Here are some tips for growing cucumbers by the ThriftyFun community.
By Mariann
By Jo Bodey
By pthere from Hamilton, New Zealand
By Carla
By Chaingang
I grow my cucumbers in a wire cage. It is made out of fencing wire and about three feet around. Cucumbers usually just grow on the ground and take over whatever they want. This way, they are confined a little. I just keep putting the runners back inside the cage when they grow out. The trellis idea is interesting.
I just used regular tomato cages and ran the vines through the spokes. So far, so good! I think you don't want them on the ground if you can help it. They could get moldy.
By Alex
By Sarah in IL
This page contains the following solutions.
Try growing your cucumbers in hanging baskets hanging on a fence. If it's a wooden fence, all you need to do is stretch a wire or some string along it so as the cucumber has something to grow along.
In my garden I put out an old wooden chair which has no cushion on it. I planted cucumbers along the legs of the chair, and "trained" the cucumbers to climb all over it.
This is a page about growing cucumbers in containers. Many gardeners prefer to grow their vegetables in containers whenever possible.
This is a page about choosing a cucumber variety. Cucumbers are not all alike. Each variety has its own special flavor and growing needs.