What Seeds are Best in a Tower Garden?

I’ve been asked where to find Tower Garden seeds. In reality, there are no special Tower Garden seeds. A plant grown in a Tower Garden uses the same seeds as a plant grown in soil. I also don’t feel the need to purchase seeds online. I’ve found that seeds purchased at your local store will sprout and grow just fine. There are seed varieties that can be difficult to get locally. For example, if you’re looking for a determinate tomato plant because it will be bushy and need less staking, you’ll probably need to order online.

What about organic seeds for the Tower Garden?

Plants grown on a Tower Garden aren’t considered organic which means that paying extra money for organic seeds won’t produce an organic plant.  

Can I buy seedlings for the Tower Garden?

Seedlings can be purchased from various Tower Garden seedling providers. But growing plants from seed can be very rewarding and much less expensive. Here’s an easy way to germinate seeds in rockwool for the Tower Garden.

What can be grown indoors on a Tower Garden?

A wide variety of veggies and flowers can be grown on a Tower Garden. Here’s the list starting with indoor growing. Different plants do need different environments. Your home might be too dry to grow plants that like it humid. Lettuce likes cooler temperatures. It’s possible to grow lettuce outside in a Tower Garden, but if it’s 80 degrees or above, the lettuce will bolt and turn bitter quickly. 

Indoors

Fruits and Vegetables

• Amaranth (vegetable type)
• Arugula
• Baby greens
• Bayam
• Beans: Lima, bush, pole, shell, fava, green
• Broccoli raab
• Cabbage and Chinese cabbage
• Chard, all types
• Chicory
• Collards
• Cress
• Endive
• Escarole
• Kale
• Kinh gioi
• Komatsuna
• Leeks
• Lettuce, all types
• Mesclun varieties
• Misome
• Mizuna
• Mustard greens
• Ngo gai
• Okra
• Pak choy
• Radicchio
• Sorrel
• Spinach

Herbs

• Angelica
• Anise hyssop
• Basil, all types
• Bee balm
• Borage
• Calendula
• Catmint
• Catnip
• Chamomile
• Chervil
• Chives
• Cilantro (coriander) and culantro
• Citrus basil
• Cumin
• Cutting celery
• Dandelion
• Dill
• Echinacea (Coneflower)
• Epazote
• Feverfew
• Flax
• Garlic chives
• Goldenseal
• Hyssop
• Lavender
• Leaf fennel
• Lemon balm
• Lemongrass
• Lovage
• Marjoram
• Mexican mint marigold
• Mibura
• Milk thistle
• Mint, all varieties
• Nettle
• Oregano
• Parsley (leafy types only)
• Passion flower
• Pleurisy root
• Pyrethrum
• Rosemary
• Rue
• Sage
• Salad burnet
• Saltwort
• Savory
• Shiso
• Stevia
• Thyme
• Valerian
• Wormwood

Outdoors

Flowers

While flowers are best suited for the outdoors, it’s possible to grow them indoors with grow lights, although hand pollination may be necessary.

Edible Flowers

• Calendula
• Carthamus
• Dianthus
• Hyacinth bean
• Marigolds
• Monarda
• Nasturtiums
• Pansies
• Salvia
• Scarlet runner bean
• Sunflowers (dwarf varieties only)
• Violas

Ornamental Flowers

• Ageratum
• Agrostemma
• Ammi
• Amaranth, globe
• Amaranthus
• Artemisia
• Aster
• Bells of Ireland
• Bupleurum
• Cardoon
• Centaurea
• Celosia
• Coleus
• Cosmos
• Craspedia
• Datura
• Delphinium
• Digitalis
• Eucalyptus
• Euphorbia
• Forget-me-not
• HibiscusImpatiens
• Kale, ornamental
• Morning glory
• Nigella
• Petunia
• Phlox
• Poppy
• Polygonum
• Ptilotus
• Safflower
• Salpiglossis
• Rudbeckia
• Sanvitalia
• Scabiosa
• Snapdragon
• Statice
• Stock
• Strawflower
• Sweet peas
• Thunbergia
• Verbena
• Yarrow
• Zinnia