Upside Down Tomato Planter - Part 2

An update on the Topsy Turvey tomato planter that I planted with Early Girls. The bugs are starting to get to it a bit.

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[mukwah1111]

We grew tomatoes last summer in these and we werent at all impressed....too much foliage and too few fruit. We wouldnt use them again for tomatoes...maybe another type of veggie?

[greentxmama]

I didn't get much out of this either. I think you have to have the right variety to have success with this.

[greentxmama]

It did well for a while and then they started to get attacked by some sort of bug. I went on vacation for a week and my husband forgot to water while I was gone. That pretty much finished them off. I suppose with the proper care these would work great.

[Nibo77]

Congrats on the house purchase, great news!

Thanks for sharing your videos, I love them.

[greentxmama]

Thank you!  Of course, I'm daydreaming about the garden I'm going to have. :)

[webcajun]

A friend of mine just started an upside down tomato in a 5 gal. bucket. Great Video

[greentxmama]

Yes, I've noticed that that's how a lot of people do upside down tomatoes. With mine, I'm just wondering what is going to happen once it is weighed down with all the fruit. Right now, parts of it are growing UP towards the sun. Maybe it'll be gradual enough to where the stem won't split. Thanks for your comment!

[juststl]

i just transplanted a bonnie original into one of those yesterday.. the plant is allready trying to look up at the sun..cool

[partyongarth420]

hey gardeners.. I am a new vegetable grower myself .. i have a great little tip for u guys . my tomatoe plants got long really fast..... theyl get so long theyll touch the ground if there not realy high up... and i had a tomatoe plant in the side and it flopped over from the weight... so i gently tied them to that chains on the top... all topsy tuirvys have the same 3 chain design.. u can just gently make a loop around the thickest stalk of the plant. and tie it up..keep it a loose knot

[sergiolad]

it is red spider those red weird looking bugs and it is bad for the plant

[GOLDENchunkyBUDDAH]

A water bottle, some plastic tubing, some yeast, sugar, and water can do this. It can be set up, to be a CO2 Generator. Some people grow plants upsidedown in buckets and a CO2 generator can be duct taped to the side of one. So far i haven't seen it done on youtube. It works on upright plants, it should working on indoor growing of upside down plants, and also in outdoor greenhouses using the same upside down growth method.

[GOLDENchunkyBUDDAH]

Negative geotopism is when a plant grows in a counter direction with the force of gavity, so instead of growing downard; it grows upward. a tranversal is a Phototropic response point on the stem wear a plant's growth bends towards light source. so thats why the plant bended outward and up, on the sides of it, since the side stems and leaves are exposed more to the Sunlight. If, those side stems grow strong enough they can hold the weight of any fruit or veggies without hanging down.

[GOLDENchunkyBUDDAH]

@Discernaoftruth Phototropism is a plants growth in the direction of a light source, outside it being the Sun, Geotropism is a plants growth determined by gravity, since roots are in dirt they get little to no light so they will primarily grow down due to geotropism being a dominant force. The Stems and leaves grow upward and outtward due to phototropism being a dominant factor over geotropism.