How Do You Make A Bamboo Cucumber Trellis?
Trellising your cucumbers and other garden vegetables that grow on vines has a lot of benefits. Growing your cucumbers on a trellis will keep the vegetables off the ground–making it less likely that your cucumbers will be eaten by pests or rot before you harvest them. A trellis system also makes it easier to harvest your vegetables and it keeps them cleaner. Some trellises are elaborate structures that can take days to build and others are quite expensive if you buy them pre-made at garden stores. However, it’s easy to build a simple, inexpensive trellis using bamboo poles. Plant your cucumber seeds according to the instructions on the package, using the mound-type planting method. Insert three bamboo poles into the ground on one side of the mound where you planted the cucumber seeds. The poles need to be inserted into the ground at least a half-foot deep. Add three more poles on the other side of the mound. Lash the poles together at the top, using string, to form a tepee shape over
