Cool and frugal idea! Now if I just had some sunshine around here! lol!

I really like this idea. It's a great way to recycle and beat the cost of buying one. AND still works the way the $20 one does.

I am still not sure how this is suppose to work.

Would the weight of the tomatoes not pull the plant out of the bottle???

The tomato "branches" out with roots at the point that the stem goes into the soil so it is too big to fall out.

If you ever have spindly tomatos starters, just plant the stems deep even to the point of having leaves underground and the stems will grow roots and make it a better plant. An old trick is to lay a spindly tomato on its side in the garden and have only the 6 or 8 inches top stick up. Not all plants can be planted "too deep" like this, but it is good for tomatoes.
kathy

That's a novel idea. Not a hole lot of room for the roots though. I made myself and my mom an upside tomatoe hanger out of a big hanging basket, cut a hole in the bottom, put a coffee filter over the hole and drainage holes, cut an "X" in the filter and fed the plant up thru it. They are doing real well. You can even plant some flowers in the top of the hanging basket to. I'll have to take a photo of mine.

Donna in Florida