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- Green Thumb
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First-time cucumbers
My first patch of cucumbers are looking good, but now wondering is it's best to just let them grow or provide a trellis of some sort for them the grow on?
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- Senior Member
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I also have had my first cucumber plant and I must say, I started off with no trellis and the plant suffered from disease (perhaps from being too close to the ground). Eventually I made a DIY trellis to bring the vine and flowers about a foot off of the ground and the results afterwards were encouraging.
I would suggest implementing one into any vine'ish plants.
I would suggest implementing one into any vine'ish plants.
- PunkRotten
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I am growing cucumbers now and have a trellis set up. It is a lot better for them to grow on and also saves more space. But this cucumber variety is small and only grows 3 foot vines.
Next Spring I plan to grow more cucumbers and melons but all are small varieties with short vines. All will have trellises too. But I will have a 6 foot area dedicated to some watermelons and I will let them grow along the floor. They weigh too much to support with the cheap trellis materials I have and I don't feel like spending extra money.
Next Spring I plan to grow more cucumbers and melons but all are small varieties with short vines. All will have trellises too. But I will have a 6 foot area dedicated to some watermelons and I will let them grow along the floor. They weigh too much to support with the cheap trellis materials I have and I don't feel like spending extra money.