What should be the distance between tomatoes when planting?

Tomatoes are one of the most favorite crops cultivated by Russians on their plots. One of the important conditions for obtaining a high-quality harvest is distance between tomatoes when planting them in the ground in a permanent place.

Tomatoes are a crop that likes moderate soil moisture, and if you don't give them the right amount of water, the yield will be much less than what the plant is capable of producing. Therefore, in order to maintain the required soil moisture, agronomists advise plant seedlings in trenches, dug to the width and depth of the bayonet of the shovel.

Before planting, the trenches are well moistened with several buckets of water. Strong seedlings are planted in wet trenches, sprinkling the roots with a small amount of soil. Depending on the height of the seedlings, you need to choose the optimal distance between the tomatoes in the trench. For low-growing varieties it can be within 40-50 cm, and the distance between the trenches - 50-70 cm.

There is no need to put soil between tomato bushes.. After planting all the tomatoes, the trenches need to be filled to the top with mowed grass and tamped down a little. As the grass dries and subsides, you need to add a new portion several times.

Watering for tomatoes in trenches is needed much less often than with the usual method of planting seedlings in holes. Moisture in trenches is stored much longer, which means you can expect not only a larger harvest, but also less hassle associated with watering.

This method of planting tomatoes in trenches will help you get relatively big harvests favorite vegetable, without particularly straining in terms of regular watering.