outdoor cucumbers - trellis or obelisk or other

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Ian_A

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outdoor cucumbers - trellis or obelisk or other
« on: April 16, 2010, 21:31 »
I will be growing some outdoor cucumbers on the plot. I am now deciding whether to grow them against a makeshift trellis type thing for them to climb up or use the obelisks I inherited up which they would also climb.

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Re: outdoor cucumbers - trellis or obelisk or other
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2010, 21:57 »
I feel in outdoors cues are very hard to train. I failed last year at plot and in garden as well. the wind blows them away, and they have very less "that climbing string thingy"!!
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Re: outdoor cucumbers - trellis or obelisk or other
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2010, 22:48 »
I grow outdoor cues at home - I train them up twine that's tied onto my shed roof batten. I do find I have to tie them in though, but it does work.

I'm going to put them on the plot this year.  I've got a pallet arrangement at the side of my shed, I'll cover that over with bean netting and grow the cues up that, tying in where necessary.  Well that's the plan anyway...

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Re: outdoor cucumbers - trellis or obelisk or other
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2010, 22:55 »
I wound mine around a few strings on my Munty frame and they were very happy there.

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Re: outdoor cucumbers - trellis or obelisk or other
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2010, 22:33 »
Mine climb up some manky old willow trellis against my shed. You have to tie them to the supports as they won't cling very well. 

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Re: outdoor cucumbers - trellis or obelisk or other
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2010, 05:54 »
I've only ever grown Marketmore outdoors and just let them wander over the bed like the squashes and they've been perfectly fine.  They do occupy quite a bit of space though so I'm having to reconsider and try something more upright this year - the trellising/pallet idea sounds good  :)
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Re: outdoor cucumbers - trellis or obelisk or other
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2010, 10:08 »
What about a hanging basket???  :blink:
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Re: outdoor cucumbers - trellis or obelisk or other
« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2010, 11:37 »
Alys Fowler grew her cues up a large square plastic trellis support, which she had lying at about 30 degrees so she didn't need to tie them in as they clambered across it.
It was on Wednesday 14th April Edible Garden episode and is probably on iplayer if you want to have a look.



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