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Marion,IN

How far away should my tomatos be from my p-kin plants? Tomatos are new to my garden this year, BUT I don't want to do anything that is going to effect the pumkins. I got four pumpkin plants that look great and I don't want to do anything that will inhibit them.

Thank you,
Mark G.

5/22/2009 9:53:44 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Plant at the far corners of the patch, or if you have the stump at one side or corner, the two or three corners farthest away.

I had no problems last year with planting the corners of my patch... but the weather was too hot to get the tomatoes to set.

5/22/2009 11:33:40 AM

ExtremeVegetables.com

I grew a 1450 and a 1096 back to back "@ 8 ft. between them" with a tomato in the middle. I never got to see how big those pumpkins could have gotten because they went down due to splits, the 1450 at @503 lbs., the 1096 was grown off a secondary and split at @723 pounds.

The tomato plant produced the Ohio State record at 4.48 pounds.

5/22/2009 1:22:37 PM

Ohio

I had my first 3 blooms yesterday on your 4.48 plant Duane! Its growing to beat the band!

5/22/2009 1:55:18 PM

Www.extremepumpkinstore.com

Remember Eddy Z's report on maters near pumpkins? Something about giving off gases when ripe that make pumpkins (possibly) ripen too.

5/22/2009 2:02:29 PM

Hamilton Nj

i tryed planting hot peppers around my pumpkins to keep the anmails away hope that is ok???????? pizza

6/21/2009 8:34:45 PM