What is a Topsy Turvey? The Topsy Turvey is an upside down tomato planter. It is a cylindrical bag that has a small hole in the bottom with a foam gasket to hold in the tomato.
The picture below shows what it will look like from the bottom once you have the tomato plant installed in the Topsy Turvey planter. The other picture shows a view from the top, here you can see the roots sticking up into the planter.
Next step is to fill the planter with potting soil. This can be a little tricky because you have to be careful not to crush the tomato plant into the ground. So be aware of you are holding the planter while you fill it.
Here you can see our finished result. 4 Topsy Turvey planters on a custom stand. The stand consists of 3 “4 x 8″ posts, and 2 Simpson ties. Total cost was about $30 for the stand. Each planter was $10 each. We used a 2 cubic feet bag of topsoil and it filled all 4 planters just perfectly, the potting soil was probably about $10.
We will be taking pictures and tracking the progress of these tomato plants.