Topsy turvy tomatoes

wayne1983

Well my 'topsy turvy' is interesting now. Ive not used a 'tumbler' variety and just plonked an ordinary tomatoe plant in it and its growing allover.
However im feeding and watering regularly and ive got flowers coming and it seems ok so i will post a pic in the future.:beer:

wayne1983

Well ive got lots of flowers now on my topsy, and is really bushy!
I must say if i do well fruit wise of this i will buy another couple as they are now 2 quid in tj hughes!, and just grow tumbling types in future, mostly to save space on the ground. Will update later on....:beer:

wayne1983

Was talking to someone else whos got these and says theres is grown right near the floor! and fuul of flowers.
Like i say, at first i thought they were going to be rubish, however since things have developed i think i may only grow in these next time as they arent bad tbh!. Good deep grow bag too so im pleased:beer:

saucy77

Well I dunno about the "topsyturvy's" but I did like the idea and decided I would try doing the same without the cost.

I have used 2 litre bottles for each individual tom plant, and so far so good! Admittedly I have to water them everyday (which I would have to do if they were upright), feed them weekly as I normally do.

I am growing Roma's, Beefsteak and Money Maker's in the bottle's, so far they seem to be growing, have at least 4 elongated golf ball sized Roma's growing out of 2 bottle's. But they are well and trully pot bound, so gonna try a 3l bottle next time and see if that helps.

wayne1983

saucy77 wrote: »

Well I dunno about the "topsyturvy's" but I did like the idea and decided I would try doing the same without the cost.

I have used 2 litre bottles for each individual tom plant, and so far so good! Admittedly I have to water them everyday (which I would have to do if they were upright), feed them weekly as I normally do.

I am growing Roma's, Beefsteak and Money Maker's in the bottle's, so far they seem to be growing, have at least 4 elongated golf ball sized Roma's growing out of 2 bottle's. But they are well and trully pot bound, so gonna try a 3l bottle next time and see if that helps.

Cheers, good invention there!. Im going to buy 2 more from tjs though as there now only couple of quid and have a deep root system, like a big pop bottle.
Like i say i thought it was going to be a big flop, however like yourself flowers are coming and there seems less faffing about.:beer:

SallyForth_2

saucy77 wrote: »

Well I dunno about the "topsyturvy's" but I did like the idea and decided I would try doing the same without the cost.

I have used 2 litre bottles for each individual tom plant, and so far so good! Admittedly I have to water them everyday (which I would have to do if they were upright), feed them weekly as I normally do.

I am growing Roma's, Beefsteak and Money Maker's in the bottle's, so far they seem to be growing, have at least 4 elongated golf ball sized Roma's growing out of 2 bottle's. But they are well and trully pot bound, so gonna try a 3l bottle next time and see if that helps.

Think you might have been better off using a bucket, or at least something that size.

saucy77

SallyForth wrote: »

Think you might have been better off using a bucket, or at least something that size.

I would if I had the room to place them, but having 73 tomato plants ranging from cherry to full bush (including 12 in bottles).

Last year I had them in my planter and I had lots of fruit, but it was a pain to get to them all. Cherry variety always do well in hanging baskets, I plant them around the side and place a marigold in the top to help the tomatoes along.

wayne1983

Bought another 2 of these yesterday for next year, it said £2.49 each, i got them for 2 each so bargain really.
Regards my current one still more flowers and getting bigger.