These plants/planters do need to be watered on a regular but limited basis. The soil should be kept damp but not soaked. I have not used them but my neighbor did. They had nice medium size tomatoes. The tomatoes tasted good but they did pick theirs before they were fully ripe. Do remember to keep the little "suckers" pinched back, they grow between a big limb and the main stem. This reminds me of an article I read by a man whose father grew tomatoes as a career. He said his father would even pinch off most of the leaves. This would lead to larger tomatoes. I have never tried that but may try that this year. Marilyn On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 7:40 AM, juanita <juanita2@cox.net> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > 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 > -- "If you don't get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not appreciated what God has done. It makes you grateful for our surroundings, and it starts your day differently." Johnny Cash