DIY Cucumber Trellis & Support Ideas

Trellising Improves Cucumber Quality
If you trellis cucumbers, this will not only mean that they will take up less space in your garden, it can also help improve quality if you keep the fruits up off the ground. The cucumbers you get on a trellised plant will tend to be more perfect and less blemished than those that have been allowed to trail. And disease and pest problems can often be kept to a minimum.

Trellising Can Make It Easier For the Gardener

Another thing to consider is that cucumbers growing up a trellis will be easier to water, and to harvest so when you trellis 

cucumbers, it makes it easier for you as the gardener.

A trellis is not the only option. You can also grow cucumbers in hanging baskets or other hanging containers.

Remember, the trellises that you use to support your cucumbers can also support other companion crops. Pole beans, for example, are one good companion for cucumbers that can share their trellis. And peas are another nitrogen fixer that it could be beneficial to sow alongside your cucumber plants. Nasturtiums are also a useful companion plant for cucumbers 

that could look great when set to climb the same trellis.