I tried them, when I got tired of my hanging baskets of strawberries.

I tried 2 kinds of tomatoes, Early Girl and one other which I've forgotten.
We don't have a good tomato climate--too cool. They did about the same as
plants in the ground, a little smaller. BUT on one kind (and, I'm sorry, I
don't remember which) almost every fruit rotted before it ripened because of
water dripping on it; watering was from a tiny sprinkler stuck in the top of
the hanging container.

We used small plants from the nursery, in potting soil with a time release
fertilizer. As soon as they started growing they realized they were upside
down, and turned up. Eventually the weight of it all pulled them down, but
it was not graceful. Same thing with the petunias I tried in them the
following year.

The whole setup was interesting, but unattractive.
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Scott Hildenbrand wrote:

Yeah.. I think the best DIY bet would be those 5 gallon buckets.. I had
several I cleaned and kept when I sealed the driveway at the old house.

Seems like the bigger the container the better the plants do, which is
no surprise.

Does anyone have any experience growing these?
I'd just planned on container gardening this year to save on water
costs, (water costs make it cheaper to buy at the store rather than
garden anymore! At least here...) but if one gets a better yield from
these, I may try it.
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