#gardening anyone staked a zucchini upright to grow?
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@quoidian I wish I had that kind of room!
@Lizette603_23
How much room have you?
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@Lizette603_23
How much room have you?
(BTW - dec 1948.)@quoidian 12 x 12 deck. The grow bags are there. I don't understand the date?
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@quoidian 12 x 12 deck. The grow bags are there. I don't understand the date?
@Lizette603_23
My year of birth. You are 1947.If you have permission to use the deck and can find cattle panels (50 in x 16 ft) 16 ft / pi is 5 ft.
Walkway . Grow bags . Cattle panel arch. Grow bags. Walkway. Should fit into 12x12. -
@Lizette603_23
My year of birth. You are 1947.If you have permission to use the deck and can find cattle panels (50 in x 16 ft) 16 ft / pi is 5 ft.
Walkway . Grow bags . Cattle panel arch. Grow bags. Walkway. Should fit into 12x12.@quoidian you're not approaching me appropriately.
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#gardening anyone staked a zucchini upright to grow?
@Lizette603_23 yes, its quite clever and works well.
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@Lizette603_23 yes, its quite clever and works well.
@leanderlindahl what was your method? Did you have any difficulty with it? Anything you would do differently now having done it?
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@leanderlindahl what was your method? Did you have any difficulty with it? Anything you would do differently now having done it?
@Lizette603_23 I used string and tied it up like you would cucumber. No I didn't find any difficulties. It's simpler actually, because you can see better "what's going on" with your plant.
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@Lizette603_23 I used string and tied it up like you would cucumber. No I didn't find any difficulties. It's simpler actually, because you can see better "what's going on" with your plant.
@leanderlindahl this is encouraging! Thank you
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@Lizette603_23 The soil depth seems good, what I'm not sure about is the 8 inches width of the trellis. I would go for a larger one if I could, but maybe you can make it work?
@meraord I have two, so thought I'd put them side by side in the dirt.
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@Lizette603_23 yes, last year, it works fine and I'll be doing it again this year.
@LewisWorkshop is that ladder mesh it's tied to?
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#gardening anyone staked a zucchini upright to grow?
@Lizette603_23 this thread is very educational! Learning different ways to do this I hadn’t thought about. I had a lot of wooden tomato stakes and used twine to lash the growing summer squash to the stake two years ago. Worked very well. Last year I grew some zucchini in wire tomato cages which was ok, but harder to harvest.
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@LewisWorkshop is that ladder mesh it's tied to?
@Lizette603_23 it's a very cheap metal arch that I use to span between two raised beds.
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@Lizette603_23 this thread is very educational! Learning different ways to do this I hadn’t thought about. I had a lot of wooden tomato stakes and used twine to lash the growing summer squash to the stake two years ago. Worked very well. Last year I grew some zucchini in wire tomato cages which was ok, but harder to harvest.
@IcooIey @Lizette603_23 I've tried that with cucumbers, and trained them up a wire fence. But courgettes grow well here and I'm not that fond of em so don't bother. I get it though Lizzie, they're big plants for a tight space.
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@IcooIey @Lizette603_23 I've tried that with cucumbers, and trained them up a wire fence. But courgettes grow well here and I'm not that fond of em so don't bother. I get it though Lizzie, they're big plants for a tight space.
@GPJohnston @IcooIey yeah, if i can't grow them upward i can't grow them
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@Lizette603_23 it's a very cheap metal arch that I use to span between two raised beds.
@LewisWorkshop this gives me an idea for indeterminate tomatoes between my upright containers with tiers!
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@Lizette603_23 this thread is very educational! Learning different ways to do this I hadn’t thought about. I had a lot of wooden tomato stakes and used twine to lash the growing summer squash to the stake two years ago. Worked very well. Last year I grew some zucchini in wire tomato cages which was ok, but harder to harvest.
@IcooIey I bet it was hard that way
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@LewisWorkshop this gives me an idea for indeterminate tomatoes between my upright containers with tiers!
@Lizette603_23 that's exactly what I used the other one for - they were something silly like £15 for a pair of them and it made it so easy to pick the veg.
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#gardening anyone staked a zucchini upright to grow?
@Lizette603_23 Sort of. I grew one on a trellis. Also cantaloupes, which I put in netting and tied them to the trellis, too.
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@Lizette603_23 that's exactly what I used the other one for - they were something silly like £15 for a pair of them and it made it so easy to pick the veg.
@LewisWorkshop I'll have to take an extra look in my garden centers. It's exciting lol....I live a quiet life, can you tell?
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@GPJohnston @IcooIey yeah, if i can't grow them upward i can't grow them
@Lizette603_23 @GPJohnston there is a variety I’ve had called Spacemaster that is more compact. I like yellow squash better than green zucchini myself.
