[Stratts]

Never grown cucumber before so forgive the basic question but how much room do the plants take up?

I have a munty frame with 16 bits of string ready and waiting 8" apart.  As we don't eat that many beans, I'm thinking I could maybe do 5 runners, 5 french and use the remaining space for outdoor cukes?

Would I get 3 cuke plants in a space of 40" ish?

Ta

[prakash_mib]

not a bad idea but you have to take the pain of training them up as they crawl rather than climb. I presume it is due the strong winds we face 

[Stratts]

Ok ta I'll give it a go coz I'm running out of crawling room on the plot!!

[Trillium]

I do my cukes every year on my munty frame. I do twirl each plant stem up its own string, otherwise they'd take over and go everywhere I don't want them to. If you run short of string for them, then simply double up which is what I do. I use half my frame for runners, the other half for cukes. Just remember that cukes are very very thirsty plants and need daily watering.

[prakash_mib]

Just remember that cukes are very very thirsty plants and need daily watering.

not on this side trill!!! absolutely pouring down everyday 

[shokkyy]

For my outdoor cucumbers, I just stick a growbag next to any vertical surface that doesn't look busy and they scramble up it. Last year it was a chain link fence and the year before it was an espalier cherry tree

[Trillium]

You could share a little, Prakash. It's so dry here that we drive through dust clouds on windy days for the last two months and more.  The ideal thing is if I could somehow funnel all the farm topsoil blowing around to land in my garden