Mr. Stacky 5 Tier Stackable Strawberry, Herb, Flower, and Vegetable Planter - Vertical Garden Indoor/Outdoor

I wanted a compact way to grow strawberries and chose this tower. It was easy to load (dirt and plugs) while building the stack, and I was able to move it around on the patio pretty easily. The tower was solid and the green look is the traditional forest green. Strawberries are growing extremely well and already have some pollinated flowers. I'm very happy with it.There are limited downsides. It's circular, so I felt the need to rotate the tower to make sure it was getting sun on all the plants. I'm not sure if this was really necessary, but because it is a tower, at least early in the season, the back side doesn't get as much sun. Additionally, it seems that you need a lot of plants in order to get the amount of strawberries that I want, so I'm going to need a LOT of these towers if I'm going to get the yield I'm looking for. Additionally, when you water the plants, they drain from the top to the bottom, but it's difficult to know exactly how much of that water is making it down the tower, so you're really watering the whole tower just to be sure.Lastly, I felt it necessary to move the tower to a safe location when we had a few storms because it is lightweight and the wind was strong. It felt like the tower could be knocked over and because it's easy to assemble, it's also likely to fall to pieces if knocked over. I'll be considering a method for anchoring the tower next year. Note, it didn't fall over, it just was a worry in high winds.

Easy to put together! Easy to plant!

Stacks nicely, seems strong enough. I put a metal pole through the center into the ground (it’s on the top of a filled barrel). The only issue is watering: it’s really difficult to keep it well watered. I will eventually use a pole with holes drilled in it to try to get enough water to each level… trying to water each level with a hose doesn’t really work and the plants just don’t get enough water. I found this out when I recently had to move its location. I took off each level and all of them were dried out, I do like it and now have lots of strawberries.

So far so good with the strawberry Mr Stacky. I am only using 3 out of 5 stacks. When you water the plant at the top, it trickles down throughout the plant because of holes in the plastic. I chose a lighter color hoping it wouldn’t draw in as much heat and scorch the plant. Seems sturdy enough, the layers do click in to each-other with some finagling.

I wish it had wheels and the stackable a bit more sturdy… it was knocked over several times, augh! If you plant the same crop all the way around it’s difficult to spin for sun exposure so I recommend a shade crop on one side so you don’t have to turn it around or to stay consistent.

Great size for n herb garden worth various herbs. Easy to put together and seems like it will last.

Good byeSturdy

Ordered green and got stone. Looks fine, gave it as a gift. We've had lots of random issues with orders lately, but this one had the least impact overall. So it's a win I guess. She's excited to use it for herbs. Simple setup and very lightweight and sturdy.