Growing Upside Down Tomatoes

If you want to grow upside down tomatoes, do you know what type of tomato is good for planting upturned?

Planting tomatoes the other way around is a great option for your garden. However, once the plants start bearing fruits, the branches are subjected to stress because inverted tomatoes are pulled down from their branches by gravity. Regular tomatoes can fall of early from their branches too. Although almost all types of tomatoes can be planted upside down and produce good harvests, some will grow faster and better than others. Which type then is good for this upside down tomato planter technique?

First, you have to know that to grow upside down tomatos, seeds will not work. The plant should at least be three inches tall before you can grow tomatos upside down. Among the varieties of tomatoes that work best for inverted planting include Big Boy, cherry or grape varieties, and Early Girl.

Tomatoes can be classified as either determinate of indeterminate. Determinate tomatoes grow to a predestined size, bear a fixed number of fruits at a definite time, and then die. Normally, they produce fruits within 60 – 75 days. Indeterminate tomatoes grow for the whole tomato season until it dies. Just the same, the first fruit comes within 60 – 75 days.

If you are just starting with gardening and want to take it easy, determinate tomatoes are easier to handle. The plants do not grow much and then eventually die after they complete their growing cycle. If you want to grow a garden of upside down tomatoes, plant indeterminate tomatoes on your first try.

Choose small varieties such as the grape or cherry tomatoes. The 100 and Early Girl types are good if you want plenty of fruits quickly. Celebrity tomatoes are large varieties that are best for slicing. Roma tomatoes grow very well in upside down planters. They are the ones that are normally used for salads and sauces because of the bright color and strong flavor. They are harder to find though.

Determinate Cherry tomato plants work well if planted upside down. However, they normally do not grow well, become very large, and gets stressed by the end of summer.

Varieties that are specifically designed for inverted plating include Window Box Roma, Micro-Tom, Basket Boy Red, and Basket Boy Yellow.

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