Fixed my tomato spacing and started putting up fencing!
On everyone's advice I have spaced out my tomatos far more. I also have started putting up my fencing although I'll definitely need to add another post or two
by Kypore
13 Comments
lilgreengoddess
That soil looks very compact, is that just native soil or have you added any there?
corrieoh
Oh no. Those still seem fairly close together but hey, some of us learn this way. I know I’m a make my own mistakes kinda guy.
lobo2r2dtu
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Tomatoes get big. Some get wide(errr) some tall(errr) and some get tall and wide and you get the thin long ones….what kind are those?
I am actually spreading them even wider because I love my Cherokee tomatoes, and they spread. The big one do. Clay is fine. They do pretty good in my clay area. I do add tope soil and gardening soil when planting them. Also, I don’t prune them as much as other folks I’ve seen.
AliciaXTC
For the record. I put 4 tomato plants in a 4×8 bed. They consumed every inch of that space with frequent trimming and reached about 8 ft tall.
If these are indeterminates, good luck.
Fine_Wedding_4408
Every year is an experiment. Just keep doing things and see what happens! And eat some tomatoes!
assassinsshadows
YOU KNOW WHAT! MAY THE STRONGEST TOMATO SURVIVE! Too many perfectionists in the comments. You’re about to have a beautiful and plentiful jungle. Keep it as it is and update us! Experiment!
ps. feed them well
bbpaupau01
This is a very small space for the number of plants that you have. It can work if you remove the middle ones. Otherwise you won’t be able to access the tomatoes except for the ones by the entrance. This will also put your tomatoes at higher risk for diseases because of the lack of airflow. You’d also need to amend your soil as clay will get really compacted.
Status-Investment980
How will you harvest your tomatoes? You won’t be able to access them. You are going to have to bulldoze through them if they are able to grow in that mud.
SomewhereWeWentWrong
I love a good update photo. Youll learn what works for you!
1fade
OP you’re not going to be able to get to those center tomatoes and it will be a lot of pruning.
Culling plants is really one of the hardest but most important lessons to learn gardening. I would take that middle row out.
LostPaddle2
Need an update in a few months 😂
kenedelz
May you have an abundance of tomatoes this year! The first year we planted our crop was plentiful and our plant was huge, last year it was huge but nothing ripened for ages! I feel like you have enough plants that you should have tomatoes regardless! 🙂 we’re gonna need an update in a couple months!
13 Comments
That soil looks very compact, is that just native soil or have you added any there?
Oh no. Those still seem fairly close together but hey, some of us learn this way. I know I’m a make my own mistakes kinda guy.
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Tomatoes get big. Some get wide(errr) some tall(errr) and some get tall and wide and you get the thin long ones….what kind are those?
I am actually spreading them even wider because I love my Cherokee tomatoes, and they spread. The big one do. Clay is fine. They do pretty good in my clay area. I do add tope soil and gardening soil when planting them. Also, I don’t prune them as much as other folks I’ve seen.
For the record. I put 4 tomato plants in a 4×8 bed. They consumed every inch of that space with frequent trimming and reached about 8 ft tall.
If these are indeterminates, good luck.
Every year is an experiment.
Just keep doing things and see what happens!
And eat some tomatoes!
YOU KNOW WHAT! MAY THE STRONGEST TOMATO SURVIVE! Too many perfectionists in the comments. You’re about to have a beautiful and plentiful jungle. Keep it as it is and update us! Experiment!
ps. feed them well
This is a very small space for the number of plants that you have. It can work if you remove the middle ones. Otherwise you won’t be able to access the tomatoes except for the ones by the entrance. This will also put your tomatoes at higher risk for diseases because of the lack of airflow. You’d also need to amend your soil as clay will get really compacted.
How will you harvest your tomatoes? You won’t be able to access them. You are going to have to bulldoze through them if they are able to grow in that mud.
I love a good update photo. Youll learn what works for you!
OP you’re not going to be able to get to those center tomatoes and it will be a lot of pruning.
Culling plants is really one of the hardest but most important lessons to learn gardening. I would take that middle row out.
Need an update in a few months 😂
May you have an abundance of tomatoes this year! The first year we planted our crop was plentiful and our plant was huge, last year it was huge but nothing ripened for ages! I feel like you have enough plants that you should have tomatoes regardless! 🙂 we’re gonna need an update in a couple months!
All you need is some kind of mulch now 🙂