Gherkin plant!?

[Trying my best!]

Hello,

I have never grown these, they seem to be growing up and have little clusters of balls is this normal?

Thanks

[burnie]

Welcome to the vine, we could do with a bit more information, do you know what type they are, did you grow them from seed yourself? Are they growing in a greenhouse or outside, are they in a pot, if so how big? This will help us to understand their growing condition and whether things are ok or if the plants are under pressure.

[Trying my best!]

Thanks for replying, they are outside in big wooden sleeper raised bed waist height. They are 4 ft tall, staked.

[Trying my best!]

Also, grew them from seeds myself.

[burnie]

I guess it is a case of feed the plants and see what you get, maybe a seaweed or other tomato feed

[Trying my best!]

Thank you! I thought that might be the case!

[burnie]

Keep us posted, I have only pickled small ridge cukes to make gherkins, so I would be interested how you get on.

[Jungle Jane]

Are you sure that’s gherkin,the ball bits look strange,should have yellow flowers I think?

[TrixC]

I’m afraid that the plants in the photo are definitely not gherkins. I’m not sure exactly what they are. Look a bit like huazontle.

[ameno]

That, I'm afraid, is fat hen, a common garden weed.

Gherkins, like all cucumber plants, have large (the size of a spread hand or larger) leaves and long trailing (or climbing) stem, all covered in bristles.

[farendwoman]

Yes I’m with ameno
fat hen