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Post by littleminnie on Apr 10, 2014 19:14:25 GMT -5
I was curious about the different planting/seeding methods for cucumbers. Do you do a straight single row? bed? other? I need ideas. I know one cucumber planting will be seeded a double row down the center, but the other cucumber area is parthenocarpic and will be a whole bed wide in a low tunnel. It is Little Leaf.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Apr 10, 2014 20:20:09 GMT -5
I plant cucumbers in straight sprawling rows. Seeds spaced about 4-6 inches and rows spaced about 8 feet.
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Post by steev on Apr 10, 2014 20:31:45 GMT -5
I transplant cukes into single rows along fence-wire trellis.
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Post by flowerweaver on Apr 10, 2014 21:16:47 GMT -5
Ditto to steev's, but mine are on an A-frame trellis strung with nylon netting.
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Post by 12540dumont on Apr 10, 2014 23:51:51 GMT -5
My beds are 30" wide and either 25 or 50' long. I dig in gopher baskets every three feet and plant 2 transplanted cukes in each. I use to always surround these cages with black plastic, but some of the recent research here has pointed to plastic=squash bugs.
So this year, I think I won't use plastic. As we are never going to have a spring again, direct seeding is not working well. It's too difficult to keep the soil moist enough for the seeds to germ. So squash, melons, cukes, corn, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant are all being transplanted. Squash, melons, cukes, and eggplant all have to go in baskets as well. A real PITA. This week the gophers have already taken 5 potatoes.
I watched the cat put a hooky claw down a hole and miss the fat bastard. I need a smaller cat, one I can push down the hole. Sounds like a breeding project?
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Post by ethin on Apr 11, 2014 0:25:46 GMT -5
Hills like the rest of the Cucurbitaceae family.
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Post by rowan on Apr 11, 2014 0:27:33 GMT -5
Hmmm, a small cat variety bred to go down gopher holes like terriers do for rabbits. Let's know how you get on. Might work better with pythons, lol. I'm so glad we don't get the pests and diseases you do over there.
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Post by littleminnie on Apr 11, 2014 19:17:22 GMT -5
I should start a poll of how many let them sprawl and how many grow on a fence.
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Post by steev on Apr 11, 2014 20:50:15 GMT -5
I grow on trellis to conserve planting space and avoid deformation of the fruit.
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Post by ferdzy on Apr 12, 2014 19:58:56 GMT -5
I grow mine either on a trellis, if they are a long rangy variety, or on tomato cages if they are shorter vines. I hate having to get down on my hands and knees to grub around for things. Besides, the higher the cuke, the fewer the slugs.
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Post by blackox on Apr 12, 2014 20:43:53 GMT -5
Hmmm, a small cat variety bred to go down gopher holes like terriers do for rabbits. Let's know how you get on. Might work better with pythons, lol. I'm so glad we don't get the pests and diseases you do over there. I can't remember if this was Europe or the Americas, but ferrets were drained to go down animal holes to chase them out so the hunter could dispatch them
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Post by blackox on Apr 12, 2014 20:47:11 GMT -5
I just let my cucumbers sprawl all over the place, no rows or anything - just large blocks. Same goes for other large viners like squashes and melons. Although I admit that growing those vines trellised does work well, there's just something about growing them on a trellis that bugs me.
[edited for spelling - twice]
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Post by deanriowa on Apr 13, 2014 18:25:40 GMT -5
I usually grow two 14 foot trellises of cucumbers and as well grow a few hills for backup.
Dean
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Post by zeedman on Apr 14, 2014 16:34:47 GMT -5
Add me to the list of those who grow cukes on a trellis. It sometimes takes some training depending upon the variety, but the cukes grow straight & for the most part, unblemished. WI 5207 cucumbers I need a smaller cat, one I can push down the hole. Sounds like a breeding project? What you need are gopher snakes, if you don't already have them. They are native to California, so maybe all they need is a little encouragement. I think they hibernate in burrows, though, so tilling can kill them (I accidentally killed a couple that way when I dug up a burrow in San Jose, really freaked out the wife).
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Post by littleminnie on Apr 15, 2014 10:15:04 GMT -5
I also need gopher snakes or badgers.
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