Danno... This is my first year for this and because I like trying new and different things I thought I'd give this a shot!
This is a good idea for those with limited ground planting space or
for those who have physical problems bending over to tend to the
plants needs, or for people like me who simply want to try it and see if I want to do it again next year..
It also is suppose to help eliminate bugs, and diseases commonly found on inground tomatos, or what ever fruit you
plant.
The ideal fruit to
plant is cherry or roma tomatos, or any light weight veggie or fruit as a heavier ones I suppose would break the branches ..
So far I haven't seen any bugs of any sort or any leave fungus and I have 2 tomatos so far , although.. the roma I have in ground have 12 tomatos on it .. and I planted at the same time,, But I believe I may have over watered the U.S.down ones too much at first trying to figure out how much is required per bucket was a trick question and I almost killed them ..
Njoynit has planted them for a couple of seasons now and can probably give you even more reasons than I for your questions,,