On 30/3/07 00:00, in article
ult, "Steve Harris"
wrote:

In article ,
(Sacha) wrote:

This is going to upset you and GW. ;-) Ray used to grow tomatoes
commercially back in Essex during the 50s, 60s and 70s, under glass.
They grew plants for sale and for the tomatoes. He said they grew
them a metre apart, producing loads of fruit.

But did they ever try other spacings? The GQT professed themselves very
surprised at the results they got.

I don't think they tried other spacing but OTOH they grew what they grew,
successfully, for decades and not for telly or radio programmers. You could
try both, perhaps and do an urg research thing if that's possible for you,
space allowing etc.?
Obviously, in their case they grew thousands of plants so the number was
different while the desired outcome was the same.

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Sacha
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