"VMWOOD" wrote:

You don't have to spend money on fancy containers to try this. I am
using 1 gal ice cream buckets for patio tomato plants. For regular size
plants use 5 gal buckets. Fill bucket with soil, put lid on and turn
upside down. Drill or cut 2 - 2 1/2" dia hole in center of bottom.
Plant tomatoe plant in this hole. After a few days turn bucket right
side up, remove lid and hang.

Plants will turn and grow up towards the sunlight. I have a picture of
one of mine at:http://community.webshots.com/user/vmwood

Marv-Montezuma, IA
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Your photo (last photo on last page of Greenhouse album) actually
shows the opposite of the advertisements. The ads for these things
typically shows the tomato plant hanging downward, not turning up and
growin up the outside of the upside down container. Your method looks
even more prone to disaster than growing the regular way that nature
does it. Chances are the plant that is sold is a variety that is bred
more for hanging baskets, so it will droop down easily. If your
plants even get too many fruit on them the weight will pull them down
and put a lot of stress on the upturned stems. You'll may need to tie
the stems to the hanging chains/ropes of the pot for support or risk
damaging the stems. Although in a greenhouse you don't ahve to have as
hardy stems as you would outside.


luriko wrote:
I recently read an ad for containers used to plant tomatoes. Thing is
you plant them upside down.
The pots are inverted and you hang them.. They say it eliminates the
need for staking the plant up and they get more sun. Has anyone ever
planted tomatoes upside down? If so did it actually work? I sounds
like an interesting concept. I'd like to try it but I am a bit
hesitant to try it with many plants in case it doesn't work.



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