I am both new to growing veg and also online forums. However I am keeping my fingers crossed I might get a bit of advice here. I am growing Telegraph Improved cucumbers and have 2 plants. I've never seen a cucumber plant before. I have some fruits coming but am spending time trying to search out the male flowers that it seems I should be pulling off.
My plants are about 6 leaves high and there are clumps of small tufts of yellow where each leaf stem emerges from the main stem (the same place the fruits are coming from). The tufts look a little like flowers but not like it shows in the books. I don't want them to develop into males for fear of them ruining the crop.Similarly I am worried that if I do pull them off I'll damage female flowers/ future fruits.
Also I don't seem to have any side shoots that all the literature seems to go on about.Everything seems to be coming from where the leaves branch out from the main stem.
And finally, one plant has small holes in its leaves and the other doesn't. No sign of any infestation either.Any ideas?
This may be too long a post for anyone to bother with but I would be very grateful of any advice
My plants are about 6 leaves high and there are clumps of small tufts of yellow where each leaf stem emerges from the main stem (the same place the fruits are coming from). The tufts look a little like flowers but not like it shows in the books. I don't want them to develop into males for fear of them ruining the crop.Similarly I am worried that if I do pull them off I'll damage female flowers/ future fruits.
Also I don't seem to have any side shoots that all the literature seems to go on about.Everything seems to be coming from where the leaves branch out from the main stem.
And finally, one plant has small holes in its leaves and the other doesn't. No sign of any infestation either.Any ideas?
This may be too long a post for anyone to bother with but I would be very grateful of any advice
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