New to this tomato...

[jowjo5]

HI,

I recently planted my tomatoes and I am wondering if I bought an okay kind. They were ones that apparently are bug free? Is that possible? Or did I just buy something silly!

I also borrowed some tomato planters to hang two other kinds upside down. Does that work okay? I have never tried this before but a friend let my try it out this summer so I did.

Any ideas?

 

[Rzashida]

Bug free tomatoes, I never heard of them. I know marigolds planted near tomatoes are suppose to keep the white fly population down. I also heard that growing basil near tomato's is suppose to be beneficial .

 

[morlogs]

If the bugs won't eat it, I doubt it's good to eat. Just my opinion.

 

[blueiris]

I'm skeptical that the bugs will stay away from any type of tomato. I've heard about planting green onions nearby to discourage pests but I haven't tried it. I have seen tomatoes grown upside down in bottles towers and it seems to work fine.

 

[dconklin]

Not sure about bug free tomatoes, but the upside down planters work ok as long as they are in plenty of sunlight. I used them a couple years ago but found it easier for me to just plant them in the yard. I had a hard time finding a place to hang them that would get enough sun, just the way my deck and yard is.

A friend of mine had a lot of success with the upside down planters (topsy turvy), she had a lot of tomatoes!

 

[eackley]

I don't know about bug-free tomatoes, every variety I've planted have had hornworms and leaf-footed bugs. Let us know what variety you have, I'm sure we all would like to grow tomatoes and not worry about bugs eating them!