Divine Upside Down Growing
Put the lid onto the bucket then tip the bucket onto its side.
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Growing tomatoes upside down is all the rage. Here are some of the important highs and lows of growing tomatoes upside down. One form of tomato container gardening thats becoming popular is growing the plants upside down with a pre-made or homemade upside-down planter.
The advantages of upside down tomatoes is that theyre less exposed to pests and weeds they take up less room the plants dont usually need to be staked and the plants are mobile. Next select the plants that will become your upside down tomatoes. Reap a rich harvest if you hang a few plants upside down with the rest growing heliotropically.
Basically how it works is that you place as many plants on the floor and then you place some hanging from the top growing upside down. If you are using a bucket for growing tomatoes upside down cut a hole about 3-4 inches 75-10 cm in diameter in the bottom of the bucket. Push your tomato plant down into the soil through the hole in the bucket up to the first set of sturdy leaves.
After harvesting I am preparing a fourth flush. The Topsy Turvy Upside Down Tomato Planter is advertised everywhere with promises of bigger better and earlier tomato harvests all while avoiding the backbreaking work of growing tomatoes right side up. They can also be moved if bad weather ie.
Fill the bucket with potting soil up to 3 to 5 inches from the top. The benefits of growing plants upside down include superior drainage air circulation and sunlight and - as the University of Floridas IFAS Extension points out - it also reduces the pest. The upright grown tomatoes are far surpassing the upside-down tomatoes.