So how is America taking to Topsy Turvy® Upside Down Tomato Planter and Topsy Turvy® Tomato Tree®? All I can say is….
WOW!!
So far over SIX MILLION of you are now growing tomatoes in the Topsy Turvy® Tomato Planter and tens of thousands more in our “three tomato plants at a time” metal stand Topsy Turvy® Tomato Tree®. Most gratifying to me personally is the huge number of success stories we are receiving from gardeners old and young, experienced and first timers. Your incredible pictures are also coming in so we see your success. A special thanks to all who have participated in this new tomato-gardening club website! We want to hear from more of you soon!
The Topsy Turvy® Tomato Planter really does work beautifully! I’ve been gardening for over 50 years and have never seen a product that works as well. Let me stress that Topsy Turvy® is still just a planter! There is no ground water and no ground nutrients available to any vertical gro-bag or ground patio planter. However, if you grow your Topsy Turvy® tomatoes carefully, as directed, using healthy plants, it’s almost impossible for you to fail. If you’re having trouble, please carefully check out our Gardening Tips page and the Frequently Asked Questions page on this website. All were designed to help YOU be successful!
Let me review some critical elements you need to understand and follow. All tomato plants, whether grown in ground or in Topsy Turvy® planters, require three primary things:
1. Tomatoes love FULL SUN! If your Topsy Turvy® Tomato Planter is in the shade half the day, you need to move it to where it will receive at least six to seven hours of sun a day. If you’re having trouble finding a way to hang your Topsy Turvy® planter in a sunny spot, please consider using a small diameter nylon rope to hang it from any place overhead that can carry the up-to-30 pounds of weight (estimated weight when loaded with water and a huge tomato plant). Check your hardware store for horizontally oriented metal hanging basket hangers that screw onto the sides of wooden posts, trees, etc.
Even a low cost Shepard’s Hook will work if you simply dig a six inch deep hole in your lawn, drive the Shepard’s Hook’s two spikes down flush to bottom of the hole, then fill the hole with quick drying concrete to lock it firmly in place (A Shepard’s Hook will NOT work if not locked down by quick drying concrete.). Main thing is, get your Topsy Turvy ® Tomato Planter out into the sun!
2. Once your tomato plant gets to be two feet or more in size (hanging below your Topsy Turvy® vertical gro-bag), it will need to be watered EVERY SINGLE DAY. When really mature with lots of tomatoes, you need to put in at least a gallon of water every day. It is VERY IMPORTANT to water SLOWLY. If you turn your water hose on full strength down through the top watering/feeding port, a lot of water will be forced out too quickly through the Topsy Turvy® special drainage system and thus be lost to your tomato plant. This rush of water will also wash out some of your fertilizer.
WATERING SLOWLY will allow the Canadian Peat (main ingredient in most potting soils) plenty of time to soak up water. Canadian Peat when DRY sheds water like a duck. So, water your Topsy Turvy® planter with the flow just “dribbling out. Let it soak like that for about five minutes. When finished, you can “check it” by simply lifting up your Topsy Turvy® gro-bag from the bottom. If properly watered, it will be very heavy. (Be careful not to damage the tomato seedling as you lift up the gro-bag).
3. Tomatoes approaching mid size to maturity need constant feeding to keep stems, leaves and tomatoes developing. Also please use a tomato-targeted fertilizer that contains all the special nutrients needed to develop a tomato properly. Proper fertilizing, proper watering and full sun is the only combination that will create the high sugar and acidity content that yields the special “home grown” tomato taste you want and deserve.
Thank you again for visiting www.topsygardening.com! Next time, we’ll discuss the significant health benefits you and your family will receive as you harvest and enjoy your Topsy Turvy® home-grown tomatoes.
Until then, I wish you Topsy Turvy® gardening success!
Bill