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

Thanks.

Shawn

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

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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??

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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 !!

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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 !

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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

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

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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,,

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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?

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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