Growing cucumbers on a trellis

In recent years, downy mildew or downy mildew or downy mildew appears more and more often in our gardens by mid-summer. This happens due to sharp changes in day and night temperatures, when drops of moisture settle on the surface of the leaf facing the ground. This contributes to the development of the disease, and the cucumbers are already bearing fruit and it is too late to treat them with various chemicals.

To preserve the future harvest, you can use the southern method: “growing cucumbers on a trellis,” which involves attaching the above-ground parts of the plants to special supports. They can be lattices, stakes, slats, posts, walls or frames with rope (wire) stretched in rows.

Advantages of the method:

• The soil between the rows can be used for planting other crops;

• Plants are well ventilated from all sides and excess moisture evaporates;

• It is easier to collect fruits;

• When picking cucumbers, plants are less injured;

• The plant is not infected with downy mildew;

• Fruiting period and productivity increases.

Growing cucumbers on a trellis

In the fall, we loosen the soil for planting and install special shields to preserve snow throughout the winter. At the end of April, we loosen the soil, divide the area into squares and install posts. Before sowing or planting seedlings, we stretch a wire or rope (about 3 mm in diameter) in three horizontal rows between the trellis posts. The bottom row should be at a height of 15 cm from the ground, the middle one 60 cm higher, the last one extends 1.5 m from the soil.After this, you can plant cucumbers in wide furrows made with a hoe.