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Re: Trellising Zucchini?

At 01:45 PM 4/22/97 PST, you wrote:
>Richard wrote:
>
>>I noticed in last month's Organic Gardening magazine that one of the
>>readers sent in a letter and picture regarding trellising zucchini. The
>>picture showed yellow squash not zucchini so I didn't actually get to
>>see a photo of the trellised zucchini. I would love to be able to grow
>>it up a trellis to save space, so my question is, is it possible to
>>trellis zucchini in a square foot garden.  If anyone has tried this I
>>would like to hear about your results.
>
>Richard, are you sure it was zucchini? I remember a picture of a man
>in his garden next to his crookneck squash, and I remember the letter
>mentioned miniature pumpkins of some kind, but I don't remember zukes.
>Last year I trellised my cucumbers, and that worked very well, but
>our zucchini last year grew anywhere from forearm sized all the way
>to canoe sized, and I'm not sure the trellis would have held those
>big boys....
>If you try it let us know how your luck goes, or better yet, take
>a picture and send it to OG!
>Shawn
>swestaway@smtplink.coh.org
>Claremont, CA  USDA9b Sunset19
>
I have a friend, a master gardener, who says heavy fruit can be hung in
onion bags, pantyhose and knee high nylons. The pantyhose are strong enough
to carry the weight of the fruit, expand as the fruit matures, and still
lets in enough light to ripen the fruit. I plan to experiment with them
this year.



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