How to prep your garden for spring

Marc Mouhawej
Jan 7, 2022
2 min read

Updated: Apr 4, 2022

As a general rule, you should plant hardy greens and cole crops a few weeks before your final frost.

Tower Tip: Don’t want to wait for the weather to warm up? You can start your indoor garden any time, regardless of the temperatures outside.

As I mentioned, most of the crops above can handle light freezes. (Many of them actually prefer cold weather.) So it’s OK if your spring garden experiences a few frosts.

How to Start Your Spring Garden

Excited to start your spring garden? Follow these five steps, and you’ll be harvesting your own salads in no time.

1. Plan your garden.

A solid garden plan considers factors like plant arrangement, sun exposure, and what you actually like to eat.

2. Secure your growing supplies.

If you want to start your plants from seed, I recommend these seed suppliers. But for a head start, you may also order seedlings from a Tower Farm.

Are you running low on Mineral Blend or something else? Click over to the Tower Garden store to restock.

3. Clean your Tower Garden.

If your garden has been sitting in storage since last growing season, it may need a quick cleaning.

(If this is your first season with Tower Garden, you can skip this step.)

4. Plant your spring crops.

Once you have your seeds, follow these tips to germinate them successfully.

When your seedlings grow to about three inches tall and have roots protruding from the rockwool, you can plug them into your Tower Garden. (If you start with seedlings from a Tower Farm, you can plant them right away.)

5. Watch for severe weather.

Cold season crops are pretty tough. But if you anticipate a stretch of freezing weather, consider heating your Tower Garden.

A basic aquarium heater will suffice — you just need to keep the water temperature above 65˚F. And covering your plants with this blanket overnight can also protect them from frosts.