It hangs them upside down. So they start to bend around.
So far it seems to work. But we won't know until the fruit starts to show up.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Consumer Test: Topsy Turvy
With my tomato plants I thought I'd try out the Topsy Turvy tomato planter.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
26 comments:
jjajaja, never seen something like this.
i´m suscribed to your blog but never commented before...maybe because i didn´t want to sound like another maniatic lost fan.
your job it´s great, and your blog too ;)
keep it coming!
(disculpas por mi mal inglés. no se si lees español por eso lo intenté en inglés)
Saludos/bye bye!
fraN
(Argentina)
What are the supposed benefits for hanging them upside down?
those are neat but I wonder what happens as the heavy fruit grow and start to pull the plant down again. Will it break the stalks ? I hope you post the results so the rest of us can see if we want to try them when the snow is gone. Very kewl !
Those are pretty cool! Not many of my tomatoes make it to ripeness...they're too good fried when they're green!
:)
I've never seen anything like that before. Very cool. I hope they work for you!
Hope you & Beth have a great weekend!
How do you find time for all that gardening ?? I just cant find the time for mine... Your plants look cool, I havent seem anything like it either, but they make a nice difference from the ordinary plants. Have a great week end (its already saturday morning here in Denmark now).
you failed to mention that the huge line of potted plants along the house is also tomato plants and that the total is somewhere near ONE HUNDRED!
jorge has a tomato problem. please help.
Oh my goodness, I love tomatoes but HATE gardening. Well, really gardening hates me! Is "topsy turvy" an infomercial purchase or are they sold in gardening stores? I'm interested to see how your 'maters turn out! I remember being little walking through my grandma's garden w/a salt shaker picking tomatoes and eating them right on the spot!
Uhh, Bethany..if he has problems using those I'll take 'em off his hands! :)
that
s sort of weird yet cool looking.
Sweet! I heard that those work pretty well. Tomatoes are usually topheavy as it is, so really the topsy turvy planter probably works with the tomatoes better. Celebrity endorsement for topsy turvy planters? lol
How exciting! I'm growing tomatoes on my patio here in Florida. It's gotten huge, but I'm still waiting on my tomatoes. Let me know if those work, because I've wanted to try one!
I appreciate your consumer tests. I was going to buy the foot pad things until you reported on them. And that grass stuff, well, that didn't work very well, did it. I'm curious to see how these tomatoes fair. Thanks.
Jorge,
I'm thinking that you may want to orient them on the side of the house where they will face the least wind. I know you get some doozy winds on the island.
Those look really cool! We use lots of tomatoes, so I am definitely interested in hearing how they work for you. I'm thinking that you guys , like my boyfriend, are tomato fiends, lol. Have you tried the yellow grape toms?? Very sweet and tasty!
Hey Jorge, don't you just love that tomato hanger!! I have two at my place in Houston and they did fine up 'til a damn 'possum climbed up there and pulled the whole thing down...I'm gonna try mine again next year, but 'til then, I'm just leavin' it be, which is a good thing, 'cause with that storm hittin' us head on, it'd have been airborne anyway.
I just thought of somethin' else...make sure you keep 'em good and watered and getcha some tomato food at Walmart and feed 'em every week. Like I said, mine were huge and about 4 feet long until the damn 'possum messed them up. And make sure you're hangin' 'em on a screw hook so they don't fall. Once they're about 3 feet long and real bushy, they can fall real easy.
Just ran across this blog and would like to know myself it these things produce tomatoes or not. I bought 2 last week and am trying to get a stand put together that will hold them. I was going to put them under the eve of the house like in the photo, but I didn't feel like they would get enough sun. All of the posts seem to be somewhat old and I don't see that anyone has posted as to whether or not they got any tomatoes or how many, etc.... If anyone can respond, it would be appreciated.
hey Kitty, he posted the results here. http://dispatchesfromtheisland.blogspot.com/2008/11/consumer-test-results-topsy-turvy.html
said they were terrible and didn't work at all.
For everyone here. Yes, this does work and no it doesn't break the vines as the gradual weight of the fruits just cause it to straighten out as the fruits grow bigger.
I have never purchased one of these, and probably never will. So how do I know it works? We've been doing this with old 5 gallon buckets for over 15 years.
I Bucket is more work...You have to clean it out, make the hole yourself, and it's probably not as easy to insert the plant but I bet my buckets last a whole lot longer. :)
OH, the benefits...
Less water, no contraption to try and hold them upright, no bending and stooping, no weeding, and for us, because we live in an area prone to cotton mouths (South Louisiana), nowhere for snakes to hide. :)
Do you wannaghd hair straighteners for you own , we have many
cheap ghd hair straightenersin style and great,you can choose one from these
hair straighteners
Authentic chaussure puma
chaussure sport
And chaussure nike shoes
Come here to have a look of our Wholesale Jeans
Many fashionMens Jeans ,eye-catching
Womens Jeans ,and special out standing
Blue Jeans ,you can spend less money on our
Discount Jeans but gain really fine jeans, absolutely a great bargain.
www.crazypurchase.com
China Wholesale
wholesale from china
buy products wholesale
China Wholesalers
http://www.weddingdressseason.com
There are ed hardy shirts
,pretty ed hardy shirt for men,
ed hardy womens in the ed hardy online store
designed by ed hardy ,
many cheap ed hardy shirt ,glasses,caps,trouers ed hardy shirts on
sale ,
You can go to edhardyshirts.com to have a look ,you may find one of ed
hardy clothing fit for you
Top qualitymen's jacket,
These cheap jacket are on sale now,you can find
north face jackets inmage on our web
Ralph Lauren Polo Shirts，buberry polo shirts
I would like to be the supporter of yours. Thank you for sharing such a nice article.
chaussures puma
puma speed cat
Nike Tn Chaussures
requin tn
nike shox
puma shoes
puma CAT
puma basket
puma speed
baskets puma
puma sport
puma femmes
puma shox r4 torch
nike air max requin
nike shox r3
shox rival r3
tn plus
chaussures shox
nike shox r4 torch
air max tn requin
nike tn femme
pas cher nike
tn chaussures
nike rift
nike shox nz
chaussures shox
nike shox rival
shox rival
chaussures requin
jeans online
cheap armani jeans
cheap G-star jeans
nike air max 90
nike air max 95
nike air max tn
nike air rift
nike shox r4
nike air max 360
nike shox nz
puma mens shoes
puma shoes
puma speed
nike shoes
nike air
nike air shoes
puma cat
air max trainers
mens nike air max
nike shoes air max
nike shoes shox
air shoes
nike shoe cart
puma future
cheap puma
sports shoes
nike air rifts
nike air rift trainer
nike air
nike rift
nike rift shoes
cheap nike air rifts
bape shoes
jeans shop
diesel jeans
levis jeans
There was this guy who believed very much in true love and decided to take his time to wait for his right girl to appear. He believed that there would definitely be someone special out there for him, but none came.
Every year at Christmas, his ex-girlfriend would return from Vancouver to look him up. He was aware that she still held some hope of re-kindling the past romance with him. He did not wish to mislead her in any way. nike shoxsSo he would always get one of his girl friends to pose as his steady whenever she came back. That went on for several years and each year, the guy would get a different girl to pose as his romantic interest. So whenever the ex-girlfriend came to visit him, she would be led into believing that it was all over between her and the guy. nike womens shoes The girl took all those rather well, often trying to casually tease him about his different girlfriends, or so, as it seemed! In fact, the girl often wept in secret whenever she saw him with another girl, but she was too proud to admit it. Still, every Christmas, she returned, hoping to re-kindle some form of romance. But each time, she returned to Vancouver feeling disappointed.
Finally she decided that she could not play that game any longer. puma mens shoes Therefore, she confronted him and professed that after all those years, he was still the only man that she had ever loved. mens puma shoesAlthough the guy knew of her feelings for him, he was still taken back and have never expected her to react that way. He always thought that she would slowly forget about him over time and come to terms that it was all over between them. nike shox Although he was touched by her undying love for him and wanted so much to accept her again, he remembered why he rejected her in the first place-she was not the one he wanted. nike 360 air maxSo he hardened his heart and turned her down cruelly. nike running shoesSince then, three years have passed and the girl never return anymore. They never even wrote to each other. NIKE air shoes The guy went on with his life..... still searching for the one but somehow deep inside him, he missed the girl.
On the Christmas of 1995, he went to his friend's party alone. "Hey, how come all alone this year? Where are all your girlfriends? What happened to that Vancouver babe who joins you every Christmas?", asked one of his friend.nike air max He felt warm and comforted by his friend's queries about her, still he just surged on.
Then, he came upon one of his many girlfriends whom he once requested to pose as his steady. He wanted so much to ignore her ..... not that he was impolite,wholesale nike shoes but because at that moment, he just didn't feel comfortable with those girlfriends anymore. nike shox torchIt was almost like he was being judged by them. The girl saw him and shouted across the floor for him. Unable to avoid her, he went up to acknowledge her.
"Hi......how are you? Enjoying the party?" the girl asked.
"Sure.....yeah!", he replied.
She was slightly tipsy..... must be from the whiskey on her hand.
In 1981, ed hardy and his wife formed Hardy Marks Publications. In 2004, Christian Bale licensed the rights to produce the high-end Ed Hardy UK line, which is based on Hardy's imagery. Prior to the ed hardy clothing line, Bale was the Head Designer at Von Dutch Originals, which marketed the imagery of Kenny Howard. Don ed hardy, commented, As demand for my artwork continues to skyrocket, I felt it was ed hardy clothing time to take on a partner that could help me manage the demand and opportunities for the ed hardy T-shirts name. Iconix is at the forefront of brand management and clearly has the capabilities to dramatically grow the Ed Hardy UK business. I'm thrilled to have them as a partner. Cheap Ed Hardy are located in everywhere. We also believe that by owning the brand alongside ed hardy clothing, the founder, there will be opportunities to further leverage his iconic name along with his new artwork. Largest selection of Ed Hardy T-Shirts and Ed Hardy here.
Post a Comment