Peas and cucumbers: Trellis position and plant spacing

Robbomb116 10/21/2016, 3:49 pm

So I had some questions regarding peas and cucumbers. In the ANSFG it says you can plant 8 pea plants to a square and 2 cucumber plants to a square. How does that work? Does the trellis actually need to be going through the center of the square so you are planting 4 peas on either side of it? If so, how does this trellis positioning affect other plants you plan on growing on the same trellis such as winter squash or tomatoes?

yolos 10/21/2016, 8:32 pm

I almost always put my trellis in the middle of the square. Peas grow better if grown up a trellis or supports of some kind and it is easier for them to attach themselves to a trellis if you plant them on both sides of the trellis. Just kind of offset from each other in a zig zag pattern.

You can grown anything on the same trellis as long as the plants don't cover up the other plants growing.


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Peas and cucumbers: Trellis position and plant spacing

Peas and cucumbers: Trellis position and plant spacing

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