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Topsy Turvy Tomato Planter: Read This Before You Hang Your Planters!

November 30th, 2009

Make sure you read this if you are using the Topsy Turvy Tomato Planter this year.  Failure to hang your tomato planter correctly will result in you not having an easy time growing your tomato’s.Because the tomato planter will weigh around seventy pounds when it’s watered and you have a thriving plant hanging it properly is important and a bit tricky.  You have to make sure that you have the proper support to hold your hanger up.Properly supporting your Topsy Turvy is even more important if you have kids or pets as they both like to investigate.  There are two ways to make sure your hanging planter will stay hanging.If you are only planning on using one planter then your best bet is to just go to your local hardware store and buy a more durable hook to hang your planter on.  Make sure it can hold up to eighty pounds to give yourself a little leeway. This is a very inexpensive fix and will help your planter stay in the air where it is supposed to be.If you are using more them one planter there is a different way to go about hanging your Topsy Turvy.If you plan on buying multiple Topsy Turvy Tomato Planters then you should build yourself a wooden frame to hang them up on.  This will take you about two hours to build and if you are anything like me you will already have the wood laying around your house.Depending on how many planters you have just make a nice and simple square or rectangular frame to stick in your yard.  It does not have to be exact, it just has to be sturdy.  Keep in mind that when your tomato plants take off they will cover most of the wood because they grow upwards and it is going to look stunning.Go ahead and get creative with the decoration of the frame if you’d rather it not just be wood.  Put some paint on it, be creative.  You can either make it stand out as a focus of your yard or blend it in with it’s surroundings.Go ahead and spend a little time making the frame something your proud of.  The planters last a long time so that few extra minutes will provide you with years of pleasure.

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Does the Topsy Turvy Upside Down Tomato Planter Really Work?

November 28th, 2009

The Topsy Turvy Tomato Planter is the newest rage in home vegetable gardening. It promises to grow plentiful tomatoes in an upside down planter. It makes it very easy to pick the tomatoes, offers less bug problems, and almost no chance of the plant collapsing under the heavy strain of producing tomatoes but does it really live up to the promises that it makes?

The pros and cons of the Topsy Turvy Tomato Planter:

Pros– You will no longer have to worry about your plants stalk breaking because of your tomatoes being to heavy.

Cons– The branches might still get all tangled up even though the tomato plant is hanging upside down.

Pros- – You end up with more free space in your garden because yoiur tomato plants are hanging up off of the ground.

Cons — Because it hangs upside down you will need to have a place to put it that has very good support. With all the dirt and water up on top, the Topsy Turvy Tomato Planter can get very heavy.

Watering your tomato plant is another thing. Because the dirt isn’t buried in the ground it will dry out fairly quickly and you will have to water it around two times a day.

Pros– You are very easily able to walk around the plant to pick your tomatoes so that means that you wont have to bend down or crawl around on your knees to enjoy your crop.

Cons– The dirt can get very hot when the sun is hitting the planter so you need to use aluminum foil around the planter so that it will bounce the sunlight off and keep your dirt cool.

Pros– It is easy to water the tomato plants. Just make sure to run water through it until it is clear every week or so to reduce the risk of the roots growing mold.

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