[Market-farming] Cucumber trellises that work?

Sharon and Steve shopkins at tdstelme.net
Tue Jan 29 18:05:21 EST 2008





>I have never had any real success with getting cucumber vines to climb
> vertical trellises.  I generally allow cucumber vines to sprawl and they
> usually do OK with the exception that a lot get missed by my PYO 
> customers.
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That is the PYO business, as long as there is fruit that is in plain sight 
and easy to get at your average "townie" is going to take it and move on. It 
is just as true in berries as it is in veggies. Put you own crew, or the 
serious re-sellers in behind them, or plant a lot extra.
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> If I could get them off the ground I think I could recover some of these
> losses.
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At the greenhouse I was using strings from the crop supports and plant clips 
(Illustration: http://www.hydro-gardens.com/growsup1.htm  ) with great 
results, although labor intensive  and last year I put up some 8 foot high 
posts in the garden for doing the same system . What I learned that outside 
the wind moves the fruits causing scaring, I got almost no good looking 
cucumbers.. Like you I have never had any luck asking vine crops to climb 
fence or trellis netting. Lets hope someone here has some secrets!

MAsteveINE








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