Ugh. Despite my best efforts, fungus has taken over some of my tomatoes.
Question by happydawg: Do those upside down tomato plants you hang up really make tomato’s?
I watched a commercial yesterday and am thinking about buying one of those upside down tomato plant things to grow tomato’s this year like a hanging planter, but I have a feeling they may be a hoax. Does it really work?
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Answer by CAH
They really do work. But my alternative to buying the ones from the store or online is I bought a cheap bucket and my potting soil and tomato plants. I made a hole just big enough for the plant to go through the bottom of the bucket. Hang it up and watch the tomatoes grow! It is just as good if not better to me. Good luck!
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Planting your plants further apart and pruning them regularly (taking out sucker branches) will help with airflow, which will lower your risk for tomato diseases. Especially blight, which is a water fungus that needs wet conditions to grow and thrive. Also, never water the leaves. Only water at ground level. Rotate your tomato crop every year. Never plant tomatoes in the same spot two years in a row. Blight lives in the soil where an infected plant has been.
That is blight. You can stop it with Sea-Crop. I did. Will take 2-3 weeks to start growing more healthy blossoms.Try using Sea-Crop at 16 oz/acre or 1:25 every 5 days for 30 days, then weekly throughout growing season. This will boost mineral content giving the fruit better keeping quality, taste and boosting production. See agriculturesolutions.ca for veggie program-qualifies for organic production.Enhancing the soil biology will prevent bacterial, fungal and insect infestations.
Uhhh same here, but I had to COMPLETELY remove some of mine.
CAH is right, I did the same as she did and used an old bucket I had. I have also grown cherry tomato’s in an ordinary hanging basket. A friend also had great success with strawberries in an hanging basket last year.
Beulah
just put them in a bucket like the others have said. one word of advice though. hang them plenty high. i have had tomato plants grow 18ft high. they will be all over the ground if not hung high enough, or cut to keep short.
It works. Only thing is you have to buy whatever kind of tomato you want to put in it. Heck now they make giant ones with a 6 foot pole on a base to hold it. I’ve seen ones for strawberries and hot peppers, but I don’t know the difference between the two.
Yes they do. Tomatoes are easy to grow and a joy to watch grow. For the sake of beauty I would get the one you see on tv. Remember tomatoes love to bask in the sun and can be quite thirsty at times. Early morning watering is the best.
Good Luck,
Contessa, Plant Whisperer