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From: jld@ulysses.UUCP (Jeff David)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: corn
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Date: Mon, 28-Apr-86 09:58:49 EDT
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Posted: Mon Apr 28 09:58:49 1986
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> 
> >Ouch!  Try planting cucumbers between your corn plants and let the vines
> >run up the stalks.  The cukes will not harm the corn and the spiny vines
> >may discourage the raccoons.  I know from experience that doing this keeps
> >squirrels away from corn.  It also saves space in the garden.
>  
> Unless, you started your corn stalks in furrows and and back filled
> them to give them support, most varieties of cucumbers (i.e. vines,
> don't use bush) will be too heavy and aggressive for the corn stalk 
> to support. 

I've done this several times and never had a problem with the corn
supporting the cukes.  Just don't plant too many cukes.