tomatos in upside down planters

[bugkiller]

Has anyone here had any experiance with the upside down tomato planter bags. I have very limited space in my garden and if i can grow them and hang them out of the garden and get the same yeild that would open up a entire 4x8 box to plant oher things i have not been able to try. any advice would be great.


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[Angelicisi]

I have used them for cherry toms and they worked, I tried with Jubilees but they were too heavy and cracked stems before they'd finish up. I am attempting strawberries in one right now!

 

[bugkiller]

I am totaly obsessed with this square foot gardening now and am trying to squeeze every " out of my garden.

 

[Alwayswantchics]

Are you in Ontario, Canada or California?

 

[bugkiller]

Canada

 

[yinepu]

I tried the buckets a couple of years ago.. three different varieties.. two were cherry type.. other was a roma

bucket 1: the tomato vines snapped off at the base when we got a little wind
buckets 2 & 3 the stems cracked just like they did for MotherCluckinMe

so no idea if I just had the wrong varieties or just what.. but I heard where others used the same bucket system and did fine...

 

[thedollysmama]

We had so much success with ours we had to prune back about 4 feet of the plants that were in the ground. Use a drip irrigation system, the planters are already designed for it and it is super easy to set up and you will be overwhelmed with growth! Nifty idea and a great conversation piece!

 

[gryeyes]

I use the "Deluxe" Upside Down Tomato Tree style, where the tomatoes grow out of the sides of the bag, not the very bottom of the bag. There are three ports on the side.

I have usually planted a regular sized plain old 'mater plant in one port, then filled the other two ports with a different variety of cherry tomatoes.

This has worked very well for me. I'm getting ready to set up the system again for this year. (Gotta tilt over the stand to get last year's soil out of the bag and clean it out.)

 

[FlySammyJ]

I've grown peppers in an inverted container, and it worked well. The Thai chili and Jalapeno plants didn't have any weight issues and produced heavily, though the fruit did turn out on the smaller side.