So how DO you train cucumbers?

[cilla]

Do you need netting because the books and pictures show netting for it to grow up with the stick. Does it help or not needed?

[Containergardener]

I've never tried mesh or netting. Canes work for me.
The dog has a tendency to try stealing cucs however, loves cuc like her mum (me)

[Penellype]

Do you need netting because the books and pictures show netting for it to grow up with the stick. Does it help or not needed?

I use the mesh because cucumbers have tendrils which they wind around things as they grow, and I think the mesh gives them more chance of finding something to cling to. The first variety I grew, Vega, had lots of side shoots so the mesh was covered with various branches. Cucino, which I have not grown before, seems more inclined to grow with one main stem (at least for now) so a cane would probably be perfectly adequate.