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Topsy Turvy!

So I bought one of these for my tomato plant. I don't have tomatoes yet, and I wasn't sure of what I needed to do for them to hold them up, and also don't have a lot of room for all of the crap that I decided to plant. So I bought this topsy-turvy thing (actually I bought the knock-off, the upsy-downsy - it was half the price, and I think looks better anyway). Well, I got home today and transplanted my tomato plant to it, and I feel like it already died. The leaves are all wilted. I was complaining about it to my husband, and he said his cousin bought one and his tomato plants died. Anyone have this crap and your tomatoes die? Just curious.
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Re: Topsy Turvy!

  • Our friends have a couple and haven't had issues with them dying.
  • Yes the people killing tomato plants in Topsy Turvey contraptions was a very common post topic here last summer.  Just buy a new tomato plant and plant it anyway but upside down.
  • I have 2.  You have to water them every single day.  They dry out very quickly.  If you're putting a new plant in, make sure you're using potting soil (which will help hold the moisture) and not topsoil which compacts and dries more quickly.  I might even spring for a small bag of the special potting soil that is supposed to stay moist longer.
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    I have 2.  You have to water them every single day.  They dry out very quickly.  If you're putting a new plant in, make sure you're using potting soil (which will help hold the moisture) and not topsoil which compacts and dries more quickly.  I might even spring for a small bag of the special potting soil that is supposed to stay moist longer.

    Well, they seem to have perked back up this morning. But I am using the Miracle Grow Moisture Control Potting Soil already so we'll see. Thanks!

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  • To give you an idea, I give mine a gallon of water each per day.
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  • We have one for the first time this year and it's thriving.  We used a new tomato plant (not a transplanted one) and potting soil, and water it once or twice a day.
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