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Felknor Ventures 82506 Topsy Turvy Upside-Down Tomato Planter | 
| Brand: Felknor Ventures
List Price: $20.00
Buy New: $8.88
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Rating:  96 reviews
Sales Rank: 59
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 11 x 4 x 11
MPN: 82506
Model: 82506
UPC: 833894000197
EAN: 0833894000197
ASIN: B0001WYNP0
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Just plant it and hang it up -- on a patio, balcony, terrace or tree | | • | No need to dig holes, use stakes or cages, tie up tomatoes or get down on your knees to pull weeds | | • | "Sucker" and harvest your tomatoes in a standing position | | • | Eliminates cutworms, ground insects, and ground fungus | | • | All the taste and freshness of vine ripened tomatoes without bending or getting down on your knees or even getting your hands dirty |
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Product Description
Topsy-Turvy Planter makes it easy to grow tomatoes and vegetables because it eliminates the need for a backyard garden plot, stakes or cages, weeding, soil prep, hole digging, cut worms and in-ground insects! Saves your back and knees too! Hang it from a hook on a deck or balcony and you’ll work standing up. Water and fertilize through the built-in top funnel; trim and harvest at chest height! Also for cukes, peppers, flowers. Just add your soil and plants. FLOWERS thrive in TOPSY TURVY, too! And talk about an interesting way to grow them! Flowers grown in TOPSY will "curl" upward seeking the sun, creating gorgeous "upside down umbrella-like sprays" of flowers. Flowers grown this way look "interestingly different" (almost like a new variety of plant).
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| Customer Reviews: Read 91 more reviews...
 Goodbye Slugs, Hello Tomatoes August 28, 2006
Karoly (Western WA-USA)
121 out of 121 found this review helpful
I have used the Topsy Turvy Tomatoe Planter for 3 seasons now, and will never, ever plant my tomatoes in the ground again. This product is sturdy, simple to use, and produces beautiful fruit. Because the plants grow toward the sun and never touch the ground, the slugs and other critters cannot ruin or run off with your produce. As I have already stated, I have used the same bags for 3 seasons now, and have not had any problems at all. I highly recommend this product.
****Later Posting****
I used these for 4 seasons, and that was about the end the first pair...they do wear out eventually, and they were well worth the price I paid for them. So, I guess I need to replace them! Four summers' worth was pretty good!
Tomatoes grow well, need to water quite often. June 5, 2007
Two kids mom (Tijeras, NM United States)
118 out of 118 found this review helpful
This product works as advertised, my tomatoes are doing very well. However, it is VERY heavy when filled with dirt and watered. You need a sturdy hook and place to hang it. I was having problems with it drying out quickly (granted, I live in New Mexico, where it is quite dry) even though I had added water absorbing crystals to the soil. I ended up removing the top 6 inches of soil and placing a plastic milk jug in the top. I punched some holes in the bottom of the jug and I fill this with water nearly every day. The water then slowly seeps in to the soil instead of running out the bottom, dripping is reduced and the plant gets the water it needs. I would give it five stars if some system were in place to keep it from dripping so I could use it indoors and if it were a little easier to plant.
A wonderful way to use vertical space March 8, 2006
Maureen Mielcarek (Lancaster, California)
86 out of 90 found this review helpful
I bought two topsy turvy planters. They arrived in just a couple of days. The are now planted with tomatoes and bell peppers. They are wonderful and easy to use.
I just ordered three more to try with cucumbers, zukes, and green beans. I recommend them to any one who wants and easy way to grow fresh vegetables.
 Worst garden product I have ever bought August 6, 2006
R. Snyder (Kansas)
38 out of 40 found this review helpful
Maybe these would be good in a more temperate climate, but we have had nothing but problems in Kansas. We had to replace 2 tomatoes because the stems sheared off at the base of the planter in spring storms. Now that it is the middle of summer I can't keep them moist. I water in the morning and by evening they are drooping. They seem to expend a great amount of energy trying to grow up like nature intended and they are a fraction of the size our tomato plants were when we planted them in the ground. Tonight I even found tomato worms on them which we never had in 6 years of growing them in the ground. Pest and disease resistant because they are off the ground was one of the big selling points. We are throwing these things away at the end of the season and going back to the ground!
 Guard against heavy rain May 29, 2007
L. BARRETT-BACHE (Sandusky, OH USA)
38 out of 38 found this review helpful
I planted my tomato plant and gave it a good watering, as instructed. Unfortunately we had two days of torrential rain right after and I think the plant got water-logged and is now dead. In retrospect I should have covered the watering hole. Had the plant been thriving, I don't think this would be a problem but it was still quite small and had just been transplanted. I'll try again, but it's going to be a big hassle now that the container is filled with soil. Also, two foam-like discs came with this, but no instructions where to put them, I had to contact the company to learn one should be placed over 1/3 of the soil and the other over the next 1/3. Three stars for a good idea - if plant #2 does better, I'm hoping it turns out to be a *five*
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