Angi,
I grow cucumbers in my greenhouse using bamboo and twine as a trellis.
They
have absolutely no problem climbing up this rickety trellis so a strong
tomato cage should
work fine. When I gardened in a climate that allowed for 'outside'
cucumbers, I used an
old wooden clothes drier (on it's side) to trellis my cucumbers.

GML

"Angi" wrote in message
news:rnERa.84953$H17.26242@sccrnsc02...
I am bewildered that this so called gardening newsgroup had no advice
about
a typical gardening question! I guess I should realize this is more of a
(chat-room) type of get-together for lonely shut-ins rather than a forum
to
advise folks that are trying something new in gardening as in my case
where,
for the first time in my life, I'm growing cucumbers in cages because of
my
now limited garden space instead of having previously unlimited space to
let
the vines sprawl. I feel the question I posted earlier was simply enough
to
at least get a normal response from gardeners with experience relative to
my
post rather than just the one response mentioning it depends on the health
of the plants and the wind. The plants are healthy and the wind is normal
around here however I wouldn't expect them to survive a hurricane or
tornado
but was curious about whether the plant's tendrils wrapped around a tomato
cage wire would be sufficient or if the vines need additional support. If
the vines hold for me with the support of the tendrils only for this first
year after producing normal fruit, I'll be happy to advise a future post
regarding this question.
Please don't any of you computer savvy (chat-room) type trolls post that I
should include part of my message so you know what this is in regards to
as
the title of the post should suffice. The neighbor's dog defecating in my
yard seems to the mindset of this newsgroup as those threads go on
forever!
Thank You!