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To: 2Jedismom

Not sure yet. I have to read up on how to do cukes...

I wasn't planning on doing them on the fence, but if I have that ready by then, maybe I'll do them and the beans there.


4,101 posted on 03/20/2006 12:12:18 PM PST by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton

They do great, growing up a fence or trellis. So do cantaloupes, actually, but you have to support them...give 'em a bra of some sort, no kidding...or they'll slip off and break open. I stuck mine in knee high stockings and tied the stocking to the trellis. They grew inside the knee high.

You can also pad them real well with a bunch of hay underneath. Then when they fall, they land on the soft padding.

This year we're going to build the jedis a tee-pee out there and grow beans up it. Matthew wants to grow potatoes so he can make tater chips. LOL! That's one of the only things he'll eat out of the garden. Tater chips and chives.


4,105 posted on 03/20/2006 12:19:09 PM PST by 2Jedismom (The light at the end of the tunnel is most certainly not a train.)
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To: RosieCotton; 2Jedismom

Last year I made trellises for my cucumbers and tomatoes from pvc pipe and plastic chicken wire. The cucumbers work well that way because they have such a tendency to spread out when they're flat on the ground.


4,107 posted on 03/20/2006 12:22:15 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (http://www.cafepress.com/liberalitees - Because they're too fun not to mock!)
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