I couldn't agree more. I grew them for the first time last year on 59" high plastic vegetable trellis and the only thing I'm doing different this year is planting more. Planted a row on both sides of the trellis with 18" between the rows and 2 seeds per hill and 10" between hills. Thinned the plants to one per hill after first true leaves (if a skip occurred I left 2 plants in the next hill). I removed all suckers so only the main stem remained. The only problem was during peak production, they had to be picked twice a day to keep them from getting too big if left overnight. (And I don't use any fertilizer, just the grass and weeds you see growing in the middle ) Claud
Note: They along with the squash and pole beans respond especially well to the Horsetail tea and Lactobacillus I spray on my vegetables.
