Comments on: How to Grow Hanging Tomato Plants

By: Angelique

Angelique — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:21:28 +0000

Wow! Thanks for the links that showed the veggies growing upside down. It gave me some great idea’s. I can’t wait to see if it will work for me. I mean it will work for me,it has too! thanks again…loved the pictures

By: ronald

ronald — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:16:29 +0000

Enter Your Comment I grew tomatoes in an ordinary hanging basket.

three plants to a fourteen inch pot and had a fantastic crop of small but

very tasty tomatoes

By: Bunny

Bunny — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:42:23 +0000

Upside tomatoe plants have to be watered at least everyday not once a week. My plant is so big and heavy. I just read hear that I could cut off a lot of the leaves after the blooms form is that correct? What a great site. This is my first experience with the topsy turvy that I received as a mothers day gift. Thanks.

By: Virginia Gullick

Virginia Gullick — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:26:23 +0000

I have planted some tomato plants the first part of july and I was wondering if you thought that they would still produce at least some tomatoes….??????……. Please tell me yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: melinda moss

melinda moss — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:43:21 +0000

they love beer just put some in a foil pan and they will crawl in and drown.

By: Angie

Angie — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:15:42 +0000

i have the same problem. My tomato plant is growing great, a few wilted, yellow leaves, lots of blooms to produce what i hope will be great tomatoes. I have plucked two from the vine so far. They were fine, no diseased looking spots. I have no idea as of yet what this strange problem is. The main vein of the plant has the spiky looking roots, it’s practically coated all the way down. The branched out areas are not yet affected. Sure wish someone would come up with an answer.

By: Tina

Tina — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:04:06 +0000

My plant is huge also and has 1 tomato I had several blooms that turned brown. Can anyone give advise or explain what is happening?

By: Sharon Bunch

Sharon Bunch — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:43:31 +0000

Enter Your Comment
I was wondering why our upside down tomatoes were not growing and some of the tomatoes had rotten spots on top of the tomatoes. Did I water them too much or not enough? The green leaves are very wilted and they don’t look very good. I was watering them every day and then someone said to water them only once a week. Which is correct? I would appreciate any suggestions. Thank you.

By: colleen

colleen — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:28:49 +0000

my upside down huge tomato plant will not blossom!!i heard -no blossoms -no tomatoes!!! so of course im freaking out!how did you get yours to blossom????my cucumber plant has cute yellow blossoms everywhere!i am so new to this and so very clueless–help!!!!!

By: Judy

Judy — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:38:41 +0000

We planted several tomatoes in the upside down method. We did the 2″ hole at the bottom, 4-5″ potting soil, remaining with clayish garden soil topping the bucket with mulch. I also place 1 Tblsp of Epson salt on the top (someone said that it helps to strengthen the stem). The plants were inserted in the bottom and have grown quite nicely for 3 or more weeks. Recently noticed that the stem of the tomato plants where it enters the soil is black and seems to be rotting. The plants are starting to wilt and die. What did we do wrong?

By: Serobie

Serobie — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:27:17 +0000

well this is going to be my first time …………i dont even think i can affored it………..wish me luck………….much love!!!

By: sandy

sandy — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:58:57 +0000

Hi, I just wanted to know, if you have a room with all windows
(18 windows) 36″x 6 foot sliding glass door pannels. Can you grow these
up side down tomatoes year round? The room is heated. We are in zone 5.
Thanks

By: Justine

Justine — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:38:25 +0000

I just recently repotted over 20 tomatoes (I think about six or seven varieties in all) in plain white annual hanging pots. I picked them up cheap from a local Amish farm who was selling really hearty ones for less than a dollar a plant! (most of them already with blossoms)
I didn’t bother planting them upside down, just put them in the top as their own weight will bring them down once they start to have fruit. My Amish neighbor said she’s done it before that way and they worked out just fine.
I also have a variety of peppers, cucs and wax beans done the same way.
I used the wooden uprights from a clothes line I never used, added 2×2’s and hung the planters from that.
We have a HUGE slug problem around here, so hanging is the BEST solution too keep slugs out of veggies!

By: mack

mack — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:14:49 +0000

I planted these cucs as seeds with the bucket upside down with lid in place, then packed them in and out of house each day until it wormed up then hang them upside down and take off the lids,and put weed blocker on the tops. I also do tomatoes from seeds in 1 gallon milk jugs , then transplant to buckets, this is my second year. my tomatoes have a set back from hole being to small in bucket, I am working on marketing a system with 6 and a half inch hole in bottem of bucket, no root loss no set back.

By: mack

mack — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:50:55 +0000

Enter Your Commentyes cucs will grow upside down I have 25 tomatoes and 2 cucs growing in a glass porch in alaska

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 31 May 2009 16:56:24 +0000

I decided to try this method this year – without spending the money for the topsy-tervy type. I used a plastic planter from last years hanging porch plants – and I think things are going well – The only question I have – My plants want to grow up – I had to anchor them to make them grow down. Anyone else have this issue? I did not use the cherry tomatoes – this year is an experiment. I’ll let you know how they turn out.

By: Twylla

Twylla — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:58:46 +0000

Does anyone know if you can plant cucumbers this same way. Currently I have to upside down tomato plants hanging on the clothes line pole. Should I keep the lid on the bucket or not?

By: julie

julie — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:32:38 +0000

yes they will even our local garden shops sell them that way 14.99 lol

By: jack

jack — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:37:44 +0000

I had the same problem. If the leaves are browning at the edges, it is wet then dry then wet and so on. water twice daily, feed once weekly and prune regularly. There are many vidieos on pruning tomatos. Dont be afraid to remove many of the leaves once you have blooms.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:38:04 +0000

Fascinating! Don’t forget Tomatoes feed throught their leaves as well as the roots. Spritz them with water often. I’m building mine soon.

By: sherry

sherry — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:23:22 +0000

I have to admit this website was fascinating….seems like an answer to world hunger!

By: chuck

chuck — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:42:14 +0000

I just made one out of a 2.5 gallon bucket (same diameter as a 5 gal. but half as tall and half the full weight). I also used mil-spec para cord as did Robert and am hoping that with half the weight that both the cord and the bail will hold. Instead of one plant in the center, I cut four equadistant holes around the edge and planted four Sweet Million plants (the very tiny cherry tomatoes). To also help cut the weight, anchor the plants and conserve water, I used spanghum moss around the holes and root balls plus lots of pearlite in the soil mixture. Can’t wait to see how it turns out!

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:48:02 +0000

As an experiment, I took a Folgers plastic coffee container, drilled 2 holes in adjacent sides, near the bottom,using a keyhole bit in my drill, then painted it black with charcoal grill high heat paint. I then took 2 plants, eased them from the inside through the drilled holes, then filled them with garden soil. I then placed the top of the coffee container back on, set the container on the railing of my deck and let the branches hang over. In a few days, the leaves began turning upwards towards the sun. This was done May 2,2009. If you want to know the results, email me in about a month. Cheers.

By: Onera

Onera — Sun, 03 May 2009 23:01:36 +0000

Now some body can write a step by step guide and I am sure people will pay for it. Any taker?

By: brian

brian — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:32:26 +0000

My balcony see less than two hours of direct sunlight each day – any suggestions to promote tomato growth under these conditions, or should I find something else to plant in my Topsy Turvey? What vegetable grows well in a shaded environment?

Thank you