There are lots of discussions on the topic already, most not so positive. The plants grown in them typically do OK, but the consensus is that the containers are too small for most varieties and need too frequent watering.

In my opinion, if they came up with a self-watering topsy turvey type growing container - I may be interested in something like that for a smaller determinate or compact indeterminate variety, but even then, it would mostly for the novelty of it... Heck, now that I think of it, I may just make my own "topsy turvey SWC" just for fun, hehe.

Here you go. You may want to join in some of these previous discussions on them. As already mentioned I fear you'll find many of them are about problems rather than good results.

Dave

Here is a link that might be useful: Topsy turvy discussions

They really don't provide enough root space for a tomato plant IMO, at least not towards the mid/late part of the season. Better for peppers. And another drawback is the foliage gets drenched every time you water.

I experimented with them last year, as my mom bought me a few of them as a gift. But, I decided to grow in ground this year and it's much less work growing in-ground. You don't have to water everyday, or in my case twice daily. You also don't have to fertilize weekly. I did plant one in the T.T. and compared to the in-ground plants, there's just really no comparison. The T.T. plant did grow faster at first, but quit growing after a while. Now my in-grounds have huge green fruits and many more flowers than those in the T.T..

Just my experience with them... Good luck!!

I love mine! In fact, I've taken to putting nearly all my tomatoes in them. I have a couple singles and one of the bigger varieties that holds three plants. I do try to stay away from really huge varieties. But there are so many kinds to choose from I don't mind at all. So much easier than staking, etc. (To me, at least) :-)