I'm not sure about all varieties, but the kind I grow vines and will send out tendrils to wrap around something. I think you would need to secure something like cattle panels, or I use rabbit caging, to your greenhouse so the plants have something to latch on to.

Thank you fore response,

the plants haven't put out tendrils yet but the variety is
'Cucumber (Ridge) Bedfordshire Prize'

I have 2inch hole sized plastic coated mesh

I always trellis my cucumbers, but they do require "help" in the climbing process. You will need to guide them as they grow.

Not aware of the cucumber variety you mention but 2" plastic mesh is very fine and you may end up with a few misshapen cucumbers that develop within the mesh. I use a 4x6" plastic mesh held by just hanging from a perlin by "S" hooks. I start plants growing within metal tomato cages and I'll tie the lower mesh to one side of tops of every other cage so the mesh is tight. The vast majority will climb from within the cage to right up the mesh without help. If you carefully start a growing branch into a mesh it will attach and move upward from then on. I reuse the mesh many seasons but for my 96 ft greenhouse I drag the mesh outside and pull off dried vines before rolling it onto a broom handle for storage. It is also a good idea to dip it into a bleach solution to sterilize at a point before you reuse it.

Yes they will do great climbing up. I have mine in containers with 6 inch mesh trellis netting for support in cages:

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oh fantastic. :D

so say palm wide holes?

bleach solution? can you be more specific please, and what type of bleach own branded store basics? or a named one? the ratio or water too?

could it be done with watermelon? (variety ; jubilee) and I've asked me mum and sisters for any old bras as I know they can become very big!!

do any of you have any advice on how to test ripeness, or do they need holding up, or will the vine support their weight?

thank you all its much appreciated!

leo

if my cucumber gets tall enough, I plan on doing this:

First of three part video instruction by Utah Extension

("Cucumber Trellising in High Tunnels phase 1")

Update: fixed?

This post was edited by johns.coastal.patio on Fri, May 30, 14 at 15:52

it tells me it's a dead link.

Link works now.

it does work. thank you for fixing.

leo