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Has any grown cucumbers (straight eight) on a tomato cage?

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I am going to this year. I used a wire fence last year.

Dwayne

"James Mayer" wrote in message
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Has any grown cucumbers (straight eight) on a tomato cage?

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Has any grown cucumbers (straight eight) on a tomato cage?

Worked fine for me last year... just tied them to the cage every six inches
or so...

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Not much of a problem here in the PNW, but one year when I was using a
wire fence (same idea as tomato cage)the wire got hot enough that it
damaged the vines.
good luck, Ken..

Stephen Younge wrote:
Has any grown cucumbers (straight eight) on a tomato cage?


Worked fine for me last year... just tied them to the cage every six inches
or so...

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On 10 May 2003 18:01:08 -0700, (James
Mayer) wrote:

Has any grown cucumbers (straight eight) on a tomato cage?

I have grown cucumbers around the outside of a circle of
woven-wire fencing - like tomato cage wire but with smaller
openings (2" x 4"). I've done this for quite a few years.

Some of the cucumbers will go inside and be un-get-at-able,
and some will grow around the wires and be deformed, but on
the whole, it's an easy method of growing them and works
well, IMHO.

You probably need to put stakes in the tomato cage or it
will collapse (unless it's made out of rebar). Tomato cage
wire isn't as strong as regular woven wire fencing because
the holes are larger.

Pat

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On 5/10/2003 8:01 PM, James Mayer wrote:
Has any grown cucumbers (straight eight) on a tomato cage?

We use half inch electrical conduit and nylon trellis.

Three 10 foot lengths of conduit and two 90 degree elbows. Sink two
of the pipes 3 or 4 feet onto the ground and connect the third pipe
in between with the trellis woven on the horizontal and vertical pipes.

The conduit never rusts and the nylon never rots. Ours has been up
for 7 years now.

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We use half inch electrical conduit and nylon trellis.

Three 10 foot lengths of conduit and two 90 degree elbows. Sink two
of the pipes 3 or 4 feet onto the ground and connect the third pipe
in between with the trellis woven on the horizontal and vertical pipes.

The conduit never rusts and the nylon never rots. Ours has been up
for 7 years now.


Just a note, but nylon will deteriorate with intense enough UV exposure.
Doesn't last so long out here in southern AZ, but might be OK in northern
climes.