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Upside Down Tomatoes
by Jacqueline Wyss
At our monthly meeting in May, long-time member Connie Johnston shared her fun gardening tip with us. Each year Connie plants some upside down tomatoes. She takes a pail, cuts a hole in the bottom and plants a tomato in it with the green part of the plant down and the roots up inside the bucket. She then fills the bucket with soil and hangs it up. The tomato plant will happily grow upside down eliminating the need to tie up the plant as it grows. Connie recommended small fruit tomatoes as, in her experience, the larger tomatoes would often break the branches of the plant. One of Connie’s friends expanded on the idea by planting a flower in the top of the bucket. Another twist could be to plant the top portion with basil, parsley, rosemary or a pepper plant. A fun and unusual idea and as Connie says, “It makes a great conversation piece”.
Commercially made planters are available but for detailed instructions on how to make your own upside down tomato planter, click on www.seedsofknowledge.com/tomato2.html. (2008-03-18) |
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