Adequate spacing in the bed has multiple advantages
in the Outdoors tomato plants are particularly susceptible to disease and Pests. If insufficient plant spacing is used here, there is a risk of what is dreaded by everyone, especially if there is no rain protection Brown rot. In addition, the care work is significantly hindered if the tomatoes are too close together. Therefore, experienced tomato growers advocate the following values:
- Planting distance in the bed: 60 to 80 centimeters
- Row spacing: 80 to 100 centimeters
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- Planting tomatoes outdoors - this is how it works in the hobby garden
Tomatoes in the greenhouse bed can be placed closer together
in the Glasshouse the room capacity is always tight. Understandably, hobby gardeners are stingy here with the planting distance. Because tomato plants in the greenhouse from strong wind and rain are protected, they may be planted a little closer. Nevertheless, you should not go below a distance of 50 centimeters.
The safety distance also applies on the balcony
Small Varieties of tomatoes enjoy enormous popularity for growing in the tub on the balcony. No wonder, because maintenance work is easy on cocktail tomatoes. Ensure heavenly conditions hanging Tomatoes that can be eaten from a deck chair. Regardless of this, the importance of the appropriate planting distance should not be underestimated. Cunning and insatiable fungal spores also lurk here lice. These values apply:
- Growth height up to 25 centimeters: Plant spacing of 50 to 60 centimeters
- Growth height greater than 25 centimeters: Plant spacing of 60 to 80 centimeters
These values apply both to planting in the balcony box and to placing individual pots next to each other. If, despite these distances, the leaves of neighboring tomato plants touch each other permanently, the pots are pushed apart or the endangered leaves are removed.
Tips & Tricks
Already as part of the sowing from tomato seeds a full distance comes into focus. The individual seeds are ideally placed 3 centimeters apart. At least there should be a 50 cent coin between them.
