Does Topsy Turvy Tomato Planter Really Work?

Used this product 2 years in a row along with another competing product and a garden plot. Each year I got some great tasting tomatoes. Got the same from the competitor. Got a lot more from a garden plant. Competitor product was cheap plastic with coconut fiber plotting mix, it held water well but cheap plastic broke. Topsy Turvy bags required watering system and always dried out. Bag deteriorated so badly in one season it was trash. My garden area got sun all day, ideal for planted tomatoes. Bottom line: Product works only in limited sun areas, like balconies and shaded areas. In full sun – forget it.

It’s a waste of money for I tried it 2 years in a row, even hooked up a watering system for it. Tomatoes were too small & very few. In the trash it went & back to the garden I go. This is nothing but a scam as seen on TV. Don’t waste your money.

I had a huge plant but I planted it in miracle grow and sprayed it BUT NEVER one flower. NO tomatoes. I would not ever buy it again. They sway back and forth and get very heavy when you water them. Just put them in a pot and let them grow in the sun!

I tried the Topsy Turvy Strawberry Planter to save space in my garden to try and save space, and I believe I paid $19.99 for the product and another $10 for the strawberry plants, and another $5.00 for a bag of organic soil. That was money down the drain. I didn’t realize at the time that the product did not come with its own hanger, nor did I realize how heavy it would become after adding the plants and the soil. Even my heavy duty steel hanging basket plant hook couldn’t hold it up, so I ended up just placing it vertically in the garden. I did get a few tiny strawberries about the size of my thumb tip, but nothing extraordinary or plentiful as the product claims. As other reviewers posted, the thing needed much more water than the rest of my garden did and getting the young plants through the holes in the product was very stressful and damaging to the tender stems and leaves.
What really irked me was the fact that the thing started deteriorating and fading in the sunlight to the point that it’s not usable at all this season. I will never buy this product or recommend it to anyone. Waste of money and time. I would have been much better off to left the strawberry plants in their original pots.

Not in the southwest area of the US

We saw, we bought, we watched the plants die. :( We live in a high desert area, lots of sun and wind. Even with a constant drip of water to keep the soil moist, it never worked. Nothing can live in a hot, dry, windy area. My tomato plants in my garden did so much better.

My family got this as a gift a couple of years ago. Everything that is wrong with this product has already been mentioned by the previous reviewers. We did get one tomato and it was really small. We let the birds have it. Don’t buy or gift the Topsy Turvy.

Followed directions for two years. The plants turn up towards the light (duh) and then the stems break. Tried different plants with same result. Throwing it out.