Short cucumbers and tomatoes flowering/fruiting.

[JoeDaStudd]

Hi,

This year is really my first full year growing veg/fruit.

For some reason they have all started to flower and fruit at only about 2' tall, normally they are atleast 3' if not 4' before this happens.
Now while I was weeding the cucumbers I noticed they have started to develop flower stems, only these are barely taller then 1'.
They are growing in a unheated greenhouse and went in around the 8th of May give or take a few days. I've been feeding them once a week since they started to set flowers.

Admittedly I did go with different varieties to watch we have grown in the past, but I'm a bit worried.

The varieties are Femspot F1 for the cucumbers then a mix of lemon plum, tigerella and cerise (from Premierseeds on ebay).

Should I be worried or will they just be like my broadbeans which flowered at 1' tall, but continued to grow to full height?

[rustylady]

In some ways it's good that they have started to set fruit while they are fairly short. Means you won't have 3 feet of wasted space.

Both tomatoes and cucumbers carry on growing and fruiting throughout the season, so I wouldn't worry.

[Yorkistransplant]

Mine are doing the same. That is good to know.

[Potstubsdustbins]

I am a bit old fashioned with cumbers, I always take the first flowers of to give the plant a chance to grow.

Potty

[Wedwards]

My tomatoes are the opposite. Mine are about 3 feet and only 2 trusses formed. Quickly running out of greenhouse roof space!