A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2006 my upside down tomatoe plants (ROMA)

Shawn,
Keep us posted if you do do this...
We'd love ...

I definitly will give this a try and will post with my results.

Thanks.

Shawn

Thanks Shawn, we'll be looking forward to it...

My upside down tomatoe plants were looking bad for a little while but seems to be perking up again I have one bloom on the larger bucket it hasn't gotten any longer but has it still regained it strength and greening up pretty well



I had to move the shepards hook against the support pole to the fence AND tie it up with a rope cuz the buckets are just to darn heavy for the hooks... Hey Weezie maybe the pulley system wasn't such a bad Idea after all

We'll try to think of something for next year!

The tomato plants are lookin' pretty good....

Givin' them a foliar spray of anything???
**Fish Emulsion???** **Compost tea* might
give 'er a wee~bit of a hand!

no I haven't sprayed with anything just epsom salt I thought about banana peels cut up but seeings how its upside down think it will do much good??

OMG I just read through this because Ive noticed this thread was a hot topic! WOW!! This is so cool. Angelblossom: Your pictures are great. Ive never heard of doing this before and your instructions make it look really fun!

Karen

Thinking: I have a 5 gallon bucket and an extra tomato plant. Now, do I have somewhere to hang it......?

Karen >> Thanks Just be sure to hang it somewhere that would handle the weight when it rains Do you have a clothes line "T' pole?? Sure wish I had one !! :rolleyes:

Update on this project!

you can see a tomato growing on one no blooms or tomatos on the other one But there is still plenty of time for that I will continue to post as it grows.

Angel, good idea about adding a cage if it looks like you need to.
These are great pictures-everything looks healthy.
I can hardly wait for a sunny day, and heading out to my tomatoes, salt shaker in hand !

Those tomato plants really look great! I'm really anxious to see them as they progress. What a neat idea!

Hello all,

I started my tomatoes a couple weeks ago and they are looking pretty good. It's amazing how fast they turned right up. I used cherry tomatoes, due to space, and have quite a few flowers now. I'll post some pictures once they start getting some fruit.

Shawn

Mine are now moved into their permanent spot.they have more nasturuims blooming now mostly just orange yellow and some blened orange yellow.I've gave it some fertilizer to help with yellowing.

Looking good!!!!!!!!!!!

btw what is the purpose of planting these upside down? is it for deeper roots? i'm just amazed at the strength of the branches when it fruits. . dont they break?

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,,

This is so cool, I would like to try this.
I cannot wait to hear more or see more pics about the upside down tomato.
I guess what goes up must come down?
very neat,enjoy all this info and ideas:-)

Congrats! I just started my first upside down tomato plant as well. I purchased an inexpensive plastic hanging planter for about $2. I drilled the center draining hole a little bigger to poke the plant through. Its now hanging on a shepherd's hook as well. I noticed that you put flower seeds in the top. I have a few wildflower seeds left over, could I plant them in the top as well?

Hi Mitzi!! Wow we're practicaly neighbor! I'm in Grandprairie, sure you can put flowers seed herbs what ever as long as it doesn't grow long roots. I had planted impatients on the top of mine but they didn't take.. Njoynit planted flowers on hers and they look great !

Cool, we are neighbors! I had some leftover wildflower seeds so IN they went. I didn't have anywhere else to put them anyway. I can't wait to see the results. Thanks...


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I have planted Nasturuims& marigolds this year with cherry tomatoes& banana peppers.

I love the fact that I have virtualy NO soil issues.hardly any leaf problems growing this way.

I've grown them this way about 4 years now.My next set will be with basil& garlic.I'll proably still add some marigold also.
Plus everyone is intrested in them!
I'd stay with shorter flowers.I've grown marigolds out the sides...growing upwards also.I really like the nasturiums with them,but know the heat will kill them out soon.

I got my 1st mater off Better boy yesterday.It beat early girl whose will be ready in about 2 more days