Making Gardening Stakes
You're a producer of tomato traditional outdoor garden? Are you bored with your growing tomatoes the same way years back-breaking and year out? Well, I have something relatively new for you can only try to revitalize your tomato growing efforts once again. During your next planting season, trying to grow their tomatoes upside down. Yes, you read correctly. A relatively new and very successful method of tomato growth is to grow them upside down.
Yes, I know you're thinking. "There is a little strange?" Well, yes, it goes against all traditional thinking and, at first glance, it seems strange, but then stop and think about it for a bit, it really makes much sense.
Grow your tomatoes upside is advantageous in some respects. It eliminates the need for stakes, cages or other forms of support, for your tomato plants are allowed to grow naturally toward the floor first, then turning to the sun. You will also save your back, your tomato plants will be suspended in the air near eye level for easy care. Speaking of being suspended in the air, this will also keep ripe tomato from ever touching the ground and rotting. By growing them in containers, the plants are portable so they can be moved to get as much sunlight. You never have to worry about the garden soil or poor job of weeding as you will fill the container with the ideal mix potting grow healthy tomatoes. You also need not worry so much about diseases and pests that often come from the surrounding soil. So you can see there are many reasons why you would like to grow tomatoes upside down and I have only touched on some of them.
First you need Space out your location. Choose a location that is sufficiently robust to withstand the weight of the tomato plants and their containers when fully loaded with tomatoes which can be 40 pounds or more, depending on the variety you choose. You will also need a location that receives at least eight hours of sunlight a day if you do not want to move them every day to fulfill this requirement.
Then you get to choose your container. Many people like to use a clean five gallon bucket paint as they know they are capable of good support, but for those who find it ugly, you can also select a beautiful container hanging of your choice since it will support the weight. Whatever you choose will have to cut or drill a hole of 2-2.5 cm at the bottom of your tomato plant.
You can grow their seedlings from seeds or buy them at a nursery or garden center. Take your small saplings and place on top of the seedlings down through the hole until the middle of the trunk is leaving the fund. Wrap some damp towels or paper towels around the main stem to hold it in place and fill the rest of the hole so your soil does not spill. Now, pour slowly in some potting compost and pack it gently around the stem and root ball. When the plan is in place, fill with about 4 inches of soil and water thoroughly. Fill the container the rest of the way to the top leaving about 2 inches at the top. Water slowly until the water begins to trickle out of the hole at the bottom to ensure water reaches the roots.
Hang your container at the location you selected earlier making sure to check it every day or two to make sure that the soil remains moist to a depth of about 4 inches. The only other thing left to do is turn the container every two days as the plant grows naturally in the direction the sun. This will keep the plant growth evenly. Soon you'll be enjoying the best tasting fresh tomatoes and imaginable.
Steve Haupt is a tomato growing enthusiast who enjoys helping others in getting started in this new “green” hobby. For more great information on how to grow upside down tomatoes, visit our website at GrowingTomatoesForBeginners.com.
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