Spacing for sprawling?

[mmohr63]

I am planning on letting some of my plants sprawl. What is the recommended spacing between plants for this?

Thanks.

[mjc]

6 ft between rows...if they are the same type/variety you can let them run together, but if you don't want to do that, 6' between plants, too (minimum). Some varieties can get even bigger.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by mmohr63

I am planning on letting some of my plants sprawl. What is the recommended spacing between plants for this?

Thanks.

For most of my tomato career, ahem, I've grown almost all of the about 2500 different varieties I've grown by sprawling, some by caging and sometimes comparing the same variety spralwed and caged in the same season and sprawling worked very well for me.

Rows were 250 ft long, distance between rows was 5 ft to allow early cultivating by the farmer who prepared my field for me as well as early fertilization, and distance between plants in the row was 3-4 ft.

The rows would fill in, yes, but it never was a huge problem and when Charlie or his workers didn't have time to help me I'd use my Mantis as a mechanical hoe and carry a bucket of fertilizer and do that by hand. Later in the season I'd spray with liquid seaweed or fish b'c I couldn't get near enough to the plants to get fertilizer near the main stem.

[feldon30]

Sprawling? In Arkansas? Best of luck to you, but I think the slugs will get all of them.