Planting tomatoes?

[Jon]

It will soon be time to put some maters in the ground. This year I am going to try something different. I am going to drill a hole in the bottom of a bucket and put the plant in upside down and let it hang out and put a lid on it and let the plant grow down. has anyone ever done this before?

[Ken Massingale]

Like this?
http://www.seedsofknowledge.com/tomato2.html

https://www.hangingtomato.com/?cid=486402

[Jon]

D'oh

well it was a good thought.

[McRabbet]

Last year, my neighbor had three large pots with tomatoe plants growing out the bottoms and he had excellent yield.

[gator]

I was at a friend's house last year and they had about 15 of the upside-down tomato bags. All were in full fruit. They got them at Ace Hardware.

George

[DaveO]

Jon, you're a landscaper...don't you know the rule, green side up when planting anything
I would be concerned with keeping the soil moisture constant in a small hanging container. The biggest problems I have had with growing tomatoes is clefting and cat-facing from repeated drying out while forming fruit. I start off in the spring able to keep up with the watering, but by the time the summer heat comes on and the tomatoes begin to fruit, I get lazy and/or tired of the heat all day and start slacking on the watering.
If you could rig up a drip irrigation system for the containers that sure would help.
Dave

[jerrye]

Originally Posted by DaveO

Jon, you're a landscaper...don't you know the rule, green side up when planting anything
I would be concerned with keeping the soil moisture constant in a small hanging container. The biggest problems I have had with growing tomatoes is clefting and cat-facing from repeated drying out while forming fruit. I start off in the spring able to keep up with the watering, but by the time the summer heat comes on and the tomatoes begin to fruit, I get lazy and/or tired of the heat all day and start slacking on the watering.
If you could rig up a drip irrigation system for the containers that sure would help.
Dave

FIL uses soaker hoses on a timer. ?

[Jon]

Oh I have the growing in the ground tomatos licked. Last year I picked 165 good fruit from 6 plants in Early August, That way is no problem. I was just looking for another way to do it. See what will work.

[jeff...]

someone told me you can always tell if a mater grew upside down - cause the stem socket is on the bottom instead of the top. Of course I told the guy you could always turn the mater over and it would be right side up instead of upside down, I think I may have confused him.

Speaking of vegetables, you'll know how to tell if a watermelon is ripe with a piece of straw right?

[DavidF]

Originally Posted by jeff...

Speaking of vegetables, you'll know how to tell if a watermelon is ripe with a piece of straw right?

Do tell, do...