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newbie question about trellising veggies.
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newbie question about trellising veggies.
It seems like a lot of the vegetables I would like to grow would do better on a trellis. I would like to grow 8 tomato plants(roma)1 zucchinicini(fordhook),3 cukes(picklebush) and 4 peas(sugar snap). I don't necessarily want to make a bed that is 15 feet long. Can I make multiple rows with a trellis in the middle of it? I don't think I can but it would make things much easier. Does anyone have any ideas on solutions. Thanks for all the help in advance.
Brian
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broberts0518- Posts : 3
Join date : 2013-02-05
Location : Cortland, Oh
Re: newbie question about trellising veggies.
Brian
Fordhook like most Zucchini is not a vine. It will not work on a trellis but can be staked It will need more than one square. Picklebush cucumbers is considered a bush type cucumber. Also I think Roma tomatoes are a determinant tomato, meaning they are more of a bush than a vine. They can be caged but usually also need more than one square. Indeterminate tomatoes can be pruned and planted one per square and do well on a trellis.
The peas are a cool season crop while the rest are warm season.
I have a 4x8 bed with a 4 ft north side trellis and also with a 6 ft trellis on most of the west side. I generally put in about 6 indeterminate tomatoes, a couple of vining cucumbers and a couple of squares of beans on the trellises, then have various other crops(including onions, carrots, corn, sweet potatoes, etc) in succession in the rest of the bed.
Fordhook like most Zucchini is not a vine. It will not work on a trellis but can be staked It will need more than one square. Picklebush cucumbers is considered a bush type cucumber. Also I think Roma tomatoes are a determinant tomato, meaning they are more of a bush than a vine. They can be caged but usually also need more than one square. Indeterminate tomatoes can be pruned and planted one per square and do well on a trellis.
The peas are a cool season crop while the rest are warm season.
I have a 4x8 bed with a 4 ft north side trellis and also with a 6 ft trellis on most of the west side. I generally put in about 6 indeterminate tomatoes, a couple of vining cucumbers and a couple of squares of beans on the trellises, then have various other crops(including onions, carrots, corn, sweet potatoes, etc) in succession in the rest of the bed.
Lindacol- Posts : 773
Join date : 2011-01-23
Location : Bloomington, CA
Re: newbie question about trellising veggies.
Do you mean one trellis down the middle of a bed with other stuff in the untrellised squares? Or do you mean 3-4 trellises in parallel rows in one bed? Or do you mean an L or U shaped trellis in one bed? Yes you can, make sure of air circulation and shade issues.
At various times I have done all of these. The U shaped was really good with shade needing lettuces in the middle when I lived in the south. This year I will have 2 long trellises in one 3x8 bed of peas with onions planted in the middle. The trellises run east west so the middle area gets sun all day long. More than 2 parallel trellises tends to have air circulation and shade problems.
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