Ooh I must have missed this issue of Home Farmer, but then I only buy it
sporadically (credit crunch ;-)) This sounds like a good idea in theory, I
don’t know anybody who has tried it though. My friend always used to grow
her cherry tomatoes in baskets and they always did beautifully. Another
friend insists on putting all her lettuce in baskets, she uses the cut and
come again variety and has had equally good results and with the added bonus
of no slugs!!!



I looked up this upside method of growing tomatoes, there seemed to be some
mixed results, but I watched incredulously at this site for the Topsy Turvy
planter: https://www.topsyturvy.com/

I thought it would be a huge amount of stress on the stem, would be an
interesting experiment to conduct with the children! I found the link to
these planters on this UK thread, might be worth a read:
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/grapevine/new-shoots/upsidedown-tomato-plan
ters_15775.html



Let us know how you do.



Regards

Karen







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Recently, well 3 months agoI discovered Home Farmer magasine. From this I
have found sites and ideas. My garden soil is solid clay and my husband and
I are both disabled. The cost of raised beds in money and mobility terms
to build is a bit much. Currently I have five growbags on a tarpauline with
a plastic cloche over it. we have more lettuce than we can eat!. Using a
waste piece of commercial green fencing ( like solid six foot high chicken
wire ) I have made a garden divider. One side of the garden gets no sun due
to overhanging trees. This divider now has pots at growbags at the bottem
with peas and peans in. At the top in empty 2 litre coke bottles are
flowers ( no slugs) and today I started upside down tomatoes in coke
bottles. Yes I do think the pots are too small but we will see. All these
are obvious ideas but I never thought of them...
Am looking forward to the smallholders show in July at the south of England
show ground. Rang today to book the mobility scouters to get round the
site and was told they are £20 each. So now my husband will be sitting in
the car park for the day and I will be in a bad mood, in pain. I don't mind
paying but most shows we go to they are complimentary.... We can not take
our own scouter as we will need an empty car due to being end of term and
daughter comming home that evening.....
Any advice on growing up side down tomatoes welcomed......

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