Got a topsey Turvey ups;ide down tomato growing thing

Put in what ever seeds you want, just make sure camera is upside down when you send us pictures.


1 Buy tomato seeds. Browse the the site of a reputable seed dealer, such as Nature Hills Nursery (link in "Resources" section, below). Read about the flavors, growing time, and uses for each tomato variety before making your purchase.


2 Drill hole in bucket Grow your tomato seeds indoors, using a small Dixie-cup sized container. It should germinate within the week, and in several weeks you'll have a seedling that's about eight inches (8") tall. At this point, your tomato plant is ready to be taken outdoors.


3 Prepare your five-gallon bucket by drilling a hole in the bottom with the round saw drill bit. This is going to be the hole through which you'll insert the tomato plant.


4 Turn the bucket right-side-up, and place the mesh or plastic wrap across the hole. The mesh or plastic wrap will keep the soil from spilling out through the hole.


5 Fill the bucket with a rich gardening soil. Try to find one that's made specifically for vegetable gardening. Miracle Grow makes a good one. When you've filled it about half-way, pour in some extended-release plant fertilizer pellets that feed the plants for three months, and mix it in.


6 Fill the bucket the rest of the way, and repeat the plant fertilizer application. Mix again.


7 If you live in the South, where summers are brutally hot, use the saw drill bit again, to drill a hole in the lid. Leaving the lid on will help prevent the water evaporating too quickly after you water it. If you live where the summers are more temperate, you can leave the lid off. You can water your tomato plant through this hole easily.


8 Find the place in your yard where you want your tomato plants to grow. Consider how much sun or shade you'll need, depending on the climate where you live. Tomatoes like sun, but in the south they also need several hours of shade, so that they don't crack. Screw the hook in.


9 Hang the bucket from the hook.


10 Poke a cross-hatch hole in the plastic or mesh.


11 Insert the tomato plant seedling into the hole.


12 Water immediately, then water every couple of days. If you live in the south, and your temperatures are in the high 90s or 100s, you may need to water twice a day.




Read more: How to Grow Tomatoes in an Upside Down Homemade Topsy Turvy Container | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_4724848_down-homemade-topsy-turvy-container.html#ixzz1H7AhRswe

Dude...everyone is pulling your leg..HOW OLD ARE YOU!??!

one thing i found out about my t t is the water goes to the bottom and the roots go up im assuming. u have to water everyday but the water stays in the bottom and becomes very heavy. personalle i didnt have much luck with it. i wont use it this year. NOT puling ur leg this time good luck with it though

hey buddy i used to work for a company called bonnie plants. its a nation wide vegetable company. you can put any tomatoe in a topsy turvey. just start it from seed then transplant.. or go to the nearest wallmart or homedept and pick up a plant. my tomatoe plants usually were around 3-5 bucks. now all you have to decide is what type of tomatoe you want, there are many heirlooms. black princes are pretty good, if you like purple tomatoes haha.

i guess this would be a silly time to ask if anyone has grown the topsy turvy strawberries... i was going to try one this year but i never heard anyone raving about them around here.

HA! I was wondering how many actually bought the upside down tomato thing. And then I was wondering how many might check out my grow and realize from that, that it is pretty unlikely I would actually believe I needed upside down tomatoes. All good fun.

asdf1 said:

Does anybody know of a thread that shows a weed topsy turvey.... Ive been dying to buy one of these just to try that but i want to know how awesome it would be first...

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the gist i get is that it usually ends up in failure, especially indoors. there's a shit ton of threads on it. go to advanced search and set it to search thread titles only, then type in topsy turvy. 2 pages of results should come up. unfortunately i don't know which threads are the "good ones". good luck.

Total Head said:

the gist i get is that it usually ends up in failure, especially indoors. there's a shit ton of threads on it. go to advanced search and set it to search thread titles only, then type in topsy turvy. 2 pages of results should come up. unfortunately i don't know which threads are the "good ones". good luck.

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You gotta get the upside down variety of pot seeds if you want it to work right

Throw that fucking thing in the trash. Every plant I've ever seen in a topsy turvy(tomato or not) looked like shit. Not enough drainage. Trash it.

Haha is it a hard process making these upside-down seeds??