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Cascading Tomatoes

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Cascading tomatoes

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. I haven’t tried this method yet but imagine that a smaller variety of tomato such as “Patio Princess” would work better than your large beefsteak varieties due to the weight of the tomatoes.

So dig out your empty hanging basket from last year and plant a tomato upside down. If you don’t have an empty hanging basket there are specially designed containers available on the internet.
If you do try this method, please write back and let us know your success story.

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2 Comments on Cascading Tomatoes»

  1. Kapusta
    What fruits and vegetables can be planted in pots for city gardening?

    There are many vegetables and some fruits that can easily be grown in container. Vegetables such as peppers, tomatoes, eggplant, cucs, beans, lettuce, potatoes and fruits like strawberries, are easily adaptable to container gardening. The important part is choosing which ones you would enjoy growing. There are varieties that are specially bred to grow in containers and can be found in seeds catalogs which should be showing up this time of year. Some of the important things about container gardening is maintaining moisture in the heat of summer and providing ample nutrients (fertilizer)for fruit production. There are some great books on Container Gardening that can help you get started and the University Extension has some helpful publications as well.

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    Comment by Kapusta — 2/18/2007 @ 9:31 am

  2. 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?

    HI
    Tomatoes need 8-10 hrs of full sun each day, plants will be weak and spindly and may not set fruit with 6 hrs or less . You can try the grow light and mirrors , they can provide additional light. I have never tried it. I would be interested in hearing what kind of results you get. My suggestion is (if you can) plant and tomato in a large pot (16inch or more) find the sunniest spot available and see what happens.

    Comment by Larry — 4/2/2007 @ 1:01 pm

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