Garden Tomatoes

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.