I've not grown any tomatoes in the upside down planters....nor tried after I saw what happened to a couple of them that a lady in our apartment house planted. She had her brother-in-law erect an upright holder for her with an arm across the top. She bought two of the planters and hung one on ea. side of the arm. The tomatoes soon sprouted and started to come out the bottom of the planters but it wasn't long before the stems of the plants started curling upward - toward the sun. Each week the tomatoes grew upward toward the sun....about the only fruit produced were a few scrawny tomatoes hardly fit to pick. The planters hung there all summer long and on into the winter. By this Spring they were just a piece of torn green plastic, hanging by shreds. I rather doubt she'll replace them this year. I don't know if anyone can grow large red tomatoes that resemble the ads or not. They cost too much for no more return....I can go to a roadside sale and buy them from a farmer. Our Spring weather has gone from one extreme to the other. A week or more ago we broke an 1895 high temperature when it got to 100 degs. A few days later we were 50 degrees cooler with cold northern wind. We need rain badly. juanita ks juanita > Has any one grown the tomato plant in the topsy turvey planter, the > one where the plant is gowing upside down. I was given one and can > you grow regular size tomatos in them or have to be the small ones? > Just wondering how much luck you have had with them. Figure I can ask > at the plant place, but thought some thoughts from the gang would be > apreciated. The garden place is going to tell you only good stuff. > > We have had such strange weather. Last week really nice and worked > out side, now this is different. We just had not really hard wind, and > some rain, but in Chico yesterday about 10 miles from us they had > hail, rain, strong wind, and snow in the foot hills. Now this > afternoon they are saying another storm coming in on the west side of > the valley where we are. Strong winds, hail and thunderstorms. In > Chico Louise

I wonder if she had them hanging in the sun. Maybe that is why they were going for the sun. I am still trying to figure just where to put this thing. It will be interesting, I think. Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "juanita" <juanita2@cox.net> To: <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 3:29 PM Subject: [ML] tomato plants > I've not grown any tomatoes in the upside down planters....nor tried > after I saw what happened to a couple of them that a lady in our > apartment house planted. She had her brother-in-law erect an upright > holder for her with an arm across the top. She bought two of the > planters and hung one on ea. side of the arm. The tomatoes soon > sprouted and started to come out the bottom of the planters but it > wasn't long before the stems of the plants started curling upward - > toward the sun. Each week the tomatoes grew upward toward the > sun....about the only fruit produced were a few scrawny tomatoes > hardly fit to pick. The planters hung there all summer long and on > into the winter. By this Spring they were just a piece of torn green > plastic, hanging by shreds. I rather doubt she'll replace them this > year. > > I don't know if anyone can grow large red tomatoes that resemble the > ads or not. They cost too much for no more return....I can go to a > roadside sale and buy them from a farmer. > > Our Spring weather has gone from one extreme to the other. A week or > more ago we broke an 1895 high temperature when it got to 100 degs. > A few days later we were 50 degrees cooler with cold northern wind. > We need rain badly. > > juanita > ks > > juanita > > >> Has any one grown the tomato plant in the topsy turvey planter, the >> one where the plant is gowing upside down. I was given one and can >> you grow regular size tomatos in them or have to be the small ones? >> Just wondering how much luck you have had with them. Figure I can ask >> at the plant place, but thought some thoughts from the gang would be >> apreciated. The garden place is going to tell you only good stuff. >> >> We have had such strange weather. Last week really nice and worked >> out side, now this is different. We just had not really hard wind, and >> some rain, but in Chico yesterday about 10 miles from us they had >> hail, rain, strong wind, and snow in the foot hills. Now this >> afternoon they are saying another storm coming in on the west side of >> the valley where we are. Strong winds, hail and thunderstorms. In >> Chico > Louise > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Mine got sun, maybe not enough because they curled up too, but the fruits were still good and abundant. Connie >I wonder if she had them hanging in the sun. Maybe that is why they were > going for the sun. I am still trying to figure just where to put this > thing. It will be interesting, I think. > Louise

Yes, she did have the two hanging planters in direct sun.....no trees near by. That may have been the problem. She tried to water them every day with the garden hose but I suspect the soil got very dry between soakings. juanita ks > I wonder if she had them hanging in the sun. Maybe that is why they > were going for the sun. I am still trying to figure just where to put > this thing. It will be interesting, I think. Louise ----- Original > Message ----- From: "juanita" <juanita2@cox.net> To: > <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 3:29 PM Subject: > [ML] tomato plants > > . The tomatoes > > soon sprouted and started to come out the bottom of the planters but > > it wasn't long before the stems of the plants started curling upward > > - toward the sun. Each week the tomatoes grew upward toward the > > sun...> > > > juanita > > ks