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| Thursday, June 08, 2006 |
| Planted the Topsy Turvey! |
  Despite the rainy and gloomy weather we continue to experience here in Boston, I thought it was high time I planted my Topsy Turvey Tomato Planter . As my long-time readers know, I first saw this product when a relative received one for Christmas. I promptly ordered two (one as a gift for my Mom and one for myself). Each Topsy Turvey ended up costing about $20 with shipping. I planted mine with the tomato variety Early Girl. I picked up my Early Girl at my local hardware store and it cost $2.99. I was away on vacation the past two weekends, so missed out on purchasing my tomato plant at my local greenhouse garden center. My Mother planted hers two weekends ago and reports that the leaves are growing up in hers. She planted hers with the tomato variety "Big Boy" - it will be interesting to see which one does better. I am hoping my "Early Girl" will start producing soon.
 As you can see by the diagram it is fairly straight forward to plant this thing. Once you have your tomato plant, you take it out of the container and squeeze the rootball into a long mass. You then push that up through the bottom of the planter and reaching in from the top put a round sponge-like thing which holds the stem in place. After that you hang the planter and pour your soil in from the top. This was probably the trickiest part for me. Luckily I had a planter hook near my back door, so I could hang up the topsy turvey in a convenient area and still reach to pour in the soil. Once I had it planted I took a picture from underneath so you could see how it works.
 From that picture near my back porch you can see that the hook near my backdoor would not work as a long-term home since the roofline would shade the plant too much. Luckily my house came with a tall metal pole which before today served no purpose (I think it was once one of two poles and held a clothes line. However, the second pole is long gone). It is now home to my Topsy Turvey Tomato Planter! So far I am into this little project for about $25.00 ($20 for the Topsy Turvey, $3 for the tomato plant, and $2 for the soil). If this works, the good news is the planter is reusable. I will keep you updated!
- Topsy Turvey Tomato PlanterLabels: Cool Gardening |
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I'll be checking back to see how it works out. Last year I did a huge container garden on my back porch, but the tomatoes took SO much water and only made a few little tomatoes with tough skin. This year I planted my tomatoes in the front yard, smack in the middle of my flower bed. We'll see how that works out. They won't get as much sun there but hopefully won't need as much water and will produce more.
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I'll be checking back to see how it works out. Last year I did a huge container garden on my back porch, but the tomatoes took SO much water and only made a few little tomatoes with tough skin. This year I planted my tomatoes in the front yard, smack in the middle of my flower bed. We'll see how that works out. They won't get as much sun there but hopefully won't need as much water and will produce more.