Things You'll Need:
- Tomato plants
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Step 1
Understand the type of tomato you are planting. There are two basic types, growth-wise, determinant tomatoes and indeterminate tomatoes. Determinant tomatoes grow to a certain size and stop; indeterminate tomatoes continue to grow as long as they have the room and health to do so. Therefore, determinant tomatoes need less room than indeterminate tomatoes need in a garden.
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Step 2
Decide on the variety of tomato you are planting. Plants range from small dwarf tomatoes to large vines overflowing with baseball sized tomatoes. The small varieties need less room than the large ones need, of course.
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Step 3
Determine your tomato plants' growing conditions. If they are to remain on the ground they will need more room than a tomato plant trained on a trellis.
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Step 4
Space dwarf tomato plants about one to one and a half feet apart from each other. That gives these small plants plenty of room to thrive.
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Step 5
Space trellised tomato plants at least two feet apart. You can then move the vines of each plant to another trellis if they start to crowd each other.
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Step 6
Space grounded tomato plants about three to four feet apart, or farther, depending on the variety of the plant. This should give large sprawling tomato plants room to grow.
