Friday, May 27, 2011

Tomatoes, upside down and right side up

I've been playing with tomatoes the last few days; transplanting them to larger pots, hanging them in upside down growing bags, noticing the prolific set on an early girl tomato in the greenhouse.  Here are a few pictures. (Click on them to enlarge.)
     Several years ago we gave the upside down growing system a try in the hothouse and it worked well.  The hothouse is a jungle this year (already full of tomatoes), so we are trying this system on a stand alone hanger system on the south side of our house (the warmest spot available).  Normally, outdoor tomatoes don't do that well here, but we planted these with cherry tomatoes and hope.  The plants are suspended upside down, watered from the top, and begin to grow upward.  I just planted these a few days ago, and you can already see them growing upward.  Amazing.
The tomatoes in the greenhouse continue their growth.  The early girl has set quite a number of tomatoes and we are hoping for some early ones in a month or so.  Here is a pic.
Finally, I transplanted the last three tomatoes from small pots to larger, and put two of them as our south facing door guardians.
Tonight's dinner is garden faire... an asparagus frittata, cooked spinach, and fresh garden salad with three different lettuces, and three different spinach varieties.  Yum!

3 comments:

  1. I have enjoyed looking through your blog, previewing it for acceptance to Blotanical. I love your greenhouse made of recycled windows.

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  2. Isn't it great to eat from the garden? Your post made me hungry...Welcome to Blotanical!

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  3. Hi Jim; welcome to the world of blogging! Nice to find someone who is as obsessed with growing veg as I am. I hope you will visit my blog too, to compare experiences. I particularly liked your upside-down tomato-growing system. That is something I have not seen before. Are there any varieties which are particularly suited to this method? Here in the UK there are lots of tomato varieties available for growing in hanging baskets (e.g. Tumbling Tom, but none that are marketed as upside-downers. Maybe they have them in Australia!?!

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