Growing tomatoe plants upside down!

[mckenzygirl]

I was brainstorming Disturbed (that's a scary thought!)

How I could plant my tomatoes and be able to take them with me if we were to move in the summer months. Thumb

I came up with this idea.

I'm planting my tomatoes upside down in a plastic bucket. This way too, if we move during the summer I can take my tomatoe plants with.

Plants tomatoes upside down in a plastic bucket.
Here's how I'm going to do it:
I'll use plastic bucket (the kind you use to wash your car of scrub the floor with)
Cut a 3 inch hole in the bottem of the bucket.
add some gravel, and then fill the rest of the bucket with 3/4 full with soil.
Then plant the tomatoe plant with the roots planted in that 3 inch hole I cut in the bottem.
Then I can cut holes in the sides of the bucket and plant flowers or hrebs and plant herbs in the top of the bucket as well.
This buket will weigh pretty heavy so I'll make sure I'll have a strong hook to hang the bucket on.

The tomatoe plant will be hanging up sidedown, and I think the bugs will have a hrad time getting to the plant.
Think this will work?
Please give me your input on this idea. Waving

[Deleted]

I did that last year.It works great but you have to watch the watering as the containers tend to dry quickly.
The variety you use is critical as well. I would say grape,cherry or even paste toms would be ideal.
I grow mortgage lifters and they did'nt fare well.
Also growing your tomatoes ,try to limit them to a single stem. More fruit.

[Pharmer Phil]

I've seen this done, and read about it, never tried it tho.
myself, I would forego the gravel, you shouldn't need it.
Agree fully with Xman's imput.
Watering is a concern.
Use the bucket, the hole is easily done with a hole saw, first the bottom, then... cover the hole with a coffee filter, (so the soil won't fall out), fill with a loose soil mix, OR a soiless mix, with some well aged compost, this will help with the watering issue.
You could purchase polymer water crystals...but use them sparingly, about 1 tablespoon per bucket, mixed in well.
Then take the lid of the bucket, cut another 3-4 inch hole in it, and before placing it on the soil -filled bucket, lay another coffee filter on the soil, where the hole in the lid will be covering it, this will keep the area where you water from erroding. Snap on the lid, turn it over.
Use a WELL Established, healthy plant
now where Ya Yell fer your Hubby
Hang it from a strong hook, preferably out of the wind, and THEN water! the soiless mix is Idea for this, as it weighs much less, will not compact, and unless the compost you used had some Heebie-Jeebies in it, your tomato should be disease and fungus free. 2head

also, smaller varieties will work best...have have a great selection !

[mckenzygirl]

If I don't get any tomaters this summer I may look like this...



Or like this

[Pharmer Phil]

by golly I think you got the Pics figured out!

[mckenzygirl]

Doing the oh yeah ...I did it... I finally got it .....oh yeah dance!