Pots or raised bed garden for climbing vegetable?

[Anonymous]

Should I plant tomato, cucumber and pea in a raised plastic bed garden (with 4 long legs) or in individual big plastic pots, which one makes more sense since I have to put in cage, trellis or sticks in them? And, which styles and materials are better, wire, cage, trellis or sticks AND wood, string, plastic or metal?

[Anonymous]

The tomatoes work in either the pots or a raised bed. I'd think the peas would do best in the raised bed.

Cukes I have a hard time seeing anywhere besides the ground, but I guess you could put them in a raised bed up against a wall or fence.

[Anonymous]

I grew cukes in 5 gallon containers with tomato cages with additional stakes. It worked fine.

[Anonymous]

I like beds for toms. Last summer I also included cukes (using the fence as a trellis) and they took over the beds. So this year I will use pots for the cukes and continue with beds for the tomatoes.

[Anonymous]

You can grow anything in a raised bed.

[Anonymous]

have you had success growing cucumbers or tomatoes directly in the ground vs. raised bed?

[Anonymous]

With the red clay in NoVa I only grow vegetables in raised beds or pots. Tomatoes in self-watering pots, with cages. Cucumbers in raised beds, and pots, but my bets setup is a 2x8 raised bed on legs, with two A-frame trellises - that way I can get 6 plants in and a ton of cucumbers. Highly recommend trellises for cucumbers (or fence, wire shelves, whatever you can get them to climb on so the vine and fruit is off the ground.)