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  • From: Grepp AT wmconnect.com
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Re: Tomato Spacing
  • Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 15:47:06 EDT

Roger,

 I've tried 18" spacing for tomatos, but it is a lot of work to keep the tomatos from getting too bushy. At a close spacing you should remove the suckers to keep the plants from crowding out each other. I also tried 24" and they were still crowded together making harvesting the tomatos a challenge. It seems that no matter how much space that I give the tomatos, they seem to want to use it all. I did notice that the plants were a lot taller than I thought they would be and I keep ending up with a tomato hedge. This year I am trying 30" spacing. I'll see how much space they use.

 I have noticed that the same variety can grow to different sizes from one year to another.

Garry Repp
Erie, PA



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