How To Support Cucumbers Growing In The Greenhouse

How To Support Cucumbers Growing In The Greenhouse

Cucumbers need to grow up a support to let maximum light ripen the fruits

Home grown produce tastes so much better than that bought from the supermarket but when it comes to cucumbers you really need a greenhouse as they need as much heat as possible especially in the UK with our increasingly erratic summer weather. A cucumber plant fully laden with fruit is fairly heavy so make sure any support you provide is sturdy enough to carry the weight. We have used canes and string but you can also run wires across the greenhouse and run strings down from that. 

You will need:

  • canes - 210cm (7’)
  • soft string

 

 Place 3 canes in a tripod shape approximately 30 – 40 cm (12 – 16”) across at the base and tie the tops together. As the cucumber grows wind it gently around the canes and tie in with soft string.

or

Stretch a wire from one side of the greenhouse to the other, making sure it is taut. Push in a cane beside the cucumber and tie the top to the wire. Tie in the cucumbers as they grow.

 

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Angela Slater

Daughter of a farmer and market gardener so have always had a connection with the outdoors, whether it was keeping animals or producing fruit, vegetables and cut flowers. Along with my work at Hayes Garden World I also have a smallholding, mainly breeding rare breed pigs. I gained an HND and BSc in Conservation and Environmental Land Management, as a result I am an ardent environmentalist and have a keen interest in environmentally friendly gardening. In my time at Hayes I worked for several years in the Outdoor Plant and Houseplant areas.