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We planted one a month ago and its not looking too good..... followed the directions to the letter too.
I have a neigbor that bought one and took good care of it, and it didn't turn out well. It hasn't even grown very much, I can see that from the car. I would never buy one.
My husband planted some regular tomatoes in our back yard, they got to be huge/tall, and they are still putting out a lot of tomatoes, even though it is fall here.
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They work, I was given one. It was a bad year for tomatoes though, blight was all over. Only my isolated (from others' tomato plants) and covered (by the roof overhang) tomatoes escaped the blight. I'd suggest using a determinate variety of tomato with it.
I bought four and added them at the end of my hydro drip system using coconut coir as a medium. The drip system had an emitter on each Topsy Turvy. That is as much per planter as a 16 plant tower uses. The tomatoes did great the first year. I replanted the second summer and the bags fell apart, one while planting and the others before the season was over. It seems they just don't last and they are too expensive for a single tomato plant! They are difficult to keep hydrated as the water runs straight out. One or two days without water and a tomato plant is history. There are better ways to plant your tomatoes.
Didn't know this thread was still going. I have friends who were growing tomatoes this way years before these things went on the market. Just used a 5 gallon bucket. There is a convenience market in a town near here that has had a tomato plant planted in a 5 gallon bucket out side his door for at least 10 years. Of course not the same plant (lol) but has been using the same 5 gallon bucket.
Anyone had luck with the "Topsy Turvy" tomato plant thing?
To the best of my knowledge, they only seem to work effectively in the commercials. Several friends have expressed dis-satisfaction (they live in apartments and really do not have space for a conventional garden) I normally grow at least 3 rows 80 ft long each in tomatos, I have plenty to share and sell a half bushel twice a week to a small local market
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