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Felknor Ventures 82506 Topsy Turvy Upside-Down Tomato Planter | 
| Brand: Felknor Ventures
Category: Lawn & Patio
List Price: $20.00
Buy New: $12.88
You Save: $7.12 (36%)
New (7) from $12.88
Avg. Customer Rating:  88 reviews
Sales Rank: 570
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 kneesor even getting your hands dirty |
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Product Description
PRE-ORDER THIS ITEM NOW!
We are receiving the first batch of the Topsy Turvey on June 10th and will be shipping orders out in the order we receive them. 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 83 more reviews...
 I can work magic with plants -- but not in this thing! July 20, 2008
I have to echo some previous negative reviews. First off -- many of the positive reviews are from people who have just received the topsy turvy -- or people who have only seen some growth -- but haven't raised a successful crop. This is the third year I have tried to grow a tomato plant in this thing. The first year I admit I started with a larger than recommended plant -- and wrote that off as my mistake. The second year I started with a properly sized plant -- but the sponge trapped moisture around the stem and the plant rotted. I wasn't over watering -- it's simply that the sponge is the last section to dry out. Then I discovered through research that the 2 large discs included in the box were to be used to divide the soil into thirds for even moisture. So this year I planted a properly sized seedling the correct way -- and it rotted. I got a second tomato plant now that the hotter weather is here to see if that made a difference -- and pulled the sponge out after about a week. Still had the stem rot. Just cut the plant off -- removed some leaves -- and will see if I can revive it in a regular pot. Just talked to a woman who has worked at a nursery for 20+ years -- and she can't get tomatoes to grow in her topsy turvy either!
Farmers have NO LUCK!! July 13, 2008
I gave 2 of these to my grandfather and great uncle for Christmas. They are lifelong farmers and I knew they would LOVE their new toy.
Each family---First plant dies, second plant dies, 3rd plant dies. They give up.
Whats up with these things? My families go to extreme trouble to care for their acre gardens and they did the same with this but had absolutely NO LUCK!
 Just make your own upside-down tomato planter! July 7, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
When I originally saw this commercial on TV about the Topsy Turvy Tomato Planter, it caught my attention and I immediately went online to purchase this item. Well, after adding up all the expense of shipping and what not, it just didn't seem worth it to me for what they were giving you.
So I decided to make my own upside-down tomato planter. I used a basic plastic hanging basket/planter from a home & garden store. Drill some 1" holes on the bottom. Lay a piece of landscaping fabric on the inside and cut some slits into the fabric where the holes are. Guide the tomato plants through the hole and fill the basket with dirt. How hard was that? Piece of cake!
I actually drilled 5 holes on the bottom of mine and have 5 "Big Boy" tomato plants growing underneath. I also have some peppers growing on the top. The planter hangs from a tree next to my deck that gets hits by my sprinkler system that runs daily, so I don't have to worry about lack of water. The tomato plants are growing quite a bit and have started to produce the little yellow flowers. Hopefully tomatoes are soon to follow.
So... save your money and make your own planter!
 Pleased with product July 6, 2008
The product came quickly and my Dad is growing a tomato plant, now we will need to see if there are tomatoes he can eat.
Cannot rate yet...but will update..sloooow shipping! July 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Let me just say, I ordered this on June 10, 2008 and I just received notice that it finally shipped today July 3rd.
I am a regular customer of Amazon and realize that this comes from a 3rd party, but really 3 weeks to ship without any communication! Bad show so far, this had better be good after this wait.
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