Here you can see my summer squash (patty pan 'Sunburst) trained up a bamboo 'tee-pee' structure together with runner bean 'Saint George'. The runners won the race to the top (no surprise there) but the squash are making a sure and steady progress. I first became aware of vertically trained cucurbits a few years ago as a volunteer at West Dean Gardens and it's been great to try it out for myself. Unlike the beans which twine themselves up unaided, the patty pan plant need tying
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