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Growing Up
Shiney's got me thinking now about lack of space. Growing 'up the way' is of great interest to me, Nev has mentioned growing cucumbers vertically. Can anyone offer me some practical advice on vertical growing? I will soon have pumpkin and squash to plant out, any ideas on how to make these grow up something? I have a couple of old washing line poles that I would like to use in some way, will a pumpkin plant cling to a pole?
G'Day Greenbean,
I grow pumpkins over the shed, previously over the garage. I run a chook wire trellis supported on a timber frame and then put shade cloth over the top of the shed so they can grip. I did an article for grass roots on vertical gardening so I'll have to hunt that one out as well!
Nev
I grow pumpkins over the shed, previously over the garage. I run a chook wire trellis supported on a timber frame and then put shade cloth over the top of the shed so they can grip. I did an article for grass roots on vertical gardening so I'll have to hunt that one out as well!
Nev
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How can a pumpkin plant support the weight of a dangling pumpkin? I'm going to try to train my cucumbers up some supports to take up less room but cucumber fruit (is it a fruit?) don't have much weight. My pumpkins will have to spread out over the lawn as there is no room for them in the veggy patch.
I would be interested in your article too, Nev.
I would be interested in your article too, Nev.
No worries,
You can use pantyhose or other netting which hangs off the support (trellis or whatever) and takes the weight of the pumpkin.
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Nev
You can use pantyhose or other netting which hangs off the support (trellis or whatever) and takes the weight of the pumpkin.

Nev
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Funny you should mention that................................... 

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We grew squash and pupmkins last year and they can go all over the place. I let some of the squash plant go up a wigwam and vandals got to the pumpkins before they really took over. Depends on the variety but I reackon very roughly you are looking at 15 foot sq.
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Yeah they will ramble all over the place depending on where you elt 'em go and how fertile your soil is. I reckon Andy's estimate to be pretty good. The thing is that you can grow tall stuff like corn or tomatoes or climbing beans etc. and then grow the pumpkins on the ground as a mulch.
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Nev sent me his growing up article and I managed to get it on-line already. here it is http://www.selfsufficientish.com/horizontalgrowing.htm
First we sow the seeds, nature grows the seeds then we eat the seeds. Neil Pye
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