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too much weight on my tomato roots?
I made my own version of the topsy turvey upside down tomato plant hanger deal… anyways, what I did was found a fancy hanging basket-the basket is made of coconut ‘hair’ and held in an iron decorative type basket.
I cut a small hole in the bottom of the basket, planted the tomato so it hangs upsidedown, put soil in the basket – then because its a hanging basket, I planted some decorative grass and marigolds coming out of the top of the basket.
I’m wondering, did I just kill all the plants? Will I get tomatos? It’s fairly heavy, will all that weight hurt the tomato’s root system? I’m no professional gardener, just wanted to make something fancy for my mom’s bday gift!
Thanks for your help in advance!
Looks like you’ve got two answers from people who don’t know what they’re talking about. Here’s a good answer for you from someone who really does know a thing or two about plants.
No, the weight of the soil and the other plants will not harm the roots of your tomatoes. Some places actually market those topsy-turvy planters as a great way to grow tomatoes from the bottom and other plants in the top.
Will you get tomatoes? That’s hard to say. I’m not a fan of the topsy-turvy planters myself and I feel they are mostly a gimmick, a fad that will eventually fade away. Some people swear they get a good crop from them, but when I tried the topsy-turvy planters a couple years ago, I also planted the same variety of tomato in the ground. My plants in the ground outperformed the topsy-turvy tomato plants by about 10 to 1. In my experience, the topsy-turvy tomato planters were a waste of time. But the weight of the soil did not kill the plants.
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