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String trellis spacing?

10 years ago

It's my second year growing tomatoes and first year with the string trellis. I have a 4 x 10' bed and a 7' A-frame and cross beam that I've already built. I was hoping to plant 2 rows 24" apart and 18" spacing between plants. They're all indeterminate varieties and I'd be pruning all suckers. Is that too crowed?

Comments (2)

digdirt2
10 years ago
That's pretty standard spacing AFAIK if you are going to be pruning to 1 stem.

My string supported plants in the GH are spaced 3' apart but then I don't prune much. I'd rather have all the tomatoes that the pruning eliminates.

Dave

PS: there is no such thing as "suckers". It is a misleading label from way back before folks understood how tomatoes actually grow - there's no "sucking" involved. :)
hermicide
Original Author
10 years ago
Right. I guess "sucker" has just become synonymous with new stems. I might push my luck and try two.

Thanks for the feedback.
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