Comments on: Upside Down Tomato Planter 2.0

By: Upside Down Tomatoes

Upside Down Tomatoes — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:58:19 +0000

I have seen a couple of people making hanging planters out of bottles but thats a really interesting way to hang the plant after its grown. Have you thought about trying to use a bucket for the hanging instead of the sack? It works great for us.

By: E.H.

E.H. — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:45:59 +0000

If that happens try reloading the page. It happens sometimes with webpages that have lots of pictures.

By: tica

tica — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:38:58 +0000

just located this site, nice reading, and how to follow instructions, but it seems that the last 5 pic. did not load/not viewable. any way to fix this??

By: hydroponica

hydroponica — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:32:52 +0000

It was a too good an idea to ignore! And you’re absolutely right, it’s just enough easier to get the desired results that there just isn’t much sense in doing it the way I first described.

One other thing I’ve learned – tomato plants that like to get really large (the indeterminate ones) probably won’t do as well in these planters. Smaller ones like the cherry tomato plants tend to do better, but we still need to keep a close eye on them as they begin to bear fruit and make sure they’re getting enough water.

Oh, and don’ forget that if you’re supporting vines with the net you want to tie them to the net, not tuck them into it.

By: Amber

Amber — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:37:03 +0000

I am totally flattered that you used my tips! I found the heated water method faster and easier to control, so I just wanted to share that idea. Good point about some people not having water hot enough depending on their setting, though. I hadn’t thought about that. I did three of these this year and they are growing well! Two cherry tomato style, and one pepper. My seedlings were a little too big by the time I went to put them in my planters, so I had to wrap the roots in some newspaper to get them to ’slide’ into the opening. Anyway, thanks for putting your instructions out there. Sure beats spending15- 20.00 a pop on store one. Great idea about adding netting to support the growing vines…might have to try to add something like that to mine.
Thanks again!

By: DIY Upside Down Tomato Planter « The Encyclopedia Hydroponica

DIY Upside Down Tomato Planter « The Encyclopedia Hydroponica — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:11:01 +0000

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