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Growing GHERKINS
I am growing Gherkins (National Pickling variety) for the first time... but I don't understand
how to train/stake/support them. Excuse my ignorance, but can some one suggest what one does with these plants. With tomatoes, I can usually support my plants with a central stake, but the gherkin seems to grow laterally, so perhaps I need a central stake, and then a lateral means of support. A diagram would be helpful. H E L P !!!!!!! :-) |
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Growing GHERKINS
In article , the love boat skipper
writes I am growing Gherkins (National Pickling variety) for the first time... but I don't understand how to train/stake/support them. Excuse my ignorance, but can some one suggest what one does with these plants. With tomatoes, I can usually support my plants with a central stake, but the gherkin seems to grow laterally, so perhaps I need a central stake, and then a lateral means of support. You should be able to grow gherkins up a vertical support if that is what you choose to do, but they are normally intended to grow on a ridge outside. Hence their name Ridge Cucumbers. That way they will send out their lateral side shoots down the side of the ridge. Sometimes the gherkins hide under leaves and can be missed until they are over-sized, but frequent picking will avoid that. -- Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs. |
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Growing GHERKINS
In article , the love boat skipper
writes I am growing Gherkins (National Pickling variety) for the first time... but I don't understand how to train/stake/support them. Excuse my ignorance, but can some one suggest what one does with these plants. With tomatoes, I can usually support my plants with a central stake, but the gherkin seems to grow laterally, so perhaps I need a central stake, and then a lateral means of support. You should be able to grow gherkins up a vertical support if that is what you choose to do, but they are normally intended to grow on a ridge outside. Hence their name Ridge Cucumbers. That way they will send out their lateral side shoots down the side of the ridge. Sometimes the gherkins hide under leaves and can be missed until they are over-sized, but frequent picking will avoid that. -- Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs. |
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