Anyone grown upside down cucumber plants?

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Anyone grown upside down cucumber plants?

22-05-2009, 05:31 PM

I know a lot of people try the upside down method of growing tomatoes, but has anyone tried growing cucumbers like this?

I would imagine as they are growing downwards they won't need staking or any netting to hang onto.

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22-05-2009, 07:39 PM

Never tried it - not too convinced it would work as well as it does with tomatoes - my cukes reach 8ft before I stop them and they are dripping with cukes so that would also put a lot of strain on the plants - they also take a lot more water than a tomato plant - so you would need to rig up an automatic watering system.
However, there may well be some varieties that are more suitable than the F1 varieties I grow. I'm not going to shoot your idea down in flames, cause it might be a goer, but if it was simple I'm sure we'd have heard of it before now.
Haha - Just googled upside down cucumber - and there is an american site dedicated to growing upside down !!
Just shows what I know

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