Has anyone ever tried planting tomatos useing the upside down planter ?  

I haven't tried the topsy turvy planter but I have a fishing buddy that has one. I have talked to him since he planted it but I will next time we go fishing.

I have wanted to try one but thought I would just wait and see how his turns out.

I like the idea of making your own.

The only problem I have had with hanging planters is that they dry out really fast, too fast for most of the flowers I planted in them. So this year I bought a bag of perlite, I think that's the name. Any ways it absorbs water and releases it as the soil dries. It saves me having to water them twice a day.

My brother in law used buckets last year,for upside down planters for both tomatoes and bell peppers, he used a good soil, and mirical grow in them, you have to make sure they have plenty of water, because they dry out fast. and they worked really good for him, He hung them around his deck, and he has done it again this year.

I made my own, as well, this year because I was curious enough to want to try it LOL I am using the hanging wire baskets with the coconut fiber linings for mine. You slice a hole through the fiber and insert the root ball that way. So far, one of them is doing well and is starting to flower. The other one, someone broke the plant off right at its base - of course no one will 'fess up but I'm not sure if it'll come back now :( Either way, I planted marigold seeds in the tops of the baskets, too, so I figured if the tomatoes weren't successful, I'd hopefully still get flower baskets ;)