Growing cucumbers - what size pots?

[SmileySue]

Hi,

My cucumbers are ready to be transferred to their permanent homes...what size pots do I need? I have some 10" pots that are about 6" deep..are these big enough?

[Lesley Jay]

The recommended minimum size for containers to grow veg in is 10 inches in diameter and about 12 inches deep. I bought a load from Tesco's last year that weren't expensive (I think they were about £1.30 each).

[stanhol]

Hi Sue,

I have just seen on the RHS site a suggestion for pots with a minimum of 45 cm depth and width.

Good luck. Mine are only a couple of inches at the moment no where near yours!

Sandra

[loverazor]

my dads cucumber planters are about knee high. He had them in a smaller pot, but since transfering them a few yrs ago to planter boxes (3 foot x 3 foot x knee high) his cucumbers have been out of control.
Just be sure to have a makeshift roof or wall for them to latch on to.. they are heavy suckers.
This is a pic of my dads cucumbers in the beginning of vegetable season last year. He got a couple hundred cucumbers easily...

[SmileySue]

Ok thanks, such conflicting advice is what is confusing me!! I am going to try the pots I have, and one bigger pot, and see what happens x

[loverazor]

if you have a trellis grid (sorta like this http://www.backyardcity.com/images/L...mall-large.jpg ) behind it that would be perfect. Once they latch on to the trellis, they will grow out of control and you will have lots of tasty cucumbers.

[TPeers]

Keep 'em well watered and well fed and they'll be fine!

My cuck is in a 10" but really it is what you have available. Give it a try - despite 'recommended' sizes I got a good crop of peppers with the plants in 3.5" pots - so what have you got to loose?