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 Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 10:34 am
I dont think we had a thread on this last year, but it's been on my mind. We've all seen the commercials for the 'topsy turvy' tomato hanger, and i've seen several knock offs in gardening stores, where the tomatoes hang and grow. The one pro i can think of for this, is that it's a space saver for those who dont have tons of planting room. Also, according to the creators the water and nutrients go right into the roots of the plants.  * Have you used this type of planting method?
* Reasons why you like/dislike it?
* Do you not want to use this method? Why not?
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:42 am
My only concern with those is how do they hold the plants without tearing? Especially if you have a large tomato plant that's full of ripe fruit.
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:13 pm
onicoe My only concern with those is how do they hold the plants without tearing? Especially if you have a large tomato plant that's full of ripe fruit. Thats what i was thinking, the post they sent to put together looks so skinny =| But my sister bought one and got one free, theyre in the post. Shes giving me one, and we'll see what happens XD
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 6:24 pm
ooh. tell us how it works out, because that setup does look very nifty.
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:12 pm
I know that tomatoes grow well in a hanging pot, I've just never grown them upside down before! Growing them up off the ground, whether upside-down or not, is a good idea, though, if you live in an area with slugs, snails, and pillbugs. I would think that having the stems hang straight down would keep them from splitting, which larger varieties will sometimes do in a regular hanging pot.
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:21 am
we grew them like hanging flowers (that type of pot) and they turned out pretty well. we still kept a metal frame/fence around them because of the squirrels, but they didn't eat them as much as when we planted them on the ground. we did the same thing with the strawberries too.
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:51 am
hanging strawberry plants would be AWESOME.
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:16 pm
onicoe hanging strawberry plants would be AWESOME. I heard strawberries were better, not as much weight hanging.
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Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:37 pm
 They grew really nicely and weren't too heavy. Haha, it made it easy to put over the hook since its higher up than I am biggrin
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Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:59 pm
I did some research on this. Turns out growing tomatoes upside down is nothing new; its even mentioned in the gardening manual I have from the mid 70's I believe.
It's better to do with the smaller types of tomatoes, from cherries to roma. (These are just the examples I know)
The sites and stuff I've found tell you how to do with with a 5 gallon bucket, I just have no idea where to hang something that heavy from safely where I live! I did find a lot of neat pictures of set ups people had made just for their hanging tomatoes!
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Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:35 pm
At my parents house we were lucky and had an old awning frame on our porch, but no awning to put on it. So we used to just hang the plants there. I'm sure building a simple wood frame with hooks would work too.
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Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:04 pm
Cucumber Sushi I did some research on this. Turns out growing tomatoes upside down is nothing new; its even mentioned in the gardening manual I have from the mid 70's I believe.
It's better to do with the smaller types of tomatoes, from cherries to roma. (These are just the examples I know)
The sites and stuff I've found tell you how to do with with a 5 gallon bucket, I just have no idea where to hang something that heavy from safely where I live! I did find a lot of neat pictures of set ups people had made just for their hanging tomatoes! Hrrm..that interesting. I wonder why more people dont do it than they do. Well ive planted my tomatoes in the thingy, and it looks a bit different from the example i put above, but i'll be posting some actual photos of mine soon. ^^
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 6:50 am
how're the tomatoes growing?
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