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The Upside Down Topsy Turvy Planter

Since I was a young man that goes back about 40 years I used hanging planters to grow strawberries and tomatoes but didn’t have a lot of success as they just dried out too fast. In those days I was living on the 11th floor apartment with little room and it was always windy. I couldn’t go to work and come home without my plants looking wilted.

When I saw the Topsy Turvy Strawberry Planter for the first time last year I was impressed to say the least and wanted one immediately. My mind filled with images of all the veggies I could have hanging around our backyard.

I wish we had the Topsy Turvy plant hanger when we were living in the last couple of place we had. There was hardly any backyard but the hanging planters would have done great there with such limited space.

I love the idea of growing veggies without the need to weed them but hadn’t even thought about that benefit until a gardening friend who already has a few hanging planters pointed it out to me. I was already convinced to buy a couple myself and now was even more convinced.

We have plans to use the plants for strawberries, tomatoes and even some chili pepper plants. Of course we aren’t going to stop there we just arent’ sure about how much weight they will hold.

We’ve heard that some tomato plants don’t do well because they require far too much water for a hanging planter and also they get to be way to heavy.

An important thing to note about hanging planters is to grow things that won’t get to heavy as it will break your planter. So don’t try and grow pumpkins in a hanging planter. I am going to try growing Zuchinni, perhaps it will keep those pesky slugs from eating the blossoms.