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Post by myronqfinkelnopper on Mar 21, 2008 23:37:55 GMT -5
You tomato growers here (which i have not been, not until now) will perhaps consider this a heresy, but... a friend of mine from Tennessee told me if I wanted to have more tomatos going at a time and save space that I could put the starters in a 2 litre bottle filled with the best tomato soil. Wait 'till it grows a good sized root and then cut a hole in the bottom of the bottle and hang it with wire from the eaves of my house. The plant will grow down and then arch out and then up like an inverted christmas tree. Apparently people do well with it in them hollars back in Tennessee. Really I'm posing this as a question. Could I kill the little darlings if I do this?  |
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Post by hoosierheightsfarm on Mar 22, 2008 7:48:21 GMT -5
I've seen it done in 5 gallon buckets like this before. They seem to do just fine. I haven't done it myself though.
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Post by myronqfinkelnopper on Mar 22, 2008 11:15:10 GMT -5
Someone told me that the 5 gallon buckets work better 'cause they don't dry out a fast.
Myron
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Post by Jim on Apr 11, 2008 19:40:17 GMT -5
I'm growing about a dozen tomato plants upside down this year. All varieties I will plant conventionally as well. We'll see what happens.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Apr 13, 2008 22:14:00 GMT -5
Here's the best link I've ever seen on the subject of growing tomatoes upside down www.seedsofknowledge.com/tomato2.htmlI even have a seed catalogue with recommended varieties for upside down growing :eek: And I think I made plans to 'compare notes' on this method of growing tomatoes with an Okie friend. Guess I better check with her and if that's the case, get to deciding which bucket and which variety of tomato.  |
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