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  • From: "Tom at Limerock" <limerock AT thirdplanet.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Re: Tomato spacing
  • Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 22:11:06 -0400

We always use two foot, and sometimes with certain varieties like German
Stripe and Sweet 100's, I think they could be further apart. The only time
we could have gotten away with less space was when we planted the 'bad' end
of the field and the plants were quite small and week.

Tom Anslow
Limerock Orchards



> I think we've talked about this before, but I thought I'd ask anyway.
>
> What is the closest you've spaced tomatoes apart from each other without
> problems? The conventional wisdom seems to be 18-24". But that doesn't
> really take into account tomato types. For example, would you space big
> beefsteak types farther apart than cherry tomatoes, or vice versa?
>
> Roger Weeks






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