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In this video, I show you how to grow cucumbers using a flat trellis laid out horizontally in a raised garden bed.

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0:00 Introduction
0:31 Why use a flat raised trellis for cucumbers?
1:21 Garden bed preparation
2:34 Building the trellis and sowing seeds
3:48 Training cucumber vines
4:14 First cucumber harvest
5:30 Second harvest (the GLUT)
6:24 Juicing cucumbers
6:47 Fertilising the crop for more fruit
7:06 Final harvest and saving cucumber seeds
9:36 Incredible conclusion!