I'm in the process of setting up my planting beds. Does it make any
difference on yield if the beds run East and West or North and South. I
live in Missouri,
and plan to plant Big Boy and Cherry tomatoes.

brsher wrote:
I'm in the process of setting up my planting beds. Does it make any
difference on yield if the beds run East and West or North and South. I
live in Missouri,
and plan to plant Big Boy and Cherry tomatoes.

My main garden planting beds run east and west. This gives the tomatoes
and other sun loving veggies the maximum exposure to sunshine as the sun
moves across the sky from sunrise to sunset. I put my chile plants in a
bed that runs north and south and in a place that is shaded before about
1 pm and after 4 pm. I found out by accident that the heat affects them
better than just the hot sun. I live in SW Louisiana, USDA Zone 9b.

George

you almost always want to run you beds north and south so that your
plants will shade each other as little as possible.