Topsy Turvy Hanging Strawberry Planter - Upside Down Strawberry Bag

One of the most popular ways to grow tomatoes these days is to grow them upside down using a hanging tomato planter like the topsy turvey tomato planter, which was invented by the folks at Felknor Ventures. They have a couple of tomato growing solutions, which also include the Tomato Tree which holds up to three tomato plants. Well, this time they came out with a hanging strawberry planter, many folks refer to this as the Topsy Turvy Strawberry Planter, but it’s marketed as the Strawberry Bag. This is because it’s a similar concept, but the rights to market it have been sold so the Topsy Turvy company doesn’t sell it.

The Strawberry Bag is something of an evolution of the Tomato Tree, which is a larger hanging planter bag. It’s a hanging planter that allows the plant to hang down, and they plants are inserted in the side of the bag, so they are not upside down lie the original Topsy Turvy. You may want to use a hanger stand with these as they can get pretty heavy when you add water.

The Strawberry bag is even larger, and holds up to 15 strawberry plants. These are held in place in a new way, with their patented Starburst growing ports, which are openings in the bag that allow the insertion of the plants from outside, while keeping the soil in the bag. This is a little different from the tomato planter, which uses a split sponge disk to hold the plant into the hole in the planter.

To plant the strawberries, you simply hang the planter up, add soil until it gets to the level of the first set of holes, insert the plants into the holes, and add more soil to secure them. On to the next set of holes. They recommend you have added fertilizer to the soil mix ahead of time. Once you’ve filled the bag, you add water slowly to allow it to soak, and you are growing strawberry plants.

You’ll do best using and Everbearing strawberry variety, and this planter will need to have the runners pruned, as the care of these strawberries will differ from the normal strawberry bed, as you are not going to encourage the growth and establishment of runners in the bed.

This planter is a great way to grow strawberries on a patio or a balcony. It takes up little floor space, and you get the treat of a fresh picked strawberry, which is nothing like those in the grocery store.

If Amazon is out of them, a couple of alternative strawberry grow bags are below. ParK seeds has one that has the strawberries growing out the side in a similar fashion.

Terra Cotta Strawberry Jar Planter - 2 Gallon $24.95 Store: Yardiac.com DD Discounts 359813 Strawberry Hanging Basket- Pack of 6 $77.49 Store: UnbeatableSale, Inc.