Posted by RogerT on April 24, 2010, 6:46 am
Article in Telegraph today about a "new" growbag" being sold by ASDA for
growing tomatoes upside down! They rekcon you hag it high up and let the
plants trail towards the floor. Roots will get warm cos of the "green"
growbag, and all the nutrients will travel down to the plants.
Supposedly been successful across the pond!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/7624404/Upside-down-tomatoes.html
Doen't have the piture that they have in the paper!
As far as I cant work out, it's not April 1st in any calander!
Roger T
Posted by Jim A on April 24, 2010, 7:15 am
RogerT wrote:
> Article in Telegraph today about a "new" growbag" being sold by ASDA for
> growing tomatoes upside down! They rekcon you hag it high up and let the
> plants trail towards the floor. Roots will get warm cos of the "green"
> growbag, and all the nutrients will travel down to the plants.
>
> Supposedly been successful across the pond!
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/7624404/Upside-down-tomatoes.html
>
> Doesn't have the piture that they have in the paper!
>
>
> As far as I cant work out, it's not April 1st in any calander!
I don't know about that, but I'm going to have a go at growing them in a
hanging basket this year (so long as the seeds I planted last weekend
germinate).
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Posted by Sacha on April 24, 2010, 10:45 am
> RogerT wrote:
>> Article in Telegraph today about a "new" growbag" being sold by ASDA for
>> growing tomatoes upside down! They rekcon you hag it high up and let the
>> plants trail towards the floor. Roots will get warm cos of the "green"
>> growbag, and all the nutrients will travel down to the plants.
>>
>> Supposedly been successful across the pond!
>>
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/7624404/Upside-down-tomatoes.html
>>
>> Doesn't have the piture that they have in the paper!
>>
>>
>> As far as I cant work out, it's not April 1st in any calander!
>
> I don't know about that, but I'm going to have a go at growing them in
> a hanging basket this year (so long as the seeds I planted last weekend
> germinate).
We grow Tumbler that way every year, both for ourselves and for sale.
Works very well.
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Posted by wafflycat on April 24, 2010, 7:45 am
> Article in Telegraph today about a "new" growbag" being sold by ASDA for
> growing tomatoes upside down! They rekcon you hag it high up and let the
> plants trail towards the floor. Roots will get warm cos of the "green"
> growbag, and all the nutrients will travel down to the plants.
> Supposedly been successful across the pond!
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/7624404/Upside-down-tomatoes.html
> Doen't have the piture that they have in the paper!
> As far as I cant work out, it's not April 1st in any calander!
> Roger T
I've seen them for sale over here - various garden centres & stores.
http://shop.nationaltrust.org.uk/products/let-039-s-grow-tomatoes-upside-down/325/
http://www.greenfingers.com/superstore/product.asp?dept_id%2&pf_id=LS4817D&co=fr
Posted by <vicky on April 24, 2010, 5:20 pm
> Article in Telegraph today about a "new" growbag" being sold by ASDA for
> growing tomatoes upside down! They rekcon you hag it high up and let the
> plants trail towards the floor. Roots will get warm cos of the "green"
> growbag, and all the nutrients will travel down to the plants.
We had one last year. It didn't work very well, but Nick thinks he put the
wrong kind of tomato in it. (he used a tumbler. Apparently you should use
a normal non-tumbling variety) And he's a bit heavy handed, planting is
normally my job.
He hasn't given up, he bought a new upside-downer last month. I think it
came from Wilkinsons.
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> growing tomatoes upside down! They rekcon you hag it high up and let the
> plants trail towards the floor. Roots will get warm cos of the "green"
> growbag, and all the nutrients will travel down to the plants.
>
> Supposedly been successful across the pond!
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/7624404/Upside-down-tomatoes.html
>
> Doesn't have the piture that they have in the paper!
>
>
> As far as I cant work out, it's not April 1st in any calander!