Growing Cucumbers under row cover
jrslick (North Central Kansas, Zone 5B)
12 years ago
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Comments (3)How about a hot glue gun? you would have to cut it off, but it would certainly take less time. Or you could hot glue velcro to the cloth and then it would be re-usable, and you could do it inside so you're neighbors cant watch....See MoreHELP!!! I am trying to grow cucumbers under row covers...
Comments (3)Last year I started a giant pumpkin in early April in an unheated hoophouse with a wallowater (in Montana). I germinated the seed inside, then moved it out to the hoophouse. The wallowater had been in place for a week or two to warm the soil, but no supplemental heat. Once the plant got too big for the wallowater, I put in 2 layers of reemay and a couple of five gallon buckets of water for some heat storage. The pumpkin plant grew like crazy. unfortunately, the pumpkin never did get that large. It quit growing in early August... so much for fame and fortune, but hoophouses are great!...See MoreCucumbers under Row Cover
Comments (6)I used to grow Divas in our hoop house but 3 years ago they were incredibly bitter (and this variety is touted to never be bitter) so we stopped growing them and have switched to an Armenian cuke which has a great flavor. the Armenian cukes do have to be hand pollinated while the plastic is still on the hoop house but once they are open the pollinators find them. i did have to hand pollinate these cukes this year for a week but now they are loaded with baby cukes (and this is the type of cuke they sell as baby for $3.00 for 6 of 'em.) Growing cukes in hoop houses is great as you do not have any bug issues until the very end of their run and you get top dollar for your cukes because you will be the only person with them at market. I got $1.50 each for my cukes this past Saturday and sold out quickly (I did not have many but it was a very slow market)....See MoreDo you put your tomatoes out under row covers?
Comments (4)Results can be mixed with row covers in your case. The plus side is that you will have frost protection and the covers usually allow excess daytime heat to escape. Thicker rowcovers may even provide a 5-6 degree temperature buffer but then they block out much more light. For spring plantings I think the thinner Agribon 17 or 19 brands are preferred. I never liked pulling row covers over tomato cages and I believe chicken wire would give similar results. It snags and tears easily if pulled over rough surfaces. You might try to arrange wrie hoops that allow the fabric to slide over the covered area without snagging. Keep in mind that your short term goal is to keep frost potential off plants. Temperature lows in the forties may cause cartfacing of developing flowers but if your plants are just transplanted then the coldest days of spring will be gone by the time that flower development becomes an important issue....See Morejrslick (North Central Kansas, Zone 5B)
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