On 1/4/07 15:11, in article ,
"MikeCT" wrote:


"Dwayne" wrote:
Upside-down tomatoes will work, but the only person I know that has tried
them was disappointed. She may not have done it correctly, or watered it
correctly, or whatever. When she plants them the traditional way she
always picked a lot more tomatoes. I think it is a new idea that people
like to try because it is different. Try it and report back.

Dwayne (in Kansas)
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Thanks Dwayne, so it wasn't an April fool after all! As we here in the UK
are not it seems able to buy the special containers from a UK supplier, I'll
have to make my own and give it a try on a nothing ventured, nothing gained
basis.
Only problem is, what variety of tomato should I use for the experiment?

Heaven forbid I should crush such enterprise but if nature decreed plants
should grow 'up', why, I wonder, would we expect them to be better if grown
'down'. I hope you will try and will let us all know because it sounds
interesting. I must be getting (I know I am) but I do have a touch of
scepticism about this. I'm waiting for someone to suggest we grow potatoes
(not Solanum crispum for the smarty pants!) up a trellis. ;-)
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