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Cuscumbers - Up Or Down?
Hi, Everybody,
Springtime here, and I just put in some cucumber seedlings into 10-litre (2 and a half gal) buckets. Any suggestions on leaving them to wander on the surface, or supporting them? One stake in the centre (tied with string), or three stakes around the edge, in a tripod form, with strings going between? Thanks in advance! -- Guide To DIY Living http://www.self-reliance.co.nz (Work in progress) |
Antipodean Bucket Farmer said:
Hi, Everybody, Springtime here, and I just put in some cucumber seedlings into 10-litre (2 and a half gal) buckets. Any suggestions on leaving them to wander on the surface, or supporting them? One stake in the centre (tied with string), or three stakes around the edge, in a tripod form, with strings going between? I first grew cucumbers up the antenna mast when I was a kid. (Pre-cable, small town Indiana we needed a good sized tower to pull in television stations.) Vertical growing is great. The tripod with strings sounds like the better idea. -- Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast) Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (attributed to Don Marti) |
Antipodean Bucket Farmer said:
Hi, Everybody, Springtime here, and I just put in some cucumber seedlings into 10-litre (2 and a half gal) buckets. Any suggestions on leaving them to wander on the surface, or supporting them? One stake in the centre (tied with string), or three stakes around the edge, in a tripod form, with strings going between? I first grew cucumbers up the antenna mast when I was a kid. (Pre-cable, small town Indiana we needed a good sized tower to pull in television stations.) Vertical growing is great. The tripod with strings sounds like the better idea. -- Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast) Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (attributed to Don Marti) |
"Antipodean Bucket Farmer" wrote in message ... Hi, Everybody, Springtime here, and I just put in some cucumber seedlings into 10-litre (2 and a half gal) buckets. Any suggestions on leaving them to wander on the surface, or supporting them? One stake in the centre (tied with string), or three stakes around the edge, in a tripod form, with strings going between? Thanks in advance! Up is best. Tie or train to canes/mesh/whatever. If allowed to sprawl all over the ground the plant will take up way too much space, the cucumbers will be more accessible to slugs etc, and the cucumbers will have yellow areas where the sun hasn't got to them. Don't ask how I know :-)) Steve |
"Antipodean Bucket Farmer" wrote in message ... Hi, Everybody, Springtime here, and I just put in some cucumber seedlings into 10-litre (2 and a half gal) buckets. Any suggestions on leaving them to wander on the surface, or supporting them? One stake in the centre (tied with string), or three stakes around the edge, in a tripod form, with strings going between? Thanks in advance! Up is best. Tie or train to canes/mesh/whatever. If allowed to sprawl all over the ground the plant will take up way too much space, the cucumbers will be more accessible to slugs etc, and the cucumbers will have yellow areas where the sun hasn't got to them. Don't ask how I know :-)) Steve |
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"Antipodean Bucket Farmer" wrote in message
... Hi, Everybody, Springtime here, and I just put in some cucumber seedlings into 10-litre (2 and a half gal) buckets. Any suggestions on leaving them to wander on the surface, or supporting them? One stake in the centre (tied with string), or three stakes around the edge, in a tripod form, with strings going between? Thanks in advance! In our AZ desert location, the hot winds and relentless sun tend to dry out the vines so letting them run free is best. But you need to put a board or some such thing under the cukes to keep them off the ground. Olin |
"Antipodean Bucket Farmer" wrote in message
... Hi, Everybody, Springtime here, and I just put in some cucumber seedlings into 10-litre (2 and a half gal) buckets. Any suggestions on leaving them to wander on the surface, or supporting them? One stake in the centre (tied with string), or three stakes around the edge, in a tripod form, with strings going between? Thanks in advance! In our AZ desert location, the hot winds and relentless sun tend to dry out the vines so letting them run free is best. But you need to put a board or some such thing under the cukes to keep them off the ground. Olin |
"Penelope Periwinkle" wrote in message ... On 19 Oct 2004 17:25:33 -0700, (simy1) wrote: well, if you have borers, plenty of space, and no slugs, your vine will root more readily, be healthier and produce more if you leave it down. In my case, down is better. You can also feed 150 of your closest friends with the harvest. Growing it on the ground will reduce the problem with borers? For real? Educate me if you will, what are these borers? Are they something we in UK know by a different name? And incidentally, who has no slugs? Steve |
"Penelope Periwinkle" wrote in message ... On 19 Oct 2004 17:25:33 -0700, (simy1) wrote: well, if you have borers, plenty of space, and no slugs, your vine will root more readily, be healthier and produce more if you leave it down. In my case, down is better. You can also feed 150 of your closest friends with the harvest. Growing it on the ground will reduce the problem with borers? For real? Educate me if you will, what are these borers? Are they something we in UK know by a different name? And incidentally, who has no slugs? Steve |
On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:14:40 +0100, "shazzbat"
wrote: "Penelope Periwinkle" wrote in message On 19 Oct 2004 17:25:33 -0700, (simy1) wrote: well, if you have borers, plenty of space, and no slugs, your vine will root more readily, be healthier and produce more if you leave it down. In my case, down is better. You can also feed 150 of your closest friends with the harvest. Growing it on the ground will reduce the problem with borers? For real? Educate me if you will, what are these borers? Are they something we in UK know by a different name? Squash vine borers http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2153.html And incidentally, who has no slugs? Very lucky people! Penelope |
On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:14:40 +0100, "shazzbat"
wrote: "Penelope Periwinkle" wrote in message On 19 Oct 2004 17:25:33 -0700, (simy1) wrote: well, if you have borers, plenty of space, and no slugs, your vine will root more readily, be healthier and produce more if you leave it down. In my case, down is better. You can also feed 150 of your closest friends with the harvest. Growing it on the ground will reduce the problem with borers? For real? Educate me if you will, what are these borers? Are they something we in UK know by a different name? Squash vine borers http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2153.html And incidentally, who has no slugs? Very lucky people! Penelope |
Penelope Periwinkle wrote in message . ..
On 19 Oct 2004 17:25:33 -0700, (simy1) wrote: well, if you have borers, plenty of space, and no slugs, your vine will root more readily, be healthier and produce more if you leave it down. In my case, down is better. You can also feed 150 of your closest friends with the harvest. Growing it on the ground will reduce the problem with borers? For real? more chances for the vine to root and survive the attack. And a vine that has rooted in several places is more productive than one that has only one set of roots. I had one this summer that rooted in five places. That was one cucumber factory. Penelope |
Penelope Periwinkle wrote in message . ..
On 19 Oct 2004 17:25:33 -0700, (simy1) wrote: well, if you have borers, plenty of space, and no slugs, your vine will root more readily, be healthier and produce more if you leave it down. In my case, down is better. You can also feed 150 of your closest friends with the harvest. Growing it on the ground will reduce the problem with borers? For real? more chances for the vine to root and survive the attack. And a vine that has rooted in several places is more productive than one that has only one set of roots. I had one this summer that rooted in five places. That was one cucumber factory. Penelope |
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