The Secrets to Growing Tomatoes Upside Down – Juicier, Easier, Upside Down Tomatoes!

I’ve been growing my own tomatoes for 17 years now. So what made me switch to growing tomatoes upside down? Was it a mid-day infomercial I saw or was it that they’re easier to care for? Was it because they tasted better than regular tomatoes? Or was there another reason? Simply put, that’s a gardening secret I’m about to reveal!

But first, I will admit that I was one of those people (yes, one of those) that heard about upside down growing from a tomato planter infomercial. And of course, I broke down and ordered a handy dandy gardening kit from the phone number on the television screen. And then I had that said kit fail because one tomato planter’s wires decided to snap and come crashing to the ground and the other produced a hard, rotted tomato which I knew to eat from past gardening experience. So let me just get this out of the way, growing tomatoes upside down is entirely different from growing them right-side up in the ground!.

That being said, after much careful trial and error, I was finally able to successfully grow my tomatoes upside down.

Oh, and by the way, the reason I call this “The Secrets to Growing Tomatoes Upside Down” is because you won’t find it on the instruction pamphlet that comes with most planters. It kind of goes along the lines of knowing the best soil for a particular type of seed and knowing how long to keep it indoors so that it doesn’t get destroyed by seasonal winds.

The thing you should know about upside down growing, tomatoes in particular, is that they are easier to grow. You don’t have to worry about bugs gnawing at the leaves, about critter digging up the roots, you don’t even have to worry about most ground-borne diseases! The big thing you need to worry about is making sure that you consistently water your upside down tomato plants. They need water pretty much every day because they have a limited amount of soil in which to store that said water, not to mention that they can’t suck up ground water with their roots like the tomatoes you’re probably familiar with growing already.

The other thing you need to be concerned about is what type of planter you’re using. Why is that a problem? Because all upside down tomato planters are not created equal! Some are better than others. Unless you like turning your tomato plant each day so that it gets just enough sunlight or you like the idea of waking up one morning only to find out that your planter’s wires snapped a few days before the plant was ripe, you need to be aware of which planters are the best. For an in-depth review of the best upside down planters that will work great for both experienced and amateur upside down gardeners, you should read the Upside Down Tomato Planters Review where 47 different planters were tested for everything from being sturdy and well-put-together to how great they looked in the garden.

And finally, the biggest secret about growing tomatoes upside down… They taste like the best tomatoes I have ever tasted! They’re juicier, riped faster, and even lack the unwanted taste of pesticides and artificial fertilizers that most tomato growers use. I mean, I could taste the difference between my tomatoes that I had grown in the ground and the tomatoes I had grown upside down because no matter how hard I tried, I could never get rid of the nasty stuff that either washed over from my neighbor’s soil or had already contaminated the soil long before I started gardening. This fact alone is the sole reason I now have an upside down tomato garden of my own.

So now that you know the big secrets, you’re ready for growing tomatoes upside down. If you’re tired of ending up with tomatoes that don’t taste quite as great as they should be the directions for gardening are written in broken English or you’re like me and you weren’t made fully aware of just what it takes to have a successful upside down tomato harvest, then your next step should be to read Growing Upside Down Tomatoes in 8 Easy Steps so that you will be able to grow the best upside down tomatoes possible.

Cheers and here’s to many happy, juicy upside down harvests!

– Frank G. (aka “The Crazy Guy Who Started Growing His Tomatoes Upside Down”!)