Some of our tomato plants grow too large for cages. Tomato stakes cause root damage of inserted too late. We wanted something easy, quick, and out of the way…
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Question by Jenna: Why do people hang tomato plants upside down to grow?
I was just wondering, I see people hanging their tomato plants upside down on the eaves of their sheds or out buildings and I was just curious as to why they grow them like this. Is it a special breed of plant that grows best like this? Or can any plant grow like this? What are the benefits of growing tomato plants like this?
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Answer by stevetower
It may be a tradition but it is not a benefit to the plant.
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Very helpful video. Thank you!
Thanks a bunch.
I get raccoons, squirrels, etc. I have been fighting the battle mostly in the strawberry bed, the tomato plants, and grapes.
I tried using bird netting over the strawberry bed (watch our hoop house video) in the same way I’d do a plastic hoop house Instead of the plastic I use the netting. The tomatoes and grapes have been more difficult to protect. I’m going to do a scarecrow, and pinwheels (for motion).
No problem, thank you for watching.
absolutely
I’m sorry for the delay in response. No, that cup was not for watering, but for protection against “cut worms” The cup acts as a collar barrier that bugs can not get passed.
Impressive!!!
Thanks for sharing. Quick question – do you have issues with wild animals e.g. raccoons etc. If so, what are you doing to protect your plants?
Great video and info. Thanks for making it.
Looks good. Great idea!!!
Thank you. That design did indeed work well, some of our plants got to be incredibly tall and did fine with that method.
Thanks for sharing! I tried a shorter trellis type support last year that worked fine for most of my varieties of Tomato. However, some of my varieties will need your plan. We grew some Cherry Tomatoes, removing all suckers and some of them grow over 12 feet. I have to do what you did this year for them, even if i have to just drape them across the top and let them run. Your design looks sturdy enough without spending alot too. Thanks again!
looks great thanks
Some people concentrate water like that. But normally, a cup around the base of a plant (half the cup above ground and half the cup below ground) is used to protect the base of the stem from cut worms.
Is the cup around the base for watering? And, what if you wrapped the string around the cup instead of the vine?
lol mine will be…as long as it gives me food it can look pretty much however it wants to 😛
Thanks .. your garden looks FINE .. it’s not crooked at all.
Great idea… going to try this this year…
thank you. Our garden is ever-changing, mostly because we learn more and more about what seems to work or be a problem.
I’m glad you liked it. This system works well for us.
I have searched all over the net for this very idea! I’m a new “carpenter” and needed your video for my visual!! Thank you very much!!! Perfect!!
hey nice video!! i have 2 cutted palm trees a wire in the middle and normal white string!! works great!!! nice garden sir!
always.
I don’t know for sure, but I do know that staking them helps stabilize them, and keeping the fruit off the ground avoids insects and helps slow disease.
limited garden space
easy to weed
easy to water
and people just like to try new things
We are growing one to try it out. We have an unscientific experiment to see how growing them upside down compares to a regular container grown plant.
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Good Luck and Happy Gardening from Cathy and Neal!
It is fun and interesting to see a tomato plant grow upside down. It is easy to water and no worms. No special breed of tomatoes. Since they are growing upside down, the smaller tomato is better.