bin or bag systems.

If introduced, night crawler worms travel throughout the layers of rich compost and the potting soil helping to transport nutrients and create pathways for maximum soil and compost aeration.

Plant roots DIRECTLY ACCESS the compost column for natural nutrition.

This concept is everywhere in nature but unique to the Garden Tower® container gardening system.

If introduced, night crawler worms travel throughout the layers of rich compost and the potting soil helping to transport nutrients and create pathways for maximum soil and compost aeration.

Dark, rich finished compost can be removed from below every 90 days during the growing seasons. Kitchen scraps are reduced in volume by 10-20x.

The compost gate is fully perforated to maximized air entry into the compost from below. The gate slides out allowing the compost to drop into the drawer for removal.

The 2 gallon drawer captures all water or "nutrient leachate" that exits the potting soil for reuse. This leachate or "nutrient tea" has been analyzed and contains a balance of essential nutrients for plants.