Topsy Turvy is completely assembled (No assembly required).
Hang your Topsy Turvy by mounting furnished screw-eye into solid wood.
Pre-drill hole and thread screw-eye completely
in until all threads are securely in the wood. Do not hang in sheet
rock or vinyl siding overhangs. Topsy Turvy Upsidedown Tomato Planter Planting
Instructions
For easier access while planting, temporarily lower TOPSY TURVY gro-bag
to waist height using a rope or cord.
(1). If you have installed the lid remove it allowing easy access to
inside of Topsy Turvy.
(2). Remove the split sponge from the locking collar located in the
bottom of the Topsy Turvy. Leave it in bag.
(3). Remove your live plant seedling (not included) from its growing
cup. Very carefully
insert the root system of the tomato plant through the bottom planting
hole from the outside.
Holding the seedling plant carefully in place, clamp the tomato stem
inside the split sponge
and insert the sponge back into the locking collar (from the inside).
Leave as much stem as
possible inside the gro-bag (the stem inside the bag will develop new
roots providing a
bigger root system). Tip: for more crop, plant TWO seedlings at once.
NOTE: It is very easy
to bend or break stems
(4). Using a small container, hand fill your Topsy Turvy with potting
soil up to two inches from
the top. Keep the upside-down root ball CENTERED in the bag as you
fill. Never pour soil
directly in from bag as you may damage the seedling.
(5). Replace lid and return Topsy Turvy to its permanent hanging
position (before watering).
(6).VERY SLOWLY ADD AT LEAST ONE GALLON OF WATER to Topsy Turvy,
allowing the
potting soil plenty of time to absorb the water. Initially, set water
hose to very slow drip.
Place nozzle in lid watering hole allowing it to run for twenty minutes
until all soil is completely
saturated (watering too fast may cause soil and fertilizer to be washed
out). GARDEN
TIPS
Add 1/2 cup of VEGETABLE time-release fertilizer equally throughout
Topsy Tree as you add the potting soil to feed your
plant for the first two weeks. We recommend water-soluble fertilizer
with a formula specifically for vegetables. Add 1/2 cup
of properly diluted fertilizer every two weeks while the vegetables are
very young. Once plant gets large (cascading down
two to three feet) you should fertilize every ten days. When the plants
are MATURE (cascading down six feet with 15 or
more vegetables growing), you’ll need to fertilize
every few days. If your plants look great, and have lots of
blossoms, you’re doing great!
A variety of items can be grown in Topsy Turvy including tomatoes,
fresh herbs, zukes, eggplant or a variety of peppers.
Be sure to purchase healthy plants with a stem the diameter of a
pencil, having four to six leaves and with NO blossoms.
Avoid plants that are yellowing or are otherwise showing stress or
disease.
Start your tomatoes as early in the spring as possible (after last
frost).