Growing Upside Down Tomatoes

Inverted tomatoes are all the rage these days. If you want to ride on the trend and try the grow upside down tomatos technique, you can purchase ready made containers and plastic bags for you to use. However, you can also try the economical route by making your own upside down tomato planter. It’s not the easiest thing to do, and often it’s easier to buy a pre-made one, but some prefer to create their own.

Here are the steps that you have to follow to grow tomatoes upside down:

1. Find a plastic container or bucket, preferably 5-gallons and with handle. Buy one from the local hardware store if you cannot find anything in the house. Find a tomato plant as well; if possible choose small fruit-producing varieties such as tomato Chello.
2. Drill a 2-inch hole in the bottom of the pot using a hole cutter or knife. If your bucket does not have a handle, also cut small holes on the three sides of the bucket. You will have to insert heavy-duty string on those holes, as these strings will hold your planters once they are placed on the hangers.
3. Some growers place fabric at the bottom of the pot to keep the soil from washing through the hole when you water the plants. Cut a line in the middle of the fabric.
4. Hang the pot somewhere or ask someone to hold the planter for you before filling the container with dirt. Fill the container with soil from the large opening. Now you are ready to grow upside down tomatoes. Insert the tomato into the hole and in the middle of the fabric.
5. Slowly water the planter when the soil is about half full. Then, continue to fill the pot with soil until you reach to the top. Some gardeners plant flowers or herbs such as oregano or parsley on top of the inverted tomato to make it more attractive.
6. Place your container on a hanger by tying the strings to it. Let the roots grow into the soil by watering the plant as needed.

After following these six easy steps, you now have your inverted tomatoes.

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