On the day of Mon, 20 Mar 2006 07:18:28 -0500...
Jim Elbrecht
typed these letters:

vivian wrote:

Has anyone here tried this with either the Topsy-Turvy I or II tomato
planter systems?

Also- Could anyone comment on *why* upside-down? Why not just a
container?

I know 3 people who grow container tomatoes upside down. None can
answer why it is a better system than standard containers. [one has 5
acres of lawn and probably a quarter acre of flower beds- yet he grows
these 2 scrawny tomato plants upside down for the past 3 years. Is it
just the novelty that draws people to make their tomatoes hang
un-naturaly?]

Jim

The answer has to be novelty. Otherwise it's just unnatural. If one
has enough space to grow tomatoes in a container upside down. One
has enough space to grow them right side up in a container. The
upside down tomato concept makes no sense to me... Then again
a lot of things in the world make no sense to me.

Devonshire