Upside Down Tomatoes
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Posted: Jun/14/2005 2:22 PM PST
Here is a pic I took this am-now has 6 tomatoes on it. Needs my attention this day. Peg Attachments:  |
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Posted: Jun/26/2005 5:49 PM PST
Mine was about as big as judomis is in that pic when I started it. The hard part was getting the foliage through without breaking it off. Mine is very strong now and bigger...but the ones in my garden are 5x the size of the one in the bucket. Mine is still growing up towards the sun and has gotten a couple of flowers on it. It's neat to say I tried it, but I don't think I'll do it again. |
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Posted: Jun/26/2005 6:02 PM PST
Facinating! Gotta try this next year. I'm so desperate for tomatoes to grow, that I've planted 2 plants by the front steps! (I put in some phlox and some marigolds to soften the look of veggies at the entrance... |
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Posted: Jun/26/2005 6:11 PM PST
I agree with DeeAnna, the upsidedown tomato plant does seem to grow a lot slower. Mine also has a few flowers on it, whereas my other tomato plants have small tomatoes on them. The bucket was an experiment, just to see if I could do it. If it's very successful, I might decide to do it again next year. |
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Posted: Jun/17/2005 7:31 PM PST
I checked the plant today. It's definitely alive.  It has more new leaves and two more flowers. Since I'm not exactly a patient person, I turned the plant back upside down today, and placed it in a new spot. Hopefully the new spot is less windy. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
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Posted: Jun/26/2005 1:58 PM PST
This looks verrrrry interesting. How small a seedling do you start with? |
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Posted: Jun/15/2005 11:50 PM PST
My upsidedown Roma is not doing well at all. I think the problem is that I covered the top of the pot over with 4 layers of newspaper as mulch and it ended up keeping the plant too wet. Oh well, I'll let it do what it's going to do and be glad that I put the other 2 in patio pots! Next year I'll do better LOL |
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Posted: Jun/26/2005 3:18 PM PST
I kept my seedling in a 3 inch container until it was well rooted. Then I transplanted it. |
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Posted: Jul/17/2005 6:37 PM PST
Quote: Originally posted by gonepostal Judomi---- I gave my "ex" a cherry tomato plant in a hanging planter----he said one of the longer branches broke off so he put it in water. It rooted and has flowers on it now.  Just thought that I would post an update on my upsidedown tomato plant. Although it had a very rocky start, the main stem broke and I stuck it back in the soil......the stem rooted and it's growing very well. It now has little tomatoes on it. 
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Posted: Jun/19/2005 2:43 PM PST
hello everyone! I have heard about the upside down tomatoes and I got to try it out?I did some help here? How do you start them? What kind of soil do you use? As you can tell I do not know how to begin anyone out there ready to help me out here?Thank you Rita |
