Cucumbers are wonderful plants that will grow well in a summer garden, but if you're short on space, you can also raise them in pots and containers. Not only is this method more convenient ...

Cucumbers can easily be grown in pots, and varieties with "bush" in their names are usually the best option. A pot 12 to 24 inches in diameter and 12 inches deep is an ideal size to start growing ...

Container gardening lets you put the right plant in ... Bigger plants, such as tomatoes, potatoes, zucchini, winter squashes, beans and cucumbers, will need 16 to 18 inches. Use nonporous ...

Tomatoes and cucumbers have extensive root systems so the larger the container, the better. Shallow-rooted lettuces grow fine in smaller pots, even tubs. If you are a no-frills gardener ...

The biggest advantage to growing in containers is that they can be placed ... Climbing and sprawling crops like cucumbers, pole beans, squash and tomatoes can be grown vertically at the perimeter ...

a cage or stakes allow you to grow crops vertically such as zucchini, cucumbers or beans. Determinate varieties of tomatoes are smaller plants well suited for containers; but that doesn't mean you ...

cucumbers, melons, corn, sugar snap peas and (karma come and get me) beans in containers. All of these are usually much more easily started directly in the ground, and settle in and start growing ...

3. Grow one cucumber plant per trellis. You can direct seed cucumbers in the garden or start the seeds indoors in pots about four weeks before transplanting them near a trellis. “I grow one plan ...

Growing tomatoes is easy and rewarding ... They have extensive root systems so thrive in larger pots. Cucumbers like warmth, sunshine, and consistent soil moisture, but if you can get it right ...