A Yard In Fort Pierce

My Husky Cherry Red Hybrid Tomato Plant is almost ready again. This is the first Tomato Plant that I have ever tried to grow upside down. I started my upside down tomato plant back in Feb. 2008. I have had 1 harvest since then and this is my second. I am not sure if it is because the tomato plant is Upside Down or what but there are never any leaves on the plant. Can anyone explain this for me. The Upside down Tomato Plant still produces very tasty Tomatoes but only 2 at a time. I don't know I am just going to go with it. If anyone can explain why my Upside Down Tomato Plant acts this way please let me know. If you would like to read my previous posts on my Upside Down Tomato Plant then click here. For now, here are a few pictures of my new Husky Cherry Red Hybrid Upside Down Tomatoes.

Things are looking really good for my upside down Tomato plant. There are now 2 red Tomatoes on the plant. It won't be long now before I get to taste my first upside down Tomato, that I grew myself! I also painted the bucket so it is now solid white instead of kitty litter. Here is a picture of my first 2 Tomatoes.

Today I took my Husky Cherry Red Hybrid Tomato and hung it upside down. That's right upside down. I had an empty kitty litter bucket laying around for a while just waiting for me to figure out what to do with. Well I finally figured it out, I am going to hang my Husky Cherry Red Hybrid Tomato plant in it upside down. Here's what I did: First I cut a hole in the bottom of the bucket. I just cut around the pre-stamped circle on the bottom of just about every bucket I have ever seen. The hole is about a 2 inch diameter. Then I took a piece of newspaper and cut a + into it in the middle. Then I slipped my tomato plant through the + in the newspaper until the newspaper was on the soil. You can use cardboard, newspaper, coffee filters etc... for this. The reason for doing this is to hold the soil in the bucket when upside down. After I was finished with that I set my bucket with the facing down on two different tables so there was a gap where the hole was. Then I slipped my tomato plant very carefully through the hole in the bucket. Then I filled the rest of the bucket with a mix of soils and perlite. Finally I hung the Cherry Red Hybrid in my Star fruit tree using a metal coat hanger. This is probably the best method for growing tomato's. I did not get pictures of the process but I do have pictures of the finished product. Here are the pics, enjoy!!