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Question by Josie T: Has anyone tried Topsey Turvey to grow tomatoes, does it work?
I live in an apartment and wanted to grow tomatoes, strawberries, and bell peppers and wanted to know if these work?
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Answer by diva42
I dont know but they look good 
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I have grown some things topsey turvey, but never with the actual brand name of container. I used a small plastic tote with a lid. Made a one inch hole in what would be the bottom with some cuts out from it in case it needed to grow a bit more then that. Then i drilled some small holes in the lid so i could add water without removing the lid. I also drilled two holes in each handle for string to tie it up with. You start the plants right side up in small peat pots and when they are a few inches tall you put them into the container upside down through the hole. Add more dirt to fill it pretty much to the top. The plant should be in good light because its sort of at a disadvantage for light when its still very small and its at the bottom of the container. Tomato’s work well for this as the fruit is less accessible to animals and they never will touch the ground. Here is a link on how to make them with a five gallon bucket as well. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1465100/growing_upside_down_tomato_plants.html?cat=32
just make your own, google ” how to grow upside down tomatoes” you will find growing intructions there too. dont forget many plants need insects to pollinate them or you neeed to do it by hand.
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=upside%20down%20garden
I just poked a hole in the bottom of a 3 gallon bucket. With tomatoes, you need to bury the stalk. As in, go ahead and buy the tall leggy plant. When you insert the plant upside down in the bottom of the hole, bring the roots up to the top of the soil. The roots will sprout all the way down the buried stalk, and will give a stronger, healthier plant. Be sure to water everyday. Hanging baskets dry out fast.
they work real good but if you can’t hang them in full sun you’ll have all vine and little fruit but here’s how I did it last year. take a 3 to five gal. plastic pail turn it upside down and make a hole about 2 in. in diameter. use a drill and a hole saw for making it easy. turn right side up and cover the hole wih a coffee filter so dirt won’t fall out. fill with well fertalized top soil. tap it down good so when it settles it won’t have a big gap when you turn it latter . Turn it upsidedown and put your plant thru the rip in the filter you’ll make.Try to plant it to the first leaf. Very important let set in the sun upside down for a couple weeks so the roots can take hold real good then hang out on your balcony if you have one. Make the hook sturdy because there awfull heavy and yes water them good.
I read the responses to your question so far and didn’t get much of an endorsement for the Topsy Turvey product. I used the product last year and it produced hundreds of tomatoes. I placed different varieties in the planter so I had large tomatoes as well as cherry tomatoes. I bragged so much about the product my sister-in-law is getting one this year. .