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Trellising for first time, what to plant where

bks76
14 years ago

Thank you all for creating such an informative and helpful site.

I am new to trellising (except for peas) and am having a problem figuring out what to plant where. I have a small suburban yard in MI, zone 6, with all the usual problems, house, garage, neighbor trees, fences etc. I have very little true full sun. I have two long, narrow raised beds:

Bed1:(20x3)along a fence facing east (sun early morning until about 3 pm)

Bed 2: (to be created) 10x2 along a garage facing west (sun 2ish pm to dusk).

Bed 3: 5x3.5 bed in the middle of my yard that I plan on adding a trellis to. This bed does get full sun. Trellis to go in middle of bed to grow on both sides.

All trellises will be basic wire fencing with 3 inch holes attached to 7 feet tall metal U fence posts.

I am planning to plant winter squash, watermelon, cantaloupe, cukes, maybe some pole beans (although I will have some of these in my 3 sisters garden) and raspberries on the trellises.

If you had to pick for the squash, melon, cukes, which bed would you pick, #1 with sun until 3 or #2 with the sun 2-dusk? Bed #3 is likely too small for these, but they could be split up.

Same question for raspberries, bed # 1, 2, or 3?

Thanks so much!

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