oh, my gosh! I sure don't miss those hot temperatures!! I am totally lovin' these mornings in the 60s. They tell us it might get up into the upper 80s next week. Sure that sounds like Heaven to you, huh??? I would guess that it probably is the heat that is hurting your maters. They do sort of grow upward when they first start out, but if they get big enough, the weight of the plant continues to pull them downward. Try to stay cool!!!!!! I'll try to blow some mountain air your direction! Kat On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Connie Springs <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Kat; > How I envy you !!! I have two "Topsy Turvy" plants and they are pathetic - > Instead of growing down these suckers are growing upward - a few pitiful > blooms, leaves wilted - I guess like most of us this 100+ heat is getting > to > them. Was 108.8 at 3:30 yesterday on > the back side of my house. > Please "Carry me back to old Virginny" > Connie > > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Kat Fulcher <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Since the list is so quiet, thought I'd share the latest on my exploits > as > > a > > tomato farmer in beautiful SW Virginia. > > > > Not to sound (again) like an ad for the "Topsy Turvy" planters, but my > > upside down tomato plants are growing like crazy! I have 3 planters up > and > > each of the plants are at least 4 feet long or more now. I have about a > > dozen tomatoes growing on the "Big Boy" plant and 7 or 8 on the German > pink > > one. The Mr. Stripey plant is just now starting to flower. > > > > My cherry tomato plant that's in the ground is covered up in fruit. > > There's > > got to be at least 100 little maters all over it! Just picked a nice red > > one and ate it on the spot! Sweet as candy! I bought that plant at Lowes > > and it has grown like nothing you've ever seen. It's about 6 feet across > > now--one plant!!! > > > > My other plants in the ground that I started from seeds are all starting > to > > flower now, too. If I just get one tomato off those plants, I'll feel > like > > a real sucess because I never grew anything "from scratch" like that > > before. Those were seeds I saved out of nice tomatoes we got at the > local > > farmer's market last summer. Forgot to mark the bags, though, so I don't > > know which plant is which and could end up with red, yellow or dark > purple > > maters when they come in! It'll be a surprise...LOL. > > > > Guess I could also do a good commercial for Miracle Grow "shake and > feed." > > My mother in law put out tomatoes about the same time as mine, but didn't > > use Miracle Grow garden soil or the fertilizer and her's are about half > as > > big as mine. That stuff really works! > > > > So any way, I'm now officially a Virginia farmer...ha! > > To contact Listowner: > > Rena Worthen [email protected] > > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm< > http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Evafloyd/floyd.htm<http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm> > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen [email protected] > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >