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String trellis spacing?

13 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?

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digdirt2
13 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
13 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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