About this app

For those that would still like to make their upside down planters, here's how you can do it. Take a sturdy plastic container (it can also be a old plastic bucket). It should have a handle so that you can hang the container upside down and take it from one place to another. Normally a 5-gallon container should be used for making the upside down planter.

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Wash the upside down planter container with household bleach and water. Use about a tablespoon of bleach and a gallon of water for rinsing out the container. Rinse it out thoroughly to take out the dirt and kill any small insects or bugs that may be inside the container.

Now turn the container over and make a 2 inches diameter hole in the centre of the bucket. You can use a utility knife or a drill machine with a 2' bit. Clean out the edges of the hole thoroughly. Sharp edges are difficult to manoeuvre and you may cut yourself while planting the tomato plant in the upside down planter.

Putting the soil inside the planter

Turn the container over the right side and put a coffee filter where you have just made a hole. You can even put a thick piece of cloth or some leftover landscaping material. Now put the potting soil in the container and fill it up as you would fill up a normal garden pot. With your fingers take out the coffee filter paper. Make space for the plant inside the pot so just like you would in a normal garden container.

The purpose of the filter or the cloth is to contain the soil inside the container. Now plant your favourite vegetables like the tomatoes inside the upside down planter. Ensure that the plant won't fall off. Else you would be left standing with the just the planter.

Hanging the planter

Find sturdy hanging poles or hooks for your upside down planter. These planters can be hung anywhere. You can even plant some seasonal flowers or even herbs on top of the plant. This way you can create a whole hanging garden.

All you need to do now is fill up your topsy turvy style DIY containers with potting soil and get a great tomato plant or any other plant that you may fancy. The next step is to water the plant that you have potted inside the upside down planter. Essentially the soil should be moist enough for the plant to absorb all the nutrients present in the soil.

Water the plant according to its needs

The planters should be watered according to their needs and also the climate. If you have a hotter climate, then you should water the plant frequently. It's important that water shouldn't be trapped inside the container. If there is water logging inside the container, it can rot away the roots and kill the plants. This is critical in a DIY.

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