Hanging Tomatoes
:BashHead: :nuhuh: Yes I would be glad to answer since it is my blog!
:forgive_me?: You can buy the planters in the retail Home Depot
or Nursery.But what we did is go the the dollar store
and get pails for buck. Put a hole on the bottom the size
of a quarter. Take a S hook (that is large enough) and
squeeze one side on the handle and the other side of the
S hook is your hanger side. We have a wire fence
around our property so we hang the plants off the fence.
They get lots of sun.
OK, now to plant - place you plant in the pail with the top
of the plant coming out of the bottom threw the hole.
Be careful not to be ruff. Start to put soil into on top of
the root ball and if you hole ends up too big suggestion
is take a couple pieces of newspaper cut a hole in the
center to stick the plant then lower it into the pail and
the dirt stays attached easier. Fill pail with soil and on
top plant your basil. Basil keeps the tomato bugs at bay.
This is the inexpensive way otherwise those containers
they sell in the store are going for 20 bucks. Oh, I use a
box cutter to make the hole. I use a magic marker to
designate where the X with a circle around it marks the
spot. The only thing I will caution you about is make
sure where you hang it from, that it is sturdy. Last year
one of the hanger was on the porch wood posts and
half way thew the summer it came crashing to the
ground. :roflmao: The wood was rotten.
That's another project for another day.
I am happy to hear that their are so many of you that
want to know how to do this. I will tell you that I think
the Cherry or Grape tomatoes are the easiest to grow
this way. Thank you all.
As to get Carl to write, his spelling is bad. He get
frustrated, I tried - he passed. Carl plays cards. That is
after each one. That is his comfort level. He is the
socialite at the neighbor coffee shop. He gets more out
of having in person contact with people. Not computer.
Carl is a 'big ham'. Likes peoples responsiveness in
person. Let us all remembertolaugh, jb
P.S. More gardening how too and tips to come.
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