Inverted tomato cultivation

How to grow tomatoes upside down, growing plants upside down will be considered in this material. Thanks to such an unusual method of cultivation, it will be possible to get a good crop and significantly save space on the site. By themselves, such tomatoes look original and will bring the site an additional decorative function.

Interesting! The inverted method of growing vegetables has many advantages. For example, you no longer need to “stand cancer” to remove weeds, water the plant.

Similarly, you can grow tomatoes, including in a greenhouse. It is necessary to use comfortable pots for growing, which are located bottom to top and hung somewhere on the site. Read about rules for watering tomatoes in a greenhouse.

The essence and features of the method

Most experienced gardeners, including in the video, note that tomatoes upside down and generally growing plants upside down have a huge number of advantages. The technology can be organized independently, empty pots of any size should be at hand, that is, you do not need to buy any special containers. It also requires hooks for hanging (it is easy to make it yourself from ordinary aluminum wire).

At the bottom of the pot you will definitely need to cut a hole, for this a special nozzle is used. When the pots are ready, it remains to fill them with fertile soil and plant tomatoes. In limbo, it will be possible to collect a large crop from each bush, and for each fruit you will not have to bend down.

In addition, tomatoes growing upside down become a wonderful decoration of the garden. By the way, in the West this method of growing vegetables is so popular that special pots are on sale. In the process of growth, the roots of the plant look up (receive a lot of sunlight), and the leaves of the plant tend down.

Interesting! According to recent American studies, the yield of the same tomato variety when grown upside down increases. This is because the roots receive a lot of light and heat, when irrigated, the water is distributed fully, and the tomatoes themselves are freely located in space and do not press against each other.

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Not all garden crops can be grown upside down. For example, for bell pepper this method is categorically not suitable, because the pepper bushes are brittle and they can not withstand stress due to the gravity of the fruits themselves. How to solve the problem if tomatoes are not tied.

Tomatoes upside down, growing plants upside down (with photo), advantages:
1. There is no need to apply pesticides for tillage. Because, in pots, conditions are created under which harmful insects will not survive.
2. The risk of developing fungal diseases in a vegetable is reduced several times.
3. You can plant tomatoes in this way at home, on the balcony, in the greenhouse or even along the fence.
4. You can quickly and easily harvest.
5. Watering can be reduced several times, because the root system has direct excellent access to light.
6. Significant space savings on the site.
7. Increased productivity by creating the most favorable conditions for growth.
8. If the pot is divided into two sections, then at the top you can additionally plant any flowers.

Reviews about how tomatoes grow upside down and in general what is the peculiarity of growing plants upside down are extremely positive. Many note all the benefits already identified in this material.

Planting and growing

How to prepare the earth and the pot has already been considered in this material. Next, you will need to choose a variety of your favorite tomatoes. It is best to plant not bush, but ampelous tomatoes. They have small fruits, but inverted, they will grow perfectly without problems.

Perfect for this method of growing a bucket of twenty liters is suitable. Be sure to provide free access to the bottom and organize filtering (use moss, newspapers). Thanks to the filter, all unnecessary water will flow out, but the earth will remain in place. The ground level should be below the edge of the container so that during irrigation water can be distributed normally over the entire surface.

Next, carry out routine care for tomatoes with the only exception that you need to water such pots less often, and preventive measures from the development of pests and diseases should not be carried out.