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cucumbers overgrowing peppers

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cucumbers overgrowing peppers (post #12586)

lyvia on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 16:36
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Hi. I planted peppers and cucumbers way too close to each other. Both now have small fruit. Can I move one or the other, or shall I just wait and see? The cucumbers are on tomato cages, and the peppers aren't getting sun anymore.

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by 1946 in reply to lyvia [original] on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 22:18

I would either wait and see, or possibly do just a little pruning of the cucumber vines if the peppers start to look like they are suffering. Moving them would likely set them back a good bit, and plants are pretty good at fighting for their own space.

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by Astrid in reply to lyvia [original] on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 22:37

If necessary cut off lower cucumber leaves to make more room for the peppers, which I presume aren't going to get as tall. Maybe you could support the cukes with something, leading them out of the way of the peppers as they grow.

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Edited 6/23/2009 6:40 pm by Astrid

New Mexico home organic gardener Adopt the pace of nature; her secret is patience. Emerson