bed spacing & layout - Page 2

Barbee · May 30, 2015

Fabulous!!

HollyinNNV · May 30, 2015

Wow! That looks awesome!
Holly

Father'sDaughter · May 31, 2015

They look fantastic! Only issue I see is that there isn't a lot of space to get between boxes on the shorter end or between the shorter end and the fence. Add a bunch of tomato foliage and you'll have to go bush whacking to get through! I have four feet of clearance on all sides of my beds and in some cases it leaves me just enough space to get through when the plants reach full size.

TightenUp · May 31, 2015

new spacing

AlittleSalt · May 31, 2015

It really looks great. You can do a lot of things with such a nice garden.

MissS · May 31, 2015

It looks great! Now you will have some room to move around a bit. I love how it is so very critter proof.

Look at all of that free unplanted space on the outside of the fence. You have tons of room to plant some more out there.

TightenUp · May 31, 2015

Deer are such an issue. Not sure what I'll be planting on the outside but my tomatoes will be safe!

Tapout · May 31, 2015

Hello, I would suggest single or double stem pruning your tomato plants. You can save more space this way.

Slg Garden · May 31, 2015

Looks fantastic.

Father'sDaughter · May 31, 2015

The new spacing looks much better from an access standpoint. Happy planting!

Sydney Grower · May 31, 2015

Great Setup!

Can I add my encouragement to consider Tapout’s idea. I have only slightly larger beds (3x8) where I sometimes single stem up to 13 plants on drop strings.

If you wanted to single or double stem with drop strings It would be very easy to get some top bars coming from the sides of your enclosure to posts in the middle.

Well Done
Carl

TightenUp · May 31, 2015

Carl - never done that before but good call. maybe the northern boxes

I have a bunch of dwarf varieties from the dwarf project left over from my other gardens. They seem to be perfect for this set-up

Sydney Grower · June 1, 2015

Yes I am toying with drop-stringing the dwarfs next season. I plan to plant 12-16 dwarfs in a 3x8 bed. Still wondering whether stakes or drop strings. If drop strings, the top bar would only need to be 5-6 foot high rather than the 8 Foot I use for indeterminates

Have fun!

Tapout · June 1, 2015

Commercial green houses and square foot gardeners use this technique. Pruning in this way will give you more produce per square foot rather then per plant. Some plants don't mind this type of heavy pruning some do. Plants such as Big Beef take well to single stem pruning.

greyghost · June 1, 2015

Took me a while to find this-it's under "workbench". I thought there might be
some interesting ideas you could apply to your beds---such as supports, etc.

Raised Bed Garden Conversion (

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RebelRidin

May 30, 2015	#16
Barbee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 1,818	Fabulous!! __________________ *Barbee*

May 31, 2015	#21
MissS Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 3,150	It looks great! Now you will have some room to move around a bit. I love how it is so very critter proof. Look at all of that free unplanted space on the outside of the fence. You have tons of room to plant some more out there. __________________ ~ Patti ~

May 31, 2015	#22
TightenUp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Jersey Posts: 1,183	Deer are such an issue. Not sure what I'll be planting on the outside but my tomatoes will be safe! __________________

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TightenUp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Jersey Posts: 1,183	Carl - never done that before but good call. maybe the northern boxes I have a bunch of dwarf varieties from the dwarf project left over from my other gardens. They seem to be perfect for this set-up __________________

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greyghost Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: southeastern PA Posts: 760	Took me a while to find this-it's under "workbench". I thought there might be some interesting ideas you could apply to your beds---such as supports, etc. Raised Bed Garden Conversion (1 2 3 4) RebelRidin

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HollyinNNV Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 96	Wow! That looks awesome! Holly

May 31, 2015	#18
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	They look fantastic! Only issue I see is that there isn't a lot of space to get between boxes on the shorter end or between the shorter end and the fence. Add a bunch of tomato foliage and you'll have to go bush whacking to get through! I have four feet of clearance on all sides of my beds and in some cases it leaves me just enough space to get through when the plants reach full size.

May 31, 2015	#20
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	It really looks great. You can do a lot of things with such a nice garden.

May 31, 2015	#23
Tapout Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: NW Indiana Posts: 355	Hello, I would suggest single or double stem pruning your tomato plants. You can save more space this way.

May 31, 2015	#24
Slg Garden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Seattle area Posts: 76	Looks fantastic.

May 31, 2015	#26
Sydney Grower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 122	Great Setup! Can I add my encouragement to consider Tapout’s idea. I have only slightly larger beds (3x8) where I sometimes single stem up to 13 plants on drop strings. If you wanted to single or double stem with drop strings It would be very easy to get some top bars coming from the sides of your enclosure to posts in the middle. Well Done Carl