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  • Two cucumber questions

    Hello all,

    I've never grown cucumbers before, so need a wee bit of help please.

    Firstly, do they need a big pot? What size / depth would you suggest for one picolino?

    This will be grown outside as I've no greenhouse space. I've bought a bit of trellis to attach to the fence for it to climb up. How high do they go? I ask so I know whether to put the trellis vertically or horizontally (it's a 6'x2' bit).

    I think that's all for now.

    Cheers,
    MBE
    Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
    By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
    While better men than we go out and start their working lives
    At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

  • #2
    MBE, I use a 10 ltr pot (the largest of the Morrinsons buckets) though some folks might well like to use bigger.

    I am not familiar with that particular vareity but if its like any cumber I have grown I would have the trellis vertical it would save some space. I am expecting my mini cumbers to grow about 6ft high and then run another 6ft under the appex of my GH.

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    • #3
      I grew 2 marketmore cucs to an old square recycling bin last year with trellis behind. I'd also go upright with the trellis although mine did wander around horizontally a bit they were definitely taller than 2 ft.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Incy View Post
        I'd also go upright with the trellis although mine did wander around horizontally a bit they were definitely taller than 2 ft.
        Thank you both. Bigger than I expected!

        If I did run the trellis horizontally, I would have it at the 2'-4' level, IYSWIM? I've got a couple of gherkins that might want to join in as well, so horizontal would probably suit better. I just wanted to check that they didn't grow like beans.
        Last edited by mrbadexample; 29-05-2011, 05:04 PM.
        Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
        By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
        While better men than we go out and start their working lives
        At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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        • #5
          I've not grown that variety but it is described as a mini-cucumber with only 1.5m height - doesn't sound as if it will grow as large as a standard cucumber.

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          • #6
            That's a horizontal trellis with room for my gherkins too then.
            Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
            By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
            While better men than we go out and start their working lives
            At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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