jmcquown wrote:
>
> "l, not -l" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > On 3-May-2009, Kajikit > wrote:
> >
> >> >
> >> >I KNOW it's morally wrong to allow suckers to keep their money but this
> >> >is
> >> >ridiculous.
> >> >
> >> Maybe people who don't have a nice sunny garden bed available to plant
> >> conventional tomatoes in?
> >
> > Or elderly people who want home-grown tomatoes; but, haven't the strength
> > and flexibility to plant, weed, stake and harvest from plants grown in the
> > traditional manner. My 87 year-old mother has similar, made by my BIL out
> > of a large bucket, hung from the old clothes line pole by a chain. Last
> > year it produced a number of tasty tomatoes without her having to stake
> > the
> > plant even bend over to weed and pick them.
> >
> > While a porch may not be the best location for one, the idea itself is not
> > as stupid as has been portrayed. The negative comments show a lack of
> > ability, or willingness, to see beyond ones own situation and at $10, or
> > less if made from discarded materials, certainly doesn't make one a
> > "sucker". It was a wonderful thing for my mother to have, allowing her to
> > have a sense of accomplishment in tending her "garden" though encumbered
> > by
> > the infirmities of age and a portable oxygen supply.
> >
> > Sometimes, that which seems absurd, is simply something not well
> > understood.
> > --
> > Change Cujo to Juno in email address.
>
> I must agree with this! But it's easy (as you said) to make your own
> planter. If you have a place to hang and secure a bucket and the necessary
> potting soil, etc., who says tomatoes have to grow UP?
>
> Jill

Very, very simple to make and much less expensive than the ones shown on
TV Just buy a 5-gallon plastic bucket (for less than $3 or $4,
usually), fill to the top with soil, invert with a temporary cover over
the bucket's top to hold in the soil, cut out a small hole in the bottom
of said bucket, plant the tomato seedling in that hole and keep
"upright" (er, inverted) for a couple of weeks or so. That will allow
the roots to grow downward with gravity into the bucket, then hang the
bucket by its handle to let the plant hang downwards. HOWEVER, it's
best to reinforce the bucket's handle with heavy string or lightweight
rope because the bucket's handle is not strong enough (as me how I know
<VBG>!)

Sky, who will make one very soon

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