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Originally Posted by mobiledynamics
Mark - Aside from water + feeding, any issues with rootspace.
I have my regulars singles in 15G and I also doubled up *per you post/observations* as well in my 15. Just looking at the singles in the 15G (in which the rootmass is literally ontop of the medium and also poking through the bottom of the fabric pot). I can only imagine how dense the root is in the plant medium on the ~doubled up~
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It does not matter as long as you feed them what they need. The whole container is a big root ball. I have a friend up the road who grows in a two gallon size cube of Rockwool, his end up nothing but roots. He is a very good tomato grower and he produces a bunch. I have many plants in three gallon, two vines also. They are just slightly behind the 5 gallon in yield.
Here is my take. If you prune, 4-5 gallon is perfect, overhead costs is far below return. If you do not prune, one may want to use 10 gallon or bigger. Costs/ overhead goes up, yields do not.
Some people simply refuse to prune, that is on them, but I want tomatoes not leaves and stems everywhere. The correct amount of leaves a plant needs to produce sugars, etc is well noted.
I have tried every possible way to grow that I have seen in side by side experiments, and it involved many plants. I could really get a good gauge on the examples, the way forward was obvious. However... we can get tomatoes using many techniques, but I want the best since I do this for money.
4-5 gallon, two plants, single stem, will get the most out of any square foot of space, and it is tops for cost control too.
I hope this helps
Mark