Cascading Tomatoes
Cascading tomatoes- Make your own Topsy-Turvy
Here’s an innovative way to grow tomato plants. You need a hanging basket 10″ or larger. Make a hole in the middle at the bottom of the basket just large enough to insert a tomato plant . Once you have made this hole, insert your tomato plant thru the hole planting it upside down. The root ball is now inside the basket and the plant hangs out from the bottom. Fill your basket with potting soil and a time release fertilizer and hang it in a sunny spot. I’m going to hang mine on a shepherd’s hook in my flower bed, where there is lots of sun and perhaps another on my deck so that I can have easy access to tomatoes when I need them. I’m sure we can all get creative as to where to hang these baskets, just make sure that they have sturdy support. The plants can get heavy once they have tomatoes hanging on them. A smaller variety of tomato such as “Patio Princess” would work better than your large beefsteak varieties due to the weight of the tomatoes. You can also try this method with a 2 liter plastic soda bottle .
So dig out your empty hanging basket from last year or recycle those 2 liter soda bottles and plant a tomato upside down. If you don’t have an empty hanging basket there are specially designed containers such as the Topsy Turvy now available on the internet.
If you do try this method, please write back and let us know your success story.
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Kapusta
What fruits and vegetables can be planted in pots for city gardening?
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I am considering growing a few tomato plants in an area that gets only partial sunlight. Would it be advisable to supplement light from a grow lamp, when natural light is not available? What about the use of mirrors to reflect sunlight to shaded areas?
Kris,
Thanks for all your sound gardening advice. I’ve recently seen ads for cascading tomato contraption, such as Topsy Turvey. Do you have any experience with these?
I am trying the topsy-turvy, but so far, I am not impressed. I bought two identical tomato plants, and put one in a large container and the other in the tt bag. The container tomato plant is now twice the size! The topsy-turvy plant has curled upward toward the sun (they receive equal sun as they are next to each other) but apparently, the bag shades the plants leaves and seems to cause it to stay much smaller. It has one flower and the container plant has seven. Anyone else find this? Any suggestions?