The 5 gallon bucket should work just fine. Let us know how it turns out. Lisa > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:memory-lane- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of marilyn E B > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 8:31 PM > To: Memory Lane > Subject: Re: [ML] Gardens and back yards > > When my neighbors grew a couple of the upside down tomato plants, they could > not water them often enough. Who wants to be out watering a plant 3 - > 4 times a day. I may try the 5 gallon bucket version as I have found a spot > that the height would be comfortable. > > Marilyn > > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Lisa Lepore <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I did the upside down tomato thing last year - didn't get very good > > results. > > To begin with, they are enormously > > heavy. If you don't have someone who can hang them up for you - forget it. > > > > One thing that did work well was a smaller planter for peppers. I > > grow some hot peppers in that one and it works well. You could > > probably grow herbs in that planter too. > > > > Lisa > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:memory-lane- > > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of marilyn E B > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:58 AM > > > To: Memory Lane > > > Subject: Re: [ML] Gardens and back yards > > > > > > I saw an interesting video on the internet a few days ago on growing > > > the upside down tomatoes and etc. In the video they brought up the > > > point that > > the > > > pots you get in the kits are just too small to hold enough water to > > develop a > > > good plant and good tomatoes. *Instead they used a five gallon > > > bucket and > > even > > > planted flowers in the top.* > > > * > > > * > > > *Marilyn* > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 11:14 PM, Lisa Lepore > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > You might want to try one tomato plant in a container. Not too > > > > much work, and if you keep it watered & fertilized you should get > > > > a good > > yield. > > > > My dad & step mother grow tomatoes & herbs in pots. Their > > > > tomatoes were great last year. I gave my dad 2 artichokes in pots > > > > last year on father's day. They survived the winter in the garage > > > > and are about a foot tall now. Hope to have some artichokes this year. > > > > > > > > Lisa