Cucumber Melonie

[HTurley]

Good afternoon all.

Has anyone grown the above variety? How long roughly should they take to germinate? (in an un heated prop on the kitchen windowsill)

I had sown 2 each of both Cucumber Melonie and Cumber Tasty King on the same day and the Tasty Kings both came up within about 7-10 days. Still no sign of the 'Melonie' after 4 weeks (both packets said to sow in Feb).

Do you think i've killed them - i'm not awfully good at growing anything apart from weeds :-)

Thanks in advance.

Haze

[Sanjo]

Welcome to the vine HTurley. Don't know about Melonie, but I sowed Tasty King in a heated propagator, must be 3 weeks ago now, and they still haven't appeared!! I have now re-sown some as I am determined to get more cucumbers this year. Good luck with the melonie. Don't give up on them just yet. I have left my original Tasty King to get on with it. I shall probably end up with both lots!!

[bramble]

Just wondering what way you sowed the seed. Did you plant them upright so the whole seed is not buried in the soil.
Cucumber seed has a tendency to rot so maybe if you have any more you might want to try again. 4 weeks seems to be a long time to wait for them to germinate.
Hope this may help you.

[HTurley]

Thanks for the replies :-) I'll try sowing some more. The seeds were planted on their sides but I might have pushed them down a bit too far. I'll try not sowing them so deep this time..... fingers crossed :-)