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Post by swan on Mar 28, 2015 7:22:59 GMT -5
I really like the look of the cedar trellis that is featured in the recent OG magazine. The article says it is for squash. I want to make one and use it for growing cucumbers. Would cucumbers need a different type of trellis or is this one okay?
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Post by lisaann on Mar 28, 2015 8:33:21 GMT -5
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Post by gakaren on Mar 28, 2015 21:40:47 GMT -5
My cukes just climb a piece of old fence wire that is staked in their area.
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Post by mrsk on Mar 28, 2015 22:51:54 GMT -5
I have a small garden and have trellised my cukes for years. However, I find that they have bit more tendency to wilt if they are not carefully mulched, and supplied adequate water. They do take up less space and are easier to harvest, but I do mulch mine, and if it is going to be hot, I make sure that they are well watered before. Western SD has very dry weather, and I have very sandy soil, so might not be an issue where you live.
Mrs K
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Post by desertwoman on Mar 28, 2015 23:05:01 GMT -5
I think that trellis will work beautifully with cukes.
I don't grow cukes but I'm suspecting that when they are crawling on the ground, the leaves would shade the soil more and conserve moisture, so a good mulch would be especially important.
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Post by Mumsey on Mar 29, 2015 3:51:56 GMT -5
DH built me one of those, only on a much smaller scale. It could have been taller, the cukes take it over and about 5 feet of space all around the trellis! I think it would be ideal for yours!
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Post by kimmsr🕊 on Mar 29, 2015 6:52:12 GMT -5
Cucumbers and squash are members of the same family and do not care what kind of trellis they grow on. That one will work for Cucumbers just as well as for squash.
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Post by lisaann on Mar 29, 2015 8:19:48 GMT -5
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Post by octave on Mar 29, 2015 8:40:42 GMT -5
I don't like the top of the trellis tied like that (in the pics, page 6). I think 2 small hinges screwed at the very ends of the 2X2s would make for a better support.
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Post by brownrexx on Mar 29, 2015 13:15:31 GMT -5
I always use a teepee for my cukes and I love not having them on the ground. That is a really pretty trellis but take note that they are using some string for the vines to climb on because I think that the slats are too far apart for the plants to reach without some help. I use garden twine on my teepee to give the cukes something to grab.
Here is a" before" and "after" shot of my teepee. The metal support in the back of the "after" shot is for pole beans. I wrote myself a note last year that 4 plants filled the trellis and provided more cukes than we could use.
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Post by kimmsr🕊 on Mar 30, 2015 5:48:03 GMT -5
I know people that have never seen any member of the cucurbit family growing on a trellis and therefore think they are not supposed to, but I have had many of those plants climb fences even without design. When growing on a trellis the fruits of these plants may need some support or the weight of them may rip them off the vines. Cucurbits will do quite well on trellises, even if some have never seen them growing like that.
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Post by lisaann on Mar 30, 2015 15:17:47 GMT -5
I just grow mine on the 4 foot pea fence. I must not have ever grown a variety that grew that much vine.
What variety is that Rexx? Munchers don't get that huge. I can't even remember straight 8 growing more than 5 feet.
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Post by brownrexx on Mar 30, 2015 18:51:37 GMT -5
Those are County Fair which are the only ones I grow. They are resistant to bacterial wilt carried by the cucumber beetles. I have had a lot of trouble with that in the past so I grow these. They have no bitterness either.
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Post by mrsk on Mar 30, 2015 19:12:01 GMT -5
By making the circle, I wonder if that helps keep them a bit less dried out. Mine is the trellis flat that leans over a bit, so that you plant them in a single line for several feet. I have had the wind blow them down.
MRs K
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Post by OregonRed on Mar 30, 2015 21:58:27 GMT -5
last year I grew cucumbers for the first time, we made a trellis as I heard this was an option to save room: aka - vertical gardening - worked just dandy. this year, I will use nylon string instead of jute... I was growing regular `ol cucumbers...
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