Posted by Steve B on April 22, 2010, 11:57 pm
I was at Walgreens the other day, and saw those little plastic upside down
tomato bags. $10 each .......... I don't think so.
I can make some out of five gallon buckets that would be sturdier, and I can
get buckets free.
Does anyone grow tomatoes like this? It seems like it would be a good deal,
you would only have to make a substantial support, which I can do. It seems
like the tomatoes would not have to be pinched back as much, and the chances
of splitting stems would be reduced.
We do get wind here, so should I put them next to a wind break?
Steve
XXtreme SW Utah
3700' elev
zone 7-8
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Posted by Nanzi on April 23, 2010, 11:10 am
I haven't personally grown them, DH doesn't want to, but our neighbors
have been doing it for years with good results. The 'maters look and
taste wonderful. Someone is very stubborn, and doesn't want to build
the structure to hold them.
Nan in DE
Posted by Steve B on April 25, 2010, 1:35 am
>I haven't personally grown them, DH doesn't want to, but our neighbors
> have been doing it for years with good results. The 'maters look and
> taste wonderful. Someone is very stubborn, and doesn't want to build
> the structure to hold them.
> Nan in DE
Well, I hope to have the time this week to do some, and I will report in.
I'm looking forward to it. It seems like it's going to be easier than
weeding, and the hit and miss watering we have here. On some days, the ag
water pressure is low, non existent, or the skunge in it plugs up a head and
you don't notice it until the plant is dry and in shock. I think the
buckets may be a little more easily managed.
Steve
http://cabgbypasssurgery.com soon to be a book
Posted by AndyS on April 26, 2010, 6:11 pm
> >I haven't personally grown them, DH doesn't want to, but our neighbors
> > have been doing it for years with good results. The 'maters look and
> > taste wonderful. Someone is very stubborn, and doesn't want to build
> > the structure to hold them.
> > Nan in DE
> Well, I hope to have the time this week to do some, and I will report in.
> I'm looking forward to it. It seems like it's going to be easier than
> weeding, and the hit and miss watering we have here. On some days, the ag
> water pressure is low, non existent, or the skunge in it plugs up a head and
> you don't notice it until the plant is dry and in shock. I think the
> buckets may be a little more easily managed.
> Stevehttp://cabgbypasssurgery.comsoon to be a book
Andy comments:
Well, you guys have motivated me to try it. I have some 5 gallon
plastic buckets and about a half dozen sprouts I haven't transplanted
yet....
It doesn't look like rocket surgery, and if it works, next year
I'll decorate
my front yard with little pinatas with tomatoes growing out of them...
,,,,, assuming my wife agrees, of course... :>)))))
Andy in Eureka, Texas
PS I bet that tomatoes grown upside down would make a
great topping for anti-pasta ........
Posted by kelly_graham77373@yahoo.com on April 27, 2010, 11:58 am
Here in Houston, Texas, we've had tomato blossoms for about 3 weeks,
now.. but no tomatoes.
Maybe it's too-early in the season? However, this is a big change for
the better compared to last year -
when the days were so hot the blossoms would drop about a two or two
after opening!
Kelly Paul Graham
> I was at Walgreens the other day, and saw those little plastic upside down
> tomato bags. $10 each .......... I don't think so.
> I can make some out of five gallon buckets that would be sturdier, and I can
> get buckets free.
> Does anyone grow tomatoes like this? It seems like it would be a good deal,
> you would only have to make a substantial support, which I can do. It seems
> like the tomatoes would not have to be pinched back as much, and the chances
> of splitting stems would be reduced.
> We do get wind here, so should I put them next to a wind break?
> Steve
> XXtreme SW Utah
> 3700' elev
> zone 7-8
> Visit my blog athttp://cabgbypasssurgery.com
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> have been doing it for years with good results. The 'maters look and
> taste wonderful. Someone is very stubborn, and doesn't want to build
> the structure to hold them.
> Nan in DE