Anyone grown tomatoes upside down?

susievb, Oct 19, 4:11am
I see on the tui website you can grow tomatoes - small and cherry ones up side down in a 10L bucket.
I am just trying to think how l can "hang it up" since it will be heavy.

andrew1954, Oct 19, 5:25am
Last week i noticed at either Mitre 10 or Bunnings a special bag arrangement which was sold as being for growing tomatoes upside down.

mojo49, Oct 19, 8:55am
Wouldn't it be more sensible to just put the bucket up the right way?

docsportello, Oct 19, 6:33pm
Do you mean "trailing"? Could be difficult to water an unside down bucket. Gravity would not be your friend.

lythande1, Oct 19, 7:09pm
Why? The plant then bends it's branches up so it can reach for the light. just another silly pointless fad.

ira78, Oct 20, 2:04am
And all the dirt would fall out.

gmphil, Oct 20, 2:22am
yup got the bag thing from mitre ten
bloody waste time !

midnight42, Oct 20, 6:55am
Is there any variety of tomatoes that will grow in pots and hang down?

sanders4, Oct 20, 7:10am
Mine are in a planter box on the deck - went in 15-9-2017 and now up to one meter high with both flowers and fruit - why bother with the upside down thing when they do real well in the sun right side up?

mojo49, Mar 2, 4:15am
Trailing could look very nice, but they require a lot of feeding and water and a hanging basket would struggle to provide enough of either. Large pot on the ground/deck is much more likely to be successful. We use a plastic 200L drum cut in half just for one plant.