Brigitte J. said:


"Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message

All the (non-bush) cucurbits can be trellised. For squash, melons, and
watermelons you will need to provide some sort of support for the fruit.
Where I used to live I grew all of my melons and squash on trellises.

How did you suppose the melons and squash? I'm imagining shelfs on the
trellis...?

Shelves made of chicken wire for the larger squash and watermelons and slings
made of old hose for the melons. The 'shelves' were supported by the wire fence
mesh I ran between the main supports of the trellis on one side, and the outside
corners were supported by seperate wires back to the trellis or fence mesh.

(Crude ascii drawing; works best with a fixed font.)

plane | \
of | \
trellis | \
| \ -- support wire
|____\
shelf

I trellised my melons, squash, and cukes all the time at my smaller, pre-Plymouth
garden.
--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)