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Title: Topsy Turvy tomato planter
Post by: Duke Nukum on May 29, 2009, 12:36:58 PM
Hi

Has anyone tried the Topsy Turvy Tomato planter?

I planted a tomato plant last weekend and today it looks dead but looking on the Internets, it seems like it works so I am curious what I did wrong?

My number one guess is after buying a seedling, I waited about a month before after replanting it to a pot and then last weekend replanting it into the Topsy Turvy.

I was really looking forward to this working because I am a lazy gardner.  See, even the way I spell gardner is lazy.
Title: Re: Topsy Turvy tomato planter
Post by: The Village Idiot on May 29, 2009, 12:40:37 PM
You might also try Tomato Magic

My BIL wants to try the Topsy Turvy thing too
Title: Re: Topsy Turvy tomato planter
Post by: Lord Undies on May 29, 2009, 12:50:43 PM
My wife was captivated by the ads.  I hid the catalog while she was in the bathroom and replaced it with a keychain with a tiny flashlight on it.  She hasn't thought about the tomato planter since.
Title: Re: Topsy Turvy tomato planter
Post by: Texacon on May 29, 2009, 01:06:12 PM
My wife was captivated by the ads.  I hid the catalog while she was in the bathroom and replaced it with a keychain with a tiny flashlight on it.  She hasn't thought about the tomato planter since.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 :lmao:

^5

KC
Title: Re: Topsy Turvy tomato planter
Post by: NHSparky on May 29, 2009, 01:30:51 PM
There should be only one question when applying for a credit card:

1--Would you buy anything you saw in a television advertisement using this card?

If the answer was, "Yes," immediately reject them, regardless of creditworthiness.
Title: Re: Topsy Turvy tomato planter
Post by: Duke Nukum on May 29, 2009, 01:34:30 PM
I bought mine at Menards.  Here's an article that shows it can work:

Topsy Turvy - Does It Really Do That? (http://kdka.com/consumer/Topsy.Turvy.consumer.2.729258.html)
Title: Re: Topsy Turvy tomato planter
Post by: Texacon on May 29, 2009, 01:39:42 PM
They've been growing them upside down in 5 gallon buckets around here for several years so I'm assuming the cheap thing you see on TV would work.

Guess it is prettier than a 5 gallon bucket but I'll bet it's not as cheap.

KC
Title: Re: Topsy Turvy tomato planter
Post by: The Village Idiot on May 29, 2009, 01:40:50 PM
I bought mine at Menards.  Here's an article that shows it can work:

Topsy Turvy - Does It Really Do That? (http://kdka.com/consumer/Topsy.Turvy.consumer.2.729258.html)

CVS probably sells these things too
Title: Re: Topsy Turvy tomato planter
Post by: Duke Nukum on May 29, 2009, 01:51:28 PM
CVS probably sells these things too
I'd rather get the wicker things mentioned in the above article if I try again.
Title: Re: Topsy Turvy tomato planter
Post by: Thor on May 29, 2009, 02:09:56 PM
I miss Menards.....
Title: Re: Topsy Turvy tomato planter
Post by: bijou on May 29, 2009, 02:31:48 PM
I was tempted by these last year but didn't get one. I was looking again on a website that I buy quite a bit from and found these reviews http://www.lakeland.co.uk/tomato-planter/F/product/51185?src=gpgar&sq=[keyword}   

I think I'll pass again this year.
Title: Re: Topsy Turvy tomato planter
Post by: RobJohnson on May 29, 2009, 08:26:36 PM
We get alot of wind here, not sure if it would work out too well.

Here is a way to make your own at little cost:

http://www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=10146004&nav=menu107_2_7#