[Market-farming] Cucumbers

Linda Amico L_Amico at msn.com
Wed Dec 24 02:19:46 EST 2008


What if you were to use a plastic mesh.  Or you could weave a mesh with 
twine.

Linda Amico
CT zone 6*

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From: "Kate Halstead" <rockyprairie at earthlink.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 6:15 PM
To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers

> I tried cukes with circles of remesh and even though we're in an area 
> where
> 75-80 is a rare heat-wave, it appeared that when the tendrils went to grab
> the metal, they got too hot and seemed burnt. Can't imagine how it would
> work for folks in places that actually experience summer. Only way I could
> get it to work (sorta) was by weaving the entire plant through the mesh
> squares. Yields were way reduced and the plants just survived.
>
> I've gone back to a heavy mulch of alfalfa. Keeps the cukes clean and
> disease is usually not an issue. Picking is still a 'discovery 
> expedition'.
>
> Kate
> Puget Sound
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Garth & Kim
> Travis
> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 7:48 AM
> To: Market Farming
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Cucumbers
>
> Greetings,
> I have been growing my cucumbers on trellises for years.  I plant at 6 
> inch
> spacing at the bottom of remesh, [concrete reinforcing mesh] supported by
> t-posts every 6 feet.  I find I have far fewer mildew/disease problems 
> this
> way and it is much easier to harvest.
> Bright Blessings,
> Kim
>
> Bill Bradshaw wrote:
>> 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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