My 2017 tomato grow list

[Gardeneer]

Originally Posted by pmcgrady

Yeah 2 rows of 10 plants with 5 foot spacing. I'm going to use 10' wide plastic mulch, the 2 rows will be 2 1/2' from edge of plastic.

You are very generous with spacing and allocation.
I will give each of my plants about 4 to 5 sq-ft. area. So in a 10' by 16' bed I'd plant minimum of 32 - 40.
I used to do in 3 sq-ft/plnt when I did not have a lot of space.

[pmcgrady]

Originally Posted by Gardeneer

You are very generous with spacing and allocation.
I will give each of my plants about 4 to 5 sq-ft. area. So in a 10' by 16' bed I'd plant minimum of 32 - 40.
I used to do in 3 sq-ft/plnt when I did not have a lot of space.

What kind of tomatoes do you grow this close? If I grew them that close here, there would be more blight problems than I have already. Last year I grew 135 plants at 4' spacing all together... Blight hit and went thru entire patch. This year I want to grow clumps of 20 plants with peppers, melons, squash or cukes in between... Give them room to breathe and a buffer zone in between.