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| Front side of the trellis |
The results are in for the cucumber trellis, and I love it! Back in an earlier blog, I mentioned how I wanted one of these for Mother's Day. The catalog showed a sketch of a beautiful cucumber plant climbing up the trellis. In those cold days of March, I could dream of my own plant climbing. Luckily, the kids got me one for Mother's day and I was quick to start planting. As of today, June 27, my two (only two!) cucumber plants have already reached the top and are spilling over. I've had to wind the vines along the top and encourage them to either go back down, or hang off the side.
The best part is that my cucumbers are now immune to whoever/whatever was nibbling at them last year. When they sat along the ground, a slug/snailish type of critter would nibble little holes and then move on to the next cucumber. It didn't ruin the cucumbers but made them rather unattractive. This year, they're out of reach! Just look at all those cucumbers already long and filling out!
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| Several cucumbers hanging off the trellis |
Growing underneath the trellis are my sweet potatoes. All that extra space is great! The only downside to the trellis is that it looks like it needs to be taller. In case you missed it the first time, you can get one at Gardener's Supply Company (www.gardeners.com).
Looks great! Very cool way to do cucumbers :)
ReplyDeleteJust picked the first cucumber today and maybe 2 more will be ready tomorrow. Yum! : )
DeleteI stopped on by from MOm of the Year because we were both nominated for Liebsters and I am IN LOVE with my garden too! My computer croaked and while I wait for my new one, I am using an old desktop and I can't really share the pictures of this year's garden because it's a royal pain! I trellis every kind of squash that climbs and I've had GREAT results. Some need encouragement and I'm forever "training" others, but my pumpkins, butternut squash, cukes, everything that climbs goes up. I always worried they would rot if they sat on the ground. I envy your real trellis though. Mine are always makeshift hijinks out there!
ReplyDeleteVery cool that you've always done vertical gardening. That's the new thing now. Sounds like you have quite the garden too! Congrats to you on the Liebster award. Cool blog! : )
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