Area gardeners report success with hanging tomato plantsFiled Under: aero garden
Is there an upside to upside-down tomatoes?
Those jarring late-night infomercials hawking the “Topsy-Turvy,” a planter designed to dangle tomato vines instead of the traditional stake-and-tie method, would have gardeners believe the planter is an innovation on par with hydroponics. But in practice, green-thumbed residents of Northwestern Connecticut said they’re still trying to figure out whether the hanging tomato is a trend or a transformation.
For Torrington resident Sherri Waldron, a mom of two kids whose backyard ball-playing would leave a vegetable garden in shambles, hanging tomato plants has emerged as a perfect solution. Waldron got in on the Topsy-Turvy craze early, starting a cherry tomato variety about five years ago, and she’s fed her family from the hanging tomato-studded vines ever since.
“I don’t have a lot of space in Torrington so I could hang it off my porch and let ‘em rip,” Waldron said. “It’s really the new thing to do,” she added, saying the planters are popular among customers at Litchfield Hills Nursery, where Waldron works.
Store-bought upside-down tomato planters, which cost between $10 and $15, consist of a simple construction of a wide cylinder topped off with a plastic lid that has an opening to add water and a sturdy wire hanger, with a small hole for the plant to sprout from the bottom. Several websites, including YouTube, have do-it-yourself guides to building an upside-down planter using materials ranging from two-liter bottles to five-gallon buckets.
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- 14 Jun 2010 9:52 PM
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