82506 Topsy Turvy Upside-Down Tomato Planter

like I said in my head and you wouldn't believe what I am growing in my Topsy turvies in my Topsy turvies with the orange flower on it it is Italian Zucchini I'm growing in it and the vine is started from the topsy-turvy all the way down and it's going along the edge of my railing also too it's going up above the topsy-turvy that's the first thing the second thing on Topsy Turvy I courses my tomatoes in those are the Roman tomatoes in one and another topsy-turvy I have early girls going and I will give you pictures I hope they come out for you I will turn around and say this to you on your planting in your topsy-turvy don't fill your dirt up all the way maybe halfway that's it that's your waist in your soil that way and that's what I have done and I hang it up on the the rafters of the beams outside on my decking and I'll turn around the Sun is beating down . Some of my plants like my zucchini they were germinated in the house first I did not buy plants they're from seeds and one of my other plants my early girls and big boys are from seeds and then one plant is not from seeds from an all of them are topsy turvies I have no complaints whatsoever from this my first year growing with the topsy-turvy and I won't put anything in the ground anymore I've been doing this for years and I'm tired of everything getting in it worms everything you can think of I do it on the decking and I have no issues like I said you can turn around and hang it from the beams to your house and some of it looks real pretty people admired it when I when they drive by my place they can't believe how nice it's growing one of the ladies up the street says she can't get her garden going at all because all the deer and everything else eats it. Mine is been growing for since well what the germination I started in February and this is June now on one of my Topsy Turvy for tomatoes and that's the Romans I have already 10 Roman tomatoes on it Ps I am real sorry if some part you cant read right . I have a lot of problems with my wrist . If you need to ask please send a note an I will tell you on how I did others if you dont have the turvy. There are other ways as well an I have did it

We were curious to try one of these upside down grow bags. Arrived fast and easy to assemble, we decided to reinforced the bag with left over screen as the bag appeared a bit flimsy for the weight of dirt and plant. Discarded the useless foam circle and inserted a cherry tomato plant. It started growing up the sides of the planter (nature knows better) and wilted daily in the FL heat as the water just ran out the bottom of the bag. After 2 months the plant was not doing well compared to all of our other tomato plants in grow bags so we transferred the poor thing into a grow bag and now that cherry tomato plant is growing well and producing tomatoes. Grow bags were the winner for us at 6 - 7gal bags for $25, while Topsy Turvey failed at a cost of $15 for 1 bag.

I planted some Roma tomatoes in two of these containers about six weeks ago. The first thing that I noticed was that the plants immediately did an upside-down U-turn in the wrong direction. This device can be easily rotated to face different directions. Unless you are lucky enough to be able to hang the planter where it gets 360 degree sun, the plants will tend to grow up on the side away from the sun. There is some plant Biology going on there that probably makes perfect sense to someone. You will need to rotate the thing about every other day.My plants seem healthy and are setting fruit. I have uploaded a picture.Conclusions:1) (-) That stock picture sure looks 'Photo Shopped'. Compare that to my photo.2) (+) This is able to grow healthy tomato plants, with U-shaped vines that do set fruit.3) (-) I worry that when the tomatoes get large, those U-vines will just snap.4) (+) Hey, If you do not have room for a large container, this will work.Enjoy

We've gardened with the Topsy Turvy Upside Down tomato planters for several years and get great results every year. They work great for us because we have a small yard and we don't have to give up any lawn area for a garden. We never have to weed and we don't have to worry about any critters eating our plants or tomatoes. When filled with soil and water, they are heavy, so you have to have a sturdy place to attach them. They require watering nearly every day, sometimes twice a day when it's really hot and dry. It's a two person job to fill them - one to hold them off the ground and another to place the plants and fill the bag. The plants don't actually grow down, like shown in the picture, but grow up towards the sun. Every year, as the branches get heavy, we have to tie them up to keep them from breaking. We can usually reuse each Topsy Turvy for a couple of years, before the bag breaks down from exposure to the sun. I highly recommend, but just understand that gardening with Topsy Turvys is a little different than traditional gardening.

I love topsy turvy planters, this is the 4th year I've used them. I planted tomatoes in the ground, in planters and in these. The ones in the ground just died out even though I kept them watered. The ones in the planters did fine but were hard to manage as they went everywhere, I had to keep propping the branches off the ground. But the ones in the topsy turvies grew like crazy, produced loads of tomatoes and one tomato cage under each one kept them off the ground. Water them twice a day when it's hot out or the roots will cook and your plants will die. I live on the MS gulf coast and my planters generally last two years. By the third year they're starting to disintegrate, so I cut the planter off the top ring and use the rings in craft projects.