How Do You Use A Covered Tomato Cage For Growing Cucumbers?
Growing cucumbers requires a considerable amount of space as the plant’s vines often become extensive. A way to save space when growing your cucumber plants this year is to plant them in containers and use a wire tomato cage to encourage vertical growth. This is an especially useful trick for people with a limited amount of garden space or for apartment dwellers wishing to create a container garden. Container and caged plants will produce mature fruits just as if they were planted in the garden. Mix together one part potting soil, perlite, sphagnum peat moss and compost to make an ideal soil mixture for planting container cucumbers. Fill the pot nearly to the top with the soil mixture. Add five to six seeds to the center of the pot and cover them with a half inch of soil mixture. After the threat of frost has passed, plant seeds in early spring for a summer crop or in July for a fall crop. Place a wire tomato cage over the pot, which will help encourage cucumber vines to grow verticall
