Topsy Turvy Tomato Tree Review

Here’s another idea for container growing your tomatoes. The Topsy Turvy Tomato Planter is a very popular planter these days. It’s a simple planter that hangs a single tomato plant upside down in a container. It’s quite effective, and many people consider it to be the ultimate way to grow tomatoes, especially in a balcony or patio. But it does only handle one plant, and it needs somplace to hang. If you are looking for a way to grow even more tomato plants, or don’t have a place to hang a planter, the same folks that invented the Topsy Turvy Tomato Planter have come up with another way to plant your tomatoes.

The “New” Topsy Turvy Tomato Tree keeps most of the advantages of a hanging planter for tomatoes. This means

• You don’t need to stake your tomatoes
• You will have fewer problems with slugs and other soil based pests
• Less soil borne disease with the use of potting soil
• Fewer problems with weeds
• Air movement is improved, so pollenation is improved, and you have few problems with rot

With the tomato tree, they have made the actual tomato container larger, and the plants come from the side. This allows you to plant 3 tomato plants in one container. In addition, since the container is larger, instead of hanging the tomato planter on a hook, it includes a stand, so the unit is free standing. It still takes significantly less space than a garden unit, and the tomatoes still grow down from the plants, but it greatly increases the yield you get from one tomato planter.

One other advantage to the tomato tree, is that if you want you can put it on a stand, and the unit could be wheeled to a place away from the elements, especially frost. This allows you to extend the growing season on both ends, giving you an early start in the spring, and extending the fall harvest season a week or more.

You can buy the “New” Topsy Turvy Tomato Tree at Amazon.

If you want to learn more about growing tomatoes upside down go to our review of hanging tomato planters.