Anyone planting their garden yet?

[chorizon]

Just finished the yardwork, and I'm already contemplating other non-teardrop related fun activities. Does anyone have any experience with planting their tomatoes "upside-down". I've been thinking about trying this for awhile. Seems like a good idea for various reasons, but don't know if their are any cons to doing it.

[Dean in Eureka, CA]

Gotta be carefull asking that question where I live.

[Ken A Hood]

I tried a couple of "Topsy Turvy's" last year for tomatoes, worked good for me since you don't need to support them. This year I'm going to try some peppers in them.

Were 2+ months away from planting up here......but I've started some of my 1st crops.

[mikeschn]

Upside down tomatoes? Never heard of them... as for planting my seeds, the peppers have been planted for 6 weeks already. The tomatoes for only 2 weeks... and another seed order is going in tonight!

Meanwhile, here is what I have so far...


Mike...

[tk]

If you are talking about planting a tomato in a hole in the bottom of a suspended bucket, yes, I've tried it. No luck, but I think the reason was the growing medium I used. It was a potting mix that was about half peat moss which I then mixed with garden soil. The problem I had was keeping things moist. Our soil around here dries out fairly fast (though I've been able to improve that in the years since.) Perhaps if I had closed the top of the bucket to hold in moisture, I would have had better results.

Good luck,
Tom

[Nitetimes]

If you are talking about planting a tomato in a hole in the bottom of a suspended bucket.......
Good luck,
Tom

Huh????

[JeremyL]

Never have tried doing tomatoes upside down. When we gardened we always put up posts & some plastic barricade & tied the vines to that.

Sadly, the only thing I'm growing now are bell peppers and jalapeños, there just isn't room here for anything.

[Nitetimes]

It'll be a couple of months before we can plant much here. I usually try to get the corn and beans in early to beat the rabbit hatch but it depends on the mud when it comes time to till.

[Bigwoods]

Not yet. 15° tonight and to the south of us they will get 6-10" of snow in the AM. I should get some tomato sets started now I think. Spring will come someday.

[Classic Finn]

Tomato starters set, and outside flowers have been planted in a miniature starter Green House in the house..

But the lilacs are coming out of the ground... but thats about it.

Nights are cold yet. Made a vine fence last summer so we can get some shade (on the right you,ll see our tomato vine)



Classic Finn

[toypusher]

Gonna start putting in flowers this weekend, looks like.

Might try some tomatoes in pots on the two decks this year, also!

[the dog]

I wish. I'm still planting rocksalt and my shovel is a snow shovel, tiller's one of 2 big sno-blowers (decades old troybult horse in standby). And looking out my window, it's also snowing right now. I have faith though and I'm excitedly awaiting garden season. So are the moose and deer but my furry friends are always welcome here.

I will get seeds started indoors very soon though. Then into a hothouse and in the ground mid June. Frost is not unusual until 2nd week in June. It's not much of a growing season but I try to pick early varietes (early gilr toms) corn, toms, pole beans, herbs and of course cold weather like brock, caulif, spinach do well. I grow lots of herbs for cooking and medicinal.

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Once in Wa state I let my row of broc and caulif go to seed (usually till under soon as I pick them) Anyway, the bees all did their thing and in the fall under it went. In the spring I had all these little plants I knew were either or, so plucked many of them, stuck them in the hothouse while I tilled then replanted them. I got both broc and caulif, buuuuut. I had one strange pale green head. An au-natural brocoflower Yes, it was very good. Dog

[Mary K]

Here ya go. I saw this on TV......Two Two Two, for only $19.99



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[Nitetimes]

And just how exactly am I supposed to plant that in my garden??

Seems to me if I bury all those leaves and maters I am defeating the purpose.

[The Teardrop Nanny]

I planted twelve six packs of flowers at my "summer" home in Northeastern California where I spend a lot of time when I'm not on the coast of Calif. I have downsized on the veggie portion because of the upkeep and I have some other BIG (IRG 2.0) plans happening this summer that will be keeping me busy. The weather on the coast is pretty mild all year round whereas the weather at the other home is very hot and sunny during the summer. The low temps have still been happening in the mornings here on the coast with a light coating of frost the past few days, hovering between 32-34 F and that's a little iffly for me yet. I will be putting my lemon tree back out again soon. It has little lemons already and it is just a year old. Yes, when life gives you lemons.....make lemonade.

TDN