[Market-farming] Cucumbers
Richard Robinson
rrobinson at nasw.org
Tue Dec 23 18:31:15 EST 2008
For those growing cukes vertically, are you able to cover the plants with fabric to keep the cucumber beetles away until the plants start to flower?
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Richard Robinson
http://www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/
On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:39:18 -0600, Square Ft Gardening wrote:
> I use a nylon netting that comes in any length and is 4ft. wide. I just
> guide the plants in and out weaving them in and out of the 6 squares of the
> netting. 1x3 posts (or any posts) stuck in the ground work. I use a piece
> of ¾ wood strapping on top. Instead of tying the netting I just weave the
> top piece of strapping in and out. Its quicker to setup that way. I had a
> hard time finding this netting at first. It lasts for a few years. It looks
> like a lot of vendors are carrying it now.
>
> Hope this helps
> Mike Jordan
> Continuousharvest.com
>
> From: market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-
> bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Bill Bradshaw
> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 9:18 AM
> To: Market Farming
> Subject: [Market-farming] Cucumbers
>
>
> Need some input on growing cucumbers on trellis. We grow pickling cucumbers
> about .5 acre per planting. Labor cost for harvest is getting real costly, I
> thought maybe we could pick faster and have cleaner fruit if trellised. What
> is your ideas.? Thanks Bill
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