Growing Vertical Growing Squash Melons and Cucumbers up a nylon web trellis

John shows how he has made the most of his back yard fence a redwood fence the neighbors erected. He first put reed fencing to make it look more pleasant, and then uses nylon net trellis material to grow winter squash, summer squash, cucumbers and melons.

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[tribulus82]

Hi John,

Do you hand pollinate your cucumbers and pumpkins/squash or let nature do its thing?

I have noticed Have been getting a lot of female flowers all at the same time then when they die off a batch of male flowers appear. Not getting to much fruit.

[growingyourgreens]

I let nature take its course. IF you wanted to ensure a larger crop, hand polinate. One of my goals is to keep my own bees, so they could increase the polination around here without me doing anything... plus I would get honey, bee pollen and propolis.

[pezzonovan]

Do the vines grow from the bottom-up or from the top-up? That is, when I attach a vine to the trellis will I have to detach it later and move it to a higher position as the vine grows?

[growingyourgreens]

from the bottom up. just weave them in and out (up the trellis) and you will be fine. Never any moving and detaching.

[online4videos]

Awesome videos!!!! Would the nylon trellis netting be able to hold up pumpkins (mine grow ~20 pounds and I would love if they could be up on a trellis away from getting flat-sided or rotten from touching the ground)? Do you think the nylon would hold a few pumpkins like that, or would the nylon slice thru the pumpkin vines due to that much weight??

[growingyourgreens]

not sure on 20 pound pumpkins. try it and see, or use a wood or metal trellis. Some people make slings to put their pumpkins/melons to take some weight off the vines.

[kimbotube59]

@TheRudyb26 amazon sells them I just got mine from there

[ZennLa13]

I've set up something similar to this. But I read somewhere that cucumbers and melons shouldnt be grown in the same bed because they can cross-pollinate. Has anybody heard of this?

[TheRudyb26]

I can not find nylon trellis where do you get yours

[1danilou]

How much space do you have at the bottom? I love this idea. At first I was thinking oh yay I can fit this in my current 10 x 2 raised bed, but actually it looks like I could probably just put a smaller one somewhere else. I have zero yard but I have maybe a foot of space around my apartment. Thanks for the great video!

[IBslayed]

You always say "we" inn your videos. Who else are you working with and can you introduce us? :D

[cedarwind]

@growingyourgreens When I was in Ukraine last year I saw pumpins and large squash growing 10 feet up on trelises over driveways so it is possable

[OpethPegeen]

ALRIGHT!

[orto2437]

It is my personal opinion that you should be the state of California's official city-garden coordinator. But I guess California needs more city gardens first, eh?

[ilsdmspjs]

great idea...this helps a lot

[TasiaValandomeni]

the Greeks take the flowers you spoke of wash them, chop them up & add them to scrambled eggs, they give a nice flavor to your morning meals. My mom used to make small egg pancakes out of the mixture & we'd gobble them up. Try it I know you'll love it :)