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Inverted tomatoes?
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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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. I saw those planting bags for sale in some seed catalogs this winter, so I started extra tomato seeds. Am going to try to hang some big, black plastic (nursery) pots and plant the 'maters to come through the big, center drain hole in the pots. The fun part about gardening is experimenting with new ideas and plants every year : ) Jan USDA Zone 3, Alaska -- The way to a man's heart is between the fourth and the fifth rib. |
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Christ Almighty, Flora, why don't you go back to you-know-where and
leave these fine people alone? You know as much about tomatoes as Dennis Harris knows about cruises. |
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"Betty Harris" wrote: Christ Almighty, Flora, why don't you go back to you-know-where and leave these fine people alone? You know as much about tomatoes as Dennis Harris knows about cruises. Ah, a stalker. Crawl back under your rock, troll. -- The way to a man's heart is between the fourth and the fifth rib. |
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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 http://community.webshots.com/user/vmwood 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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De reet van je moeder heeft haar eigen vakbond.
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"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 http://community.webshots.com/user/vmwood 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. DiGiTAL ViNYL (no email) Zone 6b/7, Westchester Co, NY, 1 mile off L.I.Sound 3rd year gardener http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalfrazier/ |
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Betty Harris wrote:
De reet van je moeder heeft haar eigen vakbond. This is Dutch and the literal translation is: "The reet of your mother has its own trade union." reet? I suspect it means either "You're mother is a prostitute" or "You're an S.O.B." |
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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 http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/royalfrazier/ |
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Think the only real advantage is for those who don'tt have a lot of
garden space for tomatoes..A lot of tomatoes can be grown in a very small area this way. Don't know whether it's bad or good but a lot of the fun for me is trying new flowers & plants and new ways of growing them. If what was good enough for grandpa is good enough for you then you probably shouldn't try it. LOL Marv-Montezuma, IA http://community.webshots.com/user/vmwood |
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VMWOOD wrote:
Think the only real advantage is for those who don'tt have a lot of garden space for tomatoes. Or any garden space at all. If they're in an apartment, and floorspace on the patio (or deck) is already at a premium, or the floor is shady, but something hanging could be in more sun, this is a possible solution. If nothing else, it'll be a conversation piece if they entertain out there. Gardening, even vegetable gardening, isn't always about maximizing yields, or increasing efficiency for the masses. -- Warren H. ========== Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife. Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants to go outside now. What's on TV? See the new fall network schedules online: http://www.holzemville.com/mall/tele.../fall2005.html |
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