Interaction Effect of Plant Spacing and Training Methods on Growth, Yield and Quality of Tomato Under Semi-Controlled Poly-House Conditions

An experiment was conducted under the semi-controlled poly house with three training systems single stem (T1), double stem (T2) and three stems (T3) and two spacing 45 cm ×30 cm (S1) and 45 cm × 45 cm (S2) replicated four times at Division of Horticulture Faculty of Agriculture Wadura SKUAST-K (J&K) during Kharif -2022 & 2023 to investigate the effects of plant geometries and training levels on growth, yield and quality of tomato under semi-controlled poly-house. Among the treatment combinations studied in two years, maximum plant height (88.66 and 81.66 cm) , average fruit weight per plant (96.33 and 93.33g), T.S.S (6.00 & 5.96 B0) , Specific gravity (1.70 &1.68) was recorded by T1S2-Single stem with 45 cm × 45 cm spacing respectively, however highest number of ripe fruits per plant (29.66 and 28.00),Yield per plant (1.60 & 1.44 kg) and Yield m2 (9.80 &7.30 kg) was registered with T3S1-Three stems with 45 cm × 30 cm respectively in both years.