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How to Build a Cucumber Trellis and Grow Cucumbers |
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If you have some srap wood lying around, you can make use of it in the garden by building a cucumber trellis. I built mine in a pyrmaid shape, but you can use your imagination on how it looks. The purpose is to give the vines something to climb up on.
When planting cucumbers, space can maximized by training cucumber vines to climb upwards using a cucumber trellis, rather than outwards on the ground. Avoid using chicken wire because it can burn the plants in extremely hot temperatures. It is best to use string stretched between two posts, a wire cage, or a wooden trellis (as shown here).
Plant mid to late spring, after the soil has had a chance to warm up. Seeds can be started indoors in pots around a month before you plant them outside. You want to make sure there is no chance of frost. I know it is tempting, but be patient. You don't want to lose all your hard work in one cold night.
Plant the cucumber seeds 1 inch deep about 4 inches apart if vines are to be trained to grow up on the trellis. When growing cucumbers, give them plenty of water. Cucumbers require more water than other vegetables. Not enough water can cause cucumbers to be small and taste bitter. |
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