Question about planting tomatoes and bell peppers

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FLSuncoast Sarasota, FL(Zone 9a) Sep 05, 2002

How close can I plant them together? I have a VERY limited veggie garden space and I have heard they can't be planted near each other. Anyone have any quidelines I can use? I have 6 different varities of tomato's and 3 different bell peppers.

Thanks in advance for any info.

FLSuncoast

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Brook Richmond, KY(Zone 6b) Sep 05, 2002

Only reason for that advice is that, being in the same family, they are subject to the same pests and diseases. But other than that, planting them near each other won't hurt anything.

Tomatoes (assuming inderterminent varieties) can be planted 18 inches apart, although 24 inches is the usual recommendation.

Peppers can go about a foot, although some varieties don't suffer if they are as close as 8 inches. Peppers seem to benefit if they can "touch hands".

Hope this helps.


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FLSuncoast Sarasota, FL(Zone 9a) Sep 05, 2002

Brook, thank you so much, it certainly does!

FLSuncoast
Annie & Mike

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oblambert (Zone 6a) Sep 08, 2002

I agree with Brook:)

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