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Home Edible Grow Squash, Cucumbers and Melons Vertically

Grow Squash, Cucumbers and Melons Vertically

Alan Wood by Alan Wood
5 months ago
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If you are planning to plant cucumbers, melons, or squash in your vegetable garden this year, think vertically!

The main thing you want avoid are any varieties that are labeled or marked “Bush Variety” because those won’t climb properly.

Look for a “Vining Variety” because you’ll want to make sure it can climb your trellis, stake, or netting properly.

Here are some standard varieties that will do well:

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Table of Contents

  • Winter Squash:
  • Summer Squash:
  • Cucumbers:
  • Melons:
  • Vertical Supports:

Winter Squash:

Hubbard
Acorn
Butternut

Summer Squash:

Straight
Crook Neck
Patty Pan

But NOT Zucchini! For some reason zucchini is too heavy and won’t vine properly up a pole or netting.

Cucumbers:

Any that are vining type

Melons:

Cantaloupe
Muskmelon
Watermelon

Note: Many melons thrive on a trellis. But because they’re heavy, you may need to support them with cotton or nylon slings.

Make sure you harvest squash while they very small; when the fruit is only four to six inches long. Any bigger and they just don’t taste as good, and can get kind of woody.

Vertical Supports:

You can use string, netting or just a stake, as long as you place it very close to the plant. You can put a stake in the ground first, and then plant your seed or young plant around it. This way you don’t drive the stake into the roots of the growing plant.

Then gently lift and bend the plant up, and tie it to the stake or string. After you get it started up your string or netting, every few days it will have grown out a few inches, and you’ll need to train that new growth up the trellis. So every few days, just keep training the new growth up the stake, string, or netting.

The whole process is fast and easy and you will have saved a ton of room!

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Alan Wood

Alan Wood

Alan has always been passionate about plants and gardens. With the help of his son, Alex, and 3 other awesome people who aren’t just passionate but are titled professionals in different fields, Alan wishes to always give you the best and the latest updates with regards to gardening and products and techniques– for FREE.

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