GardenHacker:
not your typical seedy site...

The OTHER problem with upside down tomato gardens is that the container overheats (constant watering is the first problem). It's doing well now that it's on the north side of the house. It gets ample light, though not direct sunlight. It stays cooler, doesn't need as much watering. Fruits are starting to form, now just wondering which of the cherry colors it is (got a variety pack).

Japanese Tomato Rings have overtaken the containerized tomatoes in size, we'll see if they overtake them in the number of tomatoes that ripen.

  Inside one of the JTR's I've started some pumpkins that were growing in the compost pile. So far, no competition. The only problem I can think of is the pumpkins shading out the tomatoes, but some careful training will (hopefully) avoid that problem.

  Every morning, I would go out and "tickle" the flowers with my pinky, figuring I was helping them pollinate. Seemed to be working, as the fruits were forming. As it turns out, I was getting help from my yellow and black clad friends later in the day.

   I've fallen behind on the potato bags. I've found that they tend to fall over, so I'd recommend putting them into some type of container or having some kind of support arrangement.

 Placing paper towels between the two styrofoam panels has allowed most of the things to grow. Was hoping to minimize the amount of material by using the rope as wick channels, but the tolerances for this "hydro-hack" are too loose. Wrapping the paper towels differently so that there was a bit of a "tail" would work a bit better, as long as the layers weren't moved around too much.