Two Plants per planting hole?

Dr_Redwine · February 9, 2006

I have a friend that plants 3 plants in the same 2-ft diameter welded wire cage regularly. He wants to plant as many plants as he can, so he crowds 'em.

We have friendly arguments about it, and he sees my tomato plants (one per 2 ft cage) and always talks about how much further along mine look. I believe this is largely due to use of large quantities of compost. There is no way he is slacking off on the care of his plants.

I have put 2 per cage before and they did not seem to grow as well to me. In fact, I had a couple die doing this, but that could have been a coincidence. It wouldn't be the first here at the DrR experimental garden :wink:

This year I'm going with a 3'X5' on-center planting scheme with a single plant per cage...no square foot gardener am I. I intend to mulch the whole area with a thick layer of wheat straw.
DrR

February 9, 2006	#16
Dr_Redwine Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Pike Road, AL Posts: 111	This is an interesting thread... I have a friend that plants 3 plants in the same 2-ft diameter welded wire cage regularly. He wants to plant as many plants as he can, so he crowds 'em. We have friendly arguments about it, and he sees my tomato plants (one per 2 ft cage) and always talks about how much further along mine look. I believe this is largely due to use of large quantities of compost. There is no way he is slacking off on the care of his plants. I have put 2 per cage before and they did not seem to grow as well to me. In fact, I had a couple die doing this, but that could have been a coincidence. It wouldn't be the first here at the DrR experimental garden :wink: This year I'm going with a 3'X5' on-center planting scheme with a single plant per cage...no square foot gardener am I. I intend to mulch the whole area with a thick layer of wheat straw. DrR