Vegetables
Climbing Vegetables and Fruits
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May 26, 2006 - 6:09:00 PM

Tomatoes are ideal to grow vertically as they are plants that get rather unwieldy if left to grow on the ground. Thus, they grow best when trained to grow in a tomato cage or on some sort of support structure. When you grow tomatoes vertically, they take up less space and are less susceptible to soil-borne diseases. Remember, tomatoes also glow great in this Topsy Turvy planter .

Some varieties of cucumbers work well as vertical plants. Cucumbers that have a tendency to climb and grow as vines work well on arbors, trellises or other gardening structures.

Corn is a vegetable that needs abundant vertical space to grow well. Moreover, you can actually use your stalks of corn to grow other vertically oriented vegetables, especially beans. Beans also fix nitrogen in the soil, so if you plant them along with your corn, all the plants in your garden will benefit.

Beans grow as both bushes or as vertically climbing plants. Pole beans can climb quite tall and in some cases may need a large structure to grow on. Try them out on one of these beautiful garden trellises .

There are a number of fruits that you can grow in your vertical garden as well. Small melons and passion fruit are examples of fruits you can grow on vertical structures such as arbors and trellises

Grape vines make a great plant to grow vertically on larger garden arbors, as you can train them to grow in several directions and they will take up a decent amount of space.



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