How far apart to plant tomatoes

Tomato spacing depends on the growth habit and whether the plants are staked or caged: determinate plants go 2 to 2½ feet apart with rows about 4 feet apart.

The spacing: Determinate tomatoes: 2 to 2½ feet apart, rows about 4 feet apart. Indeterminate staked: 1½ to 2 feet apart in the row. Indeterminate in wire cages: 2½ to 3 feet apart. Indeterminate sprawled on the ground: 3 to 4 feet apart.

Spacing depends on the growth habit of the plants.
Spacing depends on whether the plants are staked or caged.
Indeterminate plants allowed to sprawl over the ground need the widest spacing.

Spacing varies by variety and layout; your local extension office is the closest authority.

Grounded in: extension.umd.edu, yardandgarden.extension.iastate.edu. Every window and number follows sentences verified verbatim on those pages.

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