| View Larger Image | Felknor Ventures FV504C Topsy Turvy Upside-Down Hanging Tomato Planter | Lawn & Patioby Felknor Ventures
| List Price: | $19.99 | |
| | Sales Rank: | 729th |
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FEATURES | - Upside-down tomato planter for patio, balcony, terrace or tree
- No need to dig holes, use stakes or cages, tie up tomatoes or pull weeds
- Weed and harvest tomatoes in a standing position without bending over
- Built-in top funnel for easy fertilizing
- Eliminates cutworms, ground insects, and ground fungus
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Product Description
Ingenious tomato planter turns gardening upside down! Thanks to a whole new direction in growing tomatoes, your crop will be bigger, better tasting, healthier, and easier to grow than ever before. You can water, feed, trim and harvest without bending or kneeling--and since your crop is upside down and will never touch the ground, staking, caging, bacteria, ground rotting, fungus and small animals become problems of the past. It's the perfect gift for any gardener. Great for those who live in apartments or who have small backyards. Water and fertilize through the built-in top funnel; trim and harvest at chest height! Also for cukes, peppers, flowers. Just add your soil and plants. Topsy-Turvy Planter makes it easy to grow tomatoes and vegetables because it eliminates the need for a backyard garden plot. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 23 reviews)
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save your money by nancydotslash (TX panhandle)  1 Stars
October 08, 2009
Save your money everyone! Those I received began to split and tear after about a month, and toward the end of the season they were completely in tatters. The plastic "bags" just fell apart, making it impossible to water, as the water washed out the soil, thus no tomatoes for me this year! I'm very angry as I had been given information that they were "wonderful." Not so!!!They were a complete rip-off!
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TOPSY TURVY by Mebss 1 Stars
September 06, 2009
I hung the planter as instructed and purchased new potting soil and plants which were healthy. My tomatoes were small and moldy. I am very disappointed in this productFelknor Ventures FV504C Topsy Turvy Upside-Down Hanging Tomato Planter
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Big Disappointment! by K. Driehorst (Atlanta, GA) 1 Stars
July 05, 2009
We purchased the Topsy Turvy in an effort to save space in our herb and vegetable garden since the tomato cages take up so much space. The soil 'bag' was very heavy, so we staked anchoring cords to hold up the double shepherd's hooks - no big deal. The instructions said that you could plant two tomato plants per bag, so we did. And we selected a medium variety of tomato so that it wouldn't get too heavy for the upside down set-up. But, after two months, with daily watering, the tomato plants have barely grown, and have only yielded 7 small tomatoes total - between the two plants! And, it looks like that will be all we'll get from both plants. We used great vegetable potting soil, so I don't think it's that. Rather, I suspect that the foam rubber 'ring' that holds the dirt in at the base is in effect cutting off the plant from growing and thriving. Next year, we're going back to the cages and setting up a separate garden for tomatoes and peppers. Hope this helps anyone else. I don't know how others get the good results, if they do.
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So far, good results. by Debbie J Stangarone  4 Stars
June 02, 2009
I bought this item in April and so far, the plants are doing really well. The instructions were not in the box but I called and they emailed them to me immediately.
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hate it and love it by dreamer in seattle  3 Stars
May 29, 2009
this product is good but i had to do some research and experiment to get it to work. i bought three one for tomatos one for cucumbers and one for hot peppers. topsy turvy reccomends potting soil don't do it if you want a light weight and better alternative use soilless soil it retains water better than the potting soil it's more expensive but worth it and can be found at most gardening centers and when you hang your plant it will be much lighter. with the potting soil it seemed to attract mosquitos when i switched to soilless soil the problem went away. the plant needs lots of water so like other reviewers i used a milk container which i refill twice a day now that its warming up. when its hot water water water!!! the plant uses more water when its hot than it does at night. if you get more than 6 hours of direct sunlight water the plant at least three times a day and after eight hours provide some shade for the plant which helps it retain more water by decreasing the amount of energy it uses. the plant uses water+sunlight to photosynthesize so keep it watered and you will get lots of healthy plants. if the plants do not get enough water it will slow growth to preserve water. to keep the soil from getting too hot i used mulch to keep the plants from overheating do it at night when its cooler so the soil can keep a lower temperature. when flowers start blooming cut them off energy is required to keep the flowers blooming removing them will give you more tomatos.
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