EcoSmart Repellem and the Upside-Down Tomatoes
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I showed you my pest-free tomato garden and upside-down-tomatoes last July. Well, this year I’ve done it again!
You read it right. I grow upside-down tomato plants on my deck. AND, like the tomato garden in my back yard, my upside-down deck tomatoes are also completely pest-free.
NOTHING bothers them. No insects. No animals. I’m not going to spray or dust any of my plants with anything, either; I’m going to depend on EcoSmart Repellem to take care of any and all mites, fungi, and living pestiferous things of every kind. The cats won’t even nibble on the leaves, with Repellem near them.
Here’s a picture of one of the upside-down tomatoes. This is a really fun project;
I wasn’t sure it would work, but I found the idea on Steve Spangler’s blog and it looked like it would be both fun AND easy, and so far? BOTH! If you look closely at this picture, you can see the big tomato garden in the distance - see the red EcoSmart Repellem strips tied around each tomato cage?
Here’s a close-up of the upside-down tomato. Here, you can plainly see the strip of red EcoSmart Repellem that I wrapped around the top of the bucket. Not only is that little strip of Repellem keeping all the bugs and animals away from the tomato; it’s also keep the mites and flies away from the petunias - even when there’s standing water around them!
Item: honeybees are not affected by EcoSmart Repellem products. The wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets are held at bay, but the honeybees don’t seem to mind Repellem at all. This is, of course, a GOOD thing! We WANT the honeybees!
I suggest that you all do to your gardens - big gardens and the little deck and porch pots - what I did to mine, which is: wrap strips of EcoSmart Repellem around them and watch your vegetables and flowers flourish!
If you look closely at the tomato garden, you will also see a “scarecrow” made of a broomstick with a big piece of Repellem tablecloth on it. When the wind blows, it flaps like a flag and scares the deer away, and when the wind is still, the EcoSmart Repellem itself keeps the deer away. Whenever I use any EcoSmart Repellem product, it’s always a win-win situation.
I also have little EcoSmart Repellem strips tied around the base of all my knockout rosebushes. I won’t have to buy any rose “dust” this year, because NOTHING will bother my roses OR their leaves now. It’s wonderful.
EcoSmart Repellem products are just simply wonderful.
P.S. By the way? With EcoSmart Repellem on your upside-down tomatoes, you can eat them right off the vine without washing them first! And is there anything better than a fresh, picked-off-the-vine, sun-warmed cherry tomato in the summertime?
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