Can you cage cucumbers

Sound possible? I have a feeling that simply growing straight up would require a very tall trellis that I'm dreading to attempt to build, much less try to harvest from I'm a 4'10" lady lol. Any advice will help :. I am growing County Fair this year for the first time also.

Cucumbers are fairly easy to train but they grow pretty fast so you have to be vigilant or they can get away from you. The Tomato cage should work, but the cucumbers will want to climb much higher in my experience.

If you can use 2 tomato cages stacked where only 2' or so of the top cage extends above the bottom cage it might work better and you should still be able to reach the top. If you do manipulate the cucumber tendrils by hand they should be made to wrap counter clockwise as they do naturally. The crookneck squash and sugar baby watermelons in a container might be rather challenging to keep contained though. Good luck! Forgot to mention that there is a 'Container Gardening' forum on Gardenweb.

The folks over there will have more ideas on what works well for supporting various veggies in containers. Organic Rooftop Green Garden. Need ideas for staking tall tomatoes on concrete patio. Sure, you can use a tomato cage for growing cukes in a container. You might want to supplement the gaps between rings with some additional twine, and probably would want to weave the vines up.

Depends on what you mean by a "tomato cage"? That label means very different things to different folks. The 3 ring things they sell in stores that they call tomato cages but actually don't work for tomatoes? Wouldn't be nearly tall enough tho like Jack said you could maybe wire 2 of them together, stacked on top of each other, add some additional wire or strings and make it work. But you will need to stake it well or as the plant grows it will just fall over, especially if windy.

You need something at least 5' tall and 6' would be better. I grow Muncher cucumbers up a 4' tall tomato cage -- the plants don't get taller than that for me. I wrap the cage with some twine early in the season to give the tendrils more places to grab on to, tying the twine off at multiple points to give support and prevent sagging.

They pretty much climb on their own; I don't need to give them much help. If you're growing in containers, just be sure the cage can extend deeply enough into the soil that it stays stable. LoneJack I knew someone might say something about the squash and watermelon lol. This year is just a learning experience : Also, thanks for the counter clockwise info. I wouldn't have known. Digdirt2 Yeah, those are the ones I'm talking about haha.

I realized quickly after buying them that they're definitely not going to work for my tomatoes. Container gardening sounded like such a great idea at first Next year these suckers are going in the ground.

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