One or two plants per hole? (tomatoes, peppers, etc.)
 

I've heard that you can maximize yields by growing two plants in the same
hole instead of one. I have a lot of tomatoes and peppers where there are
two side by side, and they seem to grow fine...so far. Is this true, or
should I go and thin them so that there is just one of each in each hole?
Any practical advice?

One or two plants per hole? (tomatoes, peppers, etc.)
 

"Matthew Reed" nospam at zootal dot com nospam wrote in message
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I've heard that you can maximize yields by growing two plants in the same
hole instead of one. I have a lot of tomatoes and peppers where there are
two side by side, and they seem to grow fine...so far. Is this true, or
should I go and thin them so that there is just one of each in each hole?
Any practical advice?


One plant per hole. If you heard the "two per hole" idea from a person with
whom you come into contact often, and need to be polite, just nod & smile
when he/she tells you things. And, pass along this tidbit to that person: A
duck's quack is one of a very small group of sounds which cannot produce an
echo.

One or two plants per hole? (tomatoes, peppers, etc.)
 

"Matthew Reed" nospam at zootal dot com nospam wrote in message
...
I've heard that you can maximize yields by growing two plants in the same
hole instead of one. I have a lot of tomatoes and peppers where there are
two side by side, and they seem to grow fine...so far. Is this true, or
should I go and thin them so that there is just one of each in each hole?
Any practical advice?


One plant with all the water, sun, and nutrients in its root system grows
better than two plants sharing root space, water, nutrients, and sun space.


"Two plants are worser than one." (...I had to say it... )

One or two plants per hole? (tomatoes, peppers, etc.)
 

"hob" wrote in message
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"Matthew Reed" nospam at zootal dot com nospam wrote in message
...
I've heard that you can maximize yields by growing two plants in the same
hole instead of one. I have a lot of tomatoes and peppers where there are
two side by side, and they seem to grow fine...so far. Is this true, or
should I go and thin them so that there is just one of each in each hole?
Any practical advice?


One plant with all the water, sun, and nutrients in its root system grows
better than two plants sharing root space, water, nutrients, and sun
space.


"Two plants are worser than one." (...I had to say it... )



Ack. sigh. I guess I need to thin my plants out. I have two beautiful
tomatoes side by side. Not to mention a bunch of tomatoes and peppers
growing in pairs. Are there any known exceptions to this?

One or two plants per hole? (tomatoes, peppers, etc.)
 

actually, there are exceptions. it is when space is limited and the maximum numbers
of different varieties want to be grown. like for example two or three different
varieties of peaches are wanted plant the 2 or 3 different trees in the same hole.
each tree will produce less of course. the added benefit is that it will also help
dwarf the trees. if you are going to remove a plant, cut it off, dont pull it and
disturb the roots. you may also want to experiment by leaving some as doubles, some
as individuals and report back results. Ingrid

"Matthew Reed" nospam at zootal dot com nospam wrote:
Ack. sigh. I guess I need to thin my plants out. I have two beautiful
tomatoes side by side. Not to mention a bunch of tomatoes and peppers
growing in pairs. Are there any known exceptions to this?




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One or two plants per hole? (tomatoes, peppers, etc.)
 

"Matthew Reed" nospam at zootal dot com nospam wrote in message
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"hob" wrote in message
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"Matthew Reed" nospam at zootal dot com nospam wrote in message
...
I've heard that you can maximize yields by growing two plants in the
same
hole instead of one. I have a lot of tomatoes and peppers where there
are
two side by side, and they seem to grow fine...so far. Is this true, or
should I go and thin them so that there is just one of each in each
hole?
Any practical advice?


One plant with all the water, sun, and nutrients in its root system grows
better than two plants sharing root space, water, nutrients, and sun
space.


"Two plants are worser than one." (...I had to say it... )



Ack. sigh. I guess I need to thin my plants out. I have two beautiful
tomatoes side by side. Not to mention a bunch of tomatoes and peppers
growing in pairs. Are there any known exceptions to this?


Lots of absolutes in gardening have exceptions. One way to discover them is
by experimentation. Leave your plants as they are and see what happens.
Naturally, you'll understand that unless you also grow identical varieties
the "regular" way (one per hole), it won't be a truly scientific evaluation,
but if the results are good enough for you, that's all that's important.