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Baby cucumbers in pots

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Greentomatoes21 · 06/05/2024 20:55

I am so excited to have 3 healthy baby cucumber plants that I have grown from seed (first timer). I have to grow in pots on my patio. They have been successfully repotted into their final pots (still indoors behind south facing glass) and I have made a teepee for each of them using 3 garden canes per pot. However, I am now worried the teepees aren't tall enough! But I don't think I can remove them/replace with taller ones without causing root damage. There are also some little flowers beginning to appear, which I've read are best left undisturbed. So what to do?! I am learning from google and books. I just didn't realise they can get excessively tall!

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MereDintofPandiculation · 06/05/2024 20:59

Put them somewhere they can crawl sideways when they reach the top? Mine usually grow up canes for about 1.5 metres then start along canes I have suspended longitudinally below the greenhouse roof (as support for bubble wrap in the winter).

Greentomatoes21 · 06/05/2024 21:50

Thanks so much, this is a great idea! I will try to suspend some canes along my shed somehow. I thought all was lost!

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