Upside down tomato planter

purplepixi

I found this brilliant idea whilst brousing a few sites about growing veges.

It's an upside down tomato planter, made from an old 2ltr coke bottle.

I though this is great, and for those who don't have much space is an excellent idea.

I've already got my main tomatoes out side, but I was thinking about having a go with mu cherry tomatoes. I've got a tri-pod style clothes airer/hanging thing, which I'm going to hang them on, on my patio.

I'll report back on how it goes.

http://mslworks.com/Cripes/?page_id=47

Laura

purplepixi

Quick update,

I tried this 3 days ago, and hay presto - my tomato plant stayed in, it's even looking healthier. I looked at it this morning and the leaves have turned over to face upwards for the sun.

This pick was taken 2 days ago, but it gives you an idea.



I hope it'll get a lot bigger, the bottle seems to act as a water reservoir at the bottom so it doesn't dry out like it does in grow bags.

Laura

wigginsmum

Wow - I'll watch keenly to see how this works out. I'm growing my cherry toms in a typical hanging basket and it constantly dries out.

SusanCarter

purplepixi wrote:

This pick was taken 2 days ago, but it gives you an idea.

Apparently I can't view the picture because I'm not a member of the seed exchange

Noozan

SusanCarter wrote:

Apparently I can't view the picture because I'm not a member of the seed exchange

Me neither