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Old March 31, 2017   #8
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Originally Posted by ibraash View Post
Speaking of sprawl, what do they sprawl on? I have raised beds and all the walkways are wood chips. Lat year cucumbers used to rot or get some pests (worms). Would letting them sprawl on wood chips work???

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Last year the cucumber bed had newspaper covered with about 4" of straw. I got a lot of cukes but some had issues from being on the ground, like nice and green on the top side, yellow on the bottom... I'm thinking trellising will solve this problem... The cukes you buy at the store are the same color all the way around.
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