I think that any time they are on the ground, whether it is on wood chips or the soil itself, they are close to soil dwelling predators. I have never had any worms or rot in my trellised cukes. Cucumber beetles are my main problem and they fly so trellising is no protection from them. That is why I grow County Fair. It is resistant to the bacterial wilt that the cuke beetles carry. Any other variety that I have grown dies of wilt before I harvest any cukes.
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