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    Toppling tomato planter - anyone used one?

    I had some vouchers for Tesco's and bought 3 for the price of 2 of these yesterday as I thought they looked like fun.

    "Easy to use" they claim...

    No instructions provided and doubtless I'm being a total numpty, but has anyone used one of these? Presumably you plant the tomato in the bottom, but what is the sponge thingy for? Does it just hold things in place - go round the stem of the tomato?

    If anyone could just talk me through this I'd be very grateful! I usually plant tomatoes a) in the ground or b) in a bucket so all this high-tech stuff is beyond me
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    Ones like these?

    Buy Toppling Tomato Planter at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Garden pots and containers.

    If so, I'd suspend it from something, put a tomato plant in upside down, holding it it place, and then fill compost in from the top - or get someone to help you?

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      Thanks for your reply - yes, I get that, it's just what to do with this spongy bit. I IMAGINE it goes round the stem of the plant, but want to be sure.

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        I presume it acts as a bung to keep the plant from falling out, so yeah I'd go with that

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        • #5
          I presume (having done this before) that it also stops the compost being flushed out when you water it.

          And btw, I couldn't get on with mine and make sure you put it in a very unwindy place.
          Last edited by womble; 06-05-2011, 01:54 PM.
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          • #6
            Thanks guys.

            Womble, I haven't planted them up yet - were they a pain? If so, I could just take them back to Tesco's...

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            • #7
              I would say unless you have a very good reason for wanting them upside down and hanging up, I personally would prefer them on the ground.
              But try for yourself.
              "Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"

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              • #8
                I hung one a week ago still seems to be living but plant is trying to grow upwards as is natural (they say the weight will pull it down eventually.) I put two plants in it and started by feeding from the inside out and securing the stem with the sponge (should have a slit in it?) then it says to carefully fill so as not to damage roots. Also added a layer of tomato fertiliser just above the root ball then filled to three inches from the top and watered well. I done this before hanging but it was bloody heavy needs somewhere sturdy to hang it too.

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                • #9
                  2 days ago I planted a couple of minature bush varieties in a hanging basket and thought I would experiment with poking some out of the holes in the basket so they would hang down. Lo and behold I went out to check on them and they are trying to grow upright. I had seen thouse upside down planters so thought it would be ok. How wierd, will just let them get on with it as I had loads of extra plants anyway.

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                  • #10
                    Upside down planters ARE a waste of time and money as far as I am concerned. No, don't get annoyed with me, i am just telling it as it was for me, a total disaster.

                    And when your back stops aching,
                    And your hands begin to harden.
                    You will find yourself a partner,
                    In the glory of the garden.

                    Rudyard Kipling.sigpic

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by bramble View Post
                      Upside down planters ARE a waste of time and money as far as I am concerned. No, don't get annoyed with me, i am just telling it as it was for me, a total disaster.
                      I kinda thought they might be but thought i'd try it with the kids. Ho many centuries have tomato been grown right way up? i'm sure if they grew better the other way it would have been done afore now?

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by fiferjim View Post
                        I kinda thought they might be but thought i'd try it with the kids. Ho many centuries have tomato been grown right way up? i'm sure if they grew better the other way it would have been done afore now?
                        They were a disaster for me as well. I don't think they grow better upside down, no matter what rubbish is sprouted by the advertising.
                        They grow upside down, which is probably about the best you can say about it. And they are away from the slugs, which are never a problem on my toms anyway, they make more use of the space, but then you have to have a very strong thing to hang them from.

                        They try to grow upwards, but the weight of them will pull them down.
                        "Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"

                        Please ignore everything I say, I make it up as I go along, not only do I generally not believe what I write, I never remember it either.

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