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.

Just a gimmick really. How does putting the pot ABOVE the plant give
it more sun? Doesn't the pot become a overhang/umbrella , therefore
creating a shadow to now block more sun?

Many plants automatically grow and turn upward towards the sun. Most
tomato species do this. A hanging baskt variety would be more limp,
although they also tend to be more of the cherry-sized tomatoes. Even
on hanging plants, the ends constantly upturn towards the sun. I'd bet
that the variety in the upside down is a hanging basket version. But I
really see no benefit whatsoever to upside down planting. Take the
money you'd spend on this and buy a simple, effective and resusable
cage and you won't have to worry about pinching out or staking and
tying.

DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email)
Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound
3rd year gardener
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