Top Notch Planting Tomatoes In Buckets Upside Down
When tomatoes are growing upside down the shoots and stems are not fighting gravity.
Planting tomatoes in buckets upside down. Cherry tomatoes and Grape tomatoe s make an excellent choice for upside down growing. I thought Id given up but this idea grabbed me. You can grow almost any plant upside down.
Tumbling Tom This tomato plant is a great choice for growing upside down since it is specifically intended for growing in hanging pots and planters. I found it easy to hang the dirt container up next to the basket that is what the last 2 pictures are showing. For some reason most the tomatoes planted in the upside down tomato planters did not suffer from late blight disease.
Which Plants Can Grow Upside Down. You can find the Tumbling Tom tomatoes in both red and yellow. Yellow Canary This plant produces delicious yellow fruit in about 55 days.
Gravity is actually helping the plants to grow so the stems grow stronger and healthier as a result. Once the plant is supported fill the rest up. Before putting your tomatoes in an upside down planter I like to mix my potting soil.
Sure you can grow tomatoes upside down with the roots on top and the stems leaves flowers and fruits underneath. Having them upside down and up high they did not get blight. Hang from your porch and watch your tomatoes grow.
Be sure to support your tomato stem and root ball by building up the dirt around the plant. For easy upside-down containers simply make a hole in the bottom of the bucket just large enough to push the plant through. Here are some of the important highs and lows of growing tomatoes upside down.