3 Common Cucumber Trellising MISCONCEPTIONS!

Years back, my neighbor used an ajoining fence to trellis his cucumber plant. My garage was on the other side of the fence and had a hole in the wall. My bike was in the garage and his plant grew through the wall and produced a lovely 5" cucumber in my bike basket! I offered to give his wayward cucumber back, but he insisted that anything growing onmy side of the property line was mine.

I’m in Michigan, north of Luke, and risked it all and planted three weeks ago we ended up having two frosts but I managed to keep everything healthy and my cukes are already beginning to climb.

I grew probably 6-7 dozen cucumbers using your seeds last year with only about 6 plants. I couldn’t believe the yield! And I trellised them all as well. I had so many that I had too start a veggie basket in the rec center at my nana’s retirement living community so they didn’t go to waste! The folks there LOVED all the fruits and veggies I brought for them all the time. I’m looking forward to doing the same thing this year too since I planted another 8 plants this year! 🤗

My husband and i found it the hard way that you should really look at yield amounts for some plants. Last summer my husband planted 6 butternut squash plants he didn't take my suggestion on trellising and supporting some of it crops so there tomatoes struggled and half of it yard was covered in butternut squash vines full of squash. We couldn't give enough of them away and just now finished processing the last of the harvest a week ago. He didn't plant anymore this season but we have volunteers constantly popping out of our compost pile to the point I'm starting to feel like we have the plant from little shop of horrors in our backyard. Lol

Absolutely true about training cucumbers to climb. I’ve been using inexpensive plastic clips that we got from Amazon to hold the vine in place until the tendrils find the panel. Works great and saves me time.

I love the way you improvised with the hose to demonstrate. Your practical common sense approach is one aspect of your teaching style that keeps me engaged and always coming back. This will be my first year trellising.

I’m trellising my cukes on one of those square tomato cages. Just went outside to encourage some of the tendrils to grab the proper wires . A few tendrils did quite well on their own. Lots of blossoms starting!

Thank you for this info. 😊 just planted your Beit Alpha cucumber seeds that were 3 yr old seed and got 100 per cent germination❤ Always get Great germination with your seeds!!

Good golly I am always surprised at the new things I learn every day! Thanks for continuing to share helpful information in fun and entertaining ways. Happy gardening everyone!

Luke, you are spot on about the tendrils of cucumbers being bred out of climbing. I grow 2 different varieties. I grow a hybrid called "Diva" and an heirloom called "Straight 8". while I do have to weave both in and out of the trellis, the tendrils of the Straight 8 appear to be a little bit stronger and a little more able to reach for the next crossing of the trellis. I always appreciate your videos whether it's to learn something or to validate something that I thought. Thanks! 👍

Love your videos! I like the technical detail you bring to the conversation without being boring. 😛 I'm in Zone 7A, lower NY. I've been gardening here for over 40 years. I have 24' of string trellis, 9' tall. I grow peas on the full trellis, followed by beans and cucumbers on 2 halves of the trellis. And, Yes, Cucumbers are like babies, then little children. I use tomato clips to hold the vine to the string. When the tendril gets about 2 curls, I put it around the string. They eventually learn to do this by themselves... (UNTIL!! they hit puberty!) (they're about 5-6' tall, and think the grass is much GREENER on the other side!). Thats when they make a right angle turn horizontally across the trellises. IT'S-A-MIRACLE!!! (that the tendrils work so well), when they want to go where the grass is greener! (I have to pull them back and clip them to the string). I grow 3 varieties of cuces each year, and experiment to find a better cuce in my area. Yes, cuces need a lot of babysitting. I grow one vine to maturity. They are my Christmas pickles. They turn translucent, and can absorb color from red cherries. Our Christmas pickels are bright red, salty, spicy, and super delicious.

You’re getting even better at explaining things 😊

Just wanted to say how much I appreciate your videos and your store. Always picking up new tips in the videos, and the store is the only place I’ve been able to find the Top Crop variety of green beans this year. My dad was very pleasantly surprised when the package arrived at his house this past week. ❤

Thanks Luke. It was interesting to learn that you don’t try to jam in a bunch of cucumber plants in a small space like you do for other types of plants (ie: lettuce).

Loving these short form videos ! Concise and informative, Thank you 🙌🏻

Thanks for sharing.

Love watching you and always learn so much! Thank you for your knowledge, happy planting!

I like your newer motto - Grow Bigger. Shows sensitivity and growth. Thanks for all your help in making my garden prosper.

Looking forward to my migardener pickling cucumbers this year! Learned a lot from Luke. Grow Bigger!!

Super helpful! I recommend your channel to a lot of people!!!!