Lean and lower with cucumbers?

b54red · June 13, 2023

Since I have been using the single stem lean and lower method with my tomatoes and I tried it with a few fall cucumbers and it worked well so I had the brilliant idea of doing it with my full cucumber bed this year. It worked for a while and my cukes still look great but Oh My! did I underestimate the work that would be involved in the spring and early summer. Cucumbers seem to grow a foot or more a day and send out suckers like a weed and I just can't keep up. I like the results but not this much work. Next year I will do the same thing but with plants spaced much further apart and far fewer plants in a bed.

Gotta get out there and pick my pickling cucumbers and my Sweet Success since I missed yesterday.

Bill

June 13, 2023	#1
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Lean and lower with cucumbers? Since I have been using the single stem lean and lower method with my tomatoes and I tried it with a few fall cucumbers and it worked well so I had the brilliant idea of doing it with my full cucumber bed this year. It worked for a while and my cukes still look great but Oh My! did I underestimate the work that would be involved in the spring and early summer. Cucumbers seem to grow a foot or more a day and send out suckers like a weed and I just can't keep up. I like the results but not this much work. Next year I will do the same thing but with plants spaced much further apart and far fewer plants in a bed. Gotta get out there and pick my pickling cucumbers and my Sweet Success since I missed yesterday. Bill