On Mon, 04 May 2009 12:54:31 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:

> Andy wrote on Sun, 03 May 2009 19:52:30 -0500:
>
>>> On Sun, 03 May 2009 14:30:06 -0700, Lin >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have 3 of them. They work just great. You can grow
>>>>> peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers with them. My sister has
>>>>> used them for years. The plants don't care at all that they
>>>>> are upside down.
>>>>
>>>> Yay! Finally someone that has tried them. I almost bought a
>>>> couple last year. Considering the poor luck I had with the
>>>> container growing, I'd be interested in giving the Topsy
>>>> Turvy a go. What part of the country are you in?
>>>>
>>> It strikes me as logical. For plants that need staking why
>>> not let gravity do the job?
>>>> --Lin
>
>> Lin,
>
>> I'm reminded of my youth's backyard inverted pyramid clothes
>> hanger in the yard.
>
>> That would be a good method to use for those kind of planters,
>> excepting I've seen deer standing on their hind legs about 8'
>> tall.
>
>The major question is do the devices work instead of staking? It seems
>they do and could replace even the cage. The Topsy-Turvy might also
>appeal to apartment dwellers with balconies.
>
>Incidentally, cages are much less work than staking and I've never had
>deer getting into a cage. Squirrels also tend to keep out of cages. .


They've been selling them here for the last few years. I thought to
try beefsteak last year on the balcony, I had a huge crop which I had
to pick daily. I had the commercial hooks put 4" into the concrete
with lead ankers. They won't pull out, but thought they might with the
record batch of tomatos.
This year I'm trying Romas in one, and Golden boys in the other.

I made fifty one pints of salsa and tomato relish combined last year
from just those beef steaks, the last pint is in the fridge half
empty.

Here we go again