How to plant hanging upsidedown tomatoes Anyone????

[sharron]

we tried the topsy's last year, i don't know about other people, but it didn't work for us, had beautiful vines but not many blooms or tomato's, maybe did something wrong? and a couple of them did curl back up, but then we didn't have much luck with tomato's in the ground either, blight was bad in our area.

 

[Moabite]

Mother-in-law bought us the $50 three-in-one upside down tomato planter last year. It worked great! But by the end of the season it was completely dry rotten. I planted a bunch of heirloom tomatoes in the ground, but they got attacked by nematodes or something, but the ones in the Topsy Turvy did fine. But $50 for one season kind of defeats the whole point of growing your own.

I found a 12 inch diameter PVC pipe about 5 ft long, cut 4 holes in it and cut a piece of old plywood to fit in the bottom with 3 bolts keeping it from falling through. I filled it with good dirt, mulch, bone meal, and coffee grounds up to the first hole, carefully put a start into the hole, and continued filling until the next hole, etc. until I got to the top and planted another one up there. I hung it from the cloths line T-post by a short chain and I water it once a week. They seem to be doing fine, but it is to early to tell. I hope it works though, 'cause there isn't any room left in the garden to start over.

If I was to do it again, I'd use a 9ft long PVC pipe and plant it in the ground about 2 ft deep instead of hanging it.

 

[biddybird]

Trying the Topsy Turvey thing and so far not too impressed. Like everyone else my plant is trying its hardest to go toward the sky. Not really put on leaves and limbs either. The wind has been awful and I wondered if that could be a problem. Visited Mother-in-Law last weekend and she has two that are like the picture on the box, filled with green tomatoes. She used a Better Boy variety, I used Roma. I don't know if that is the problem.

 

[cclady]

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yes, i got one also and it was a lemon