Guest guest Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Anyone ever try those? I've seen them on TV. Donna " The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected. " Old Swedish proverb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 yeah I was wondering that too! On 3/24/2010 9:41 PM, thelilacflower wrote: > > Anyone ever try those? I've seen them on TV. > Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 , thelilacflower wrote: > > Anyone ever try those? I've seen them on TV. > Donna > " The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected. " Old Swedish proverb. > I haven't tried these fancy upside down pots but when I lived in Indiana, about 10 or 15 years ago, I cut a hole in the bottom of a hanging pot and planted a cherry tomato in it. It did okay but nothing close to the yield in the garden. These upside down pots are quite a bit larger than the pot I used so they would probably work better. They will need plenty of sun and watered everyday. Alas, our evenings are cool here in Idaho so I haven't been very successful with tomatoes. Some of the local truck farmers plant tomatoes in hoop houses but I don't have the room for that. It's a good thing that we have a wonderful farmer's market with organic heirloom tomatoes. Deb in Idaho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 The Vanceburg Senior Citizens had four growers last year and they swear by them. I am going to try them this year. No room for a garden in this apartment. M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 Marilyn, Instead of buying the hanging plastic bags , make your own using a food grade plastic bucket, or you can use one of the hanging planters with the natural coconut fibre linings. You can also have a nice window or balcony garden using containers of all kinds. We have photos and ideas for recycling containers and gardening no matter where you live. Come join us at recycled_gardens Deanna in Colorado ********************************************* (((( " Marilyn Daub " <mcdaub wrote: > ...... they swear by them. I am going to try them this year. No room for a garden in this apartment.)))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 Yes, I have tried them. Contrary to the advertizements and even the pictures, the tomatoes do not grow downward and make nice viny plants. As soon as placed in light,the tomatoes do what they were intended to do and grow upward. You end up with a huge unmanageable plant. The vines do not grow strong and woody, they stay stem like and plyable so that anything bigger than a cherry tomato will be too heavy for the vines to support and them break. The pictures on the boxes that you see were full glown plants that they tipped over and cut the roots off to get the stem in the box. The plant lived just long enough for the picture and then died, as did all the inmature tomatoes. Katie , thelilacflower wrote: > > Anyone ever try those? I've seen them on TV. > Donna > " The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected. " Old Swedish proverb. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 My SIL gave my FIL one, was not successful in zone 8-9 (New orleans?). Here in southern California people have had problems getting them enough water and also keeping the roots cooler. Might be worth a try in cooler wetter climates, and also, make sure you pick a determinate tomato. We ended up using the contraption to grow herbs and it was fine for that. This year we are growing some tomatoes in big pots as well as garden beds. I counted them this morning, and we have 49 tomato plants (in the ground and pots) with 13 more awaiting transfer to garden spots so we will have over 60 tomato plants this year. I also have about 30 or so pepper plants that also need homes in the garden....and a dozen or so eggplants. , thelilacflower wrote: > > Anyone ever try those? I've seen them on TV. > Donna > " The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected. " Old Swedish proverb. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 I have two of them & haven't used them yet... maybe I will try the herbs in them instead of tomatoes... thanks for the info! Patti in Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 My thoughts on this were that you cannot keep the plants indoors due to pollination issues, the flowers need to be pollinated by bees. Then again, we can do that ourselves by inserting the stamen of the male flower into the female flower early in the morning. My ex did this with our pumpkins and when the pumpkin reached maturity and we picked it, my daughter and I joked and joked that he was the FATHER, and that it looked just like him, LOL. blessings, Chanda Maria On 3/25/2010 1:18 PM, Katie M wrote: > > Yes, I have tried them. Contrary to the advertizements and even the > pictures, the tomatoes do not grow downward and make nice viny plants. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 ....and...tomato plants stink...they would give your living area a very foul smell...imho... --- On Thu, 3/25/10, Puterwitch <puterwitch wrote: Puterwitch <puterwitch Re: [veg_grp] Re: Upside down tomato plants Thursday, March 25, 2010, 11:37 AM Â My thoughts on this were that you cannot keep the plants indoors due to pollination issues, the flowers need to be pollinated by bees. Then again, we can do that ourselves by inserting the stamen of the male flower into the female flower early in the morning. My ex did this with our pumpkins and when the pumpkin reached maturity and we picked it, my daughter and I joked and joked that he was the FATHER, and that it looked just like him, LOL. blessings, Chanda Maria On 3/25/2010 1:18 PM, Katie M wrote: > > Yes, I have tried them. Contrary to the advertizements and even the > pictures, the tomatoes do not grow downward and make nice viny plants. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 Actually, when I was trying to research on pollinating tomato plants, it said bees do not pollinate them. All you have to do is sahke the plants at the " right time of day " and the pollen will do what it needs to do. Somewhere around 4 pm,b efore the sun gets too low and it is too cold, depnding on the time of year. Don't remember what site that came off of, but I remember finding it in a few places. It is very interesting to see exactly HOW a tomato plant " reproduces " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 These tomato plants work BEAUTIFULLY! My best friend has several of them and they really grew and fairly quickly too! Excellent flavor and size! She even made her own upside down plants out of large cans and now grows peppers and strawberries too. I think cucumbers as well. It's simply amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2010 Report Share Posted March 27, 2010 Hi! Could you please tell me how she made these? Thanks! Debbie ________________________________ HappyGoLuckyLilDucky <jsbrjam Sat, March 27, 2010 4:24:32 PM Re: [veg_grp] Re: Upside down tomato plants  These tomato plants work BEAUTIFULLY! My best friend has several of them and they really grew and fairly quickly too! Excellent flavor and size! She even made her own upside down plants out of large cans and now grows peppers and strawberries too. I think cucumbers as well. It's simply amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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