Sowing all things Cucurbit - 2020

[veggiechicken]

I have a flower on my Baby F1 cucumber. How long until there is fruit?

It's in a very well sun-lit greenhouse with minimum night-time air temperature of around 10C

About 9 months apparently. No idea really.

My Partenon courgettes have been flowering for weeks but, they're all male flowers despite Partenon being parthenogenic and not needing a male's help.

[broadway]

Yesterday's sownings.

Cucumbers - Passandra & Louisa

Marrow - Long Green Bush

Courgette - All Green Bush, Sunstripe, Tromboncino, & Golden Griller

[quanglewangle]

About 9 months apparently. No idea really.

My Partenon courgettes have been flowering for weeks but, they're all male flowers despite Partenon being parthenogenic and not needing a male's help.

I understand that parthenogenic varieties produce male flowers under conditions of stress. You aren't being beastly to them VC, are you?

Too early to sex my flowers.

[veggiechicken]

As usual, the males are more forward than the shy females.
They're also slimmer.

[Scarlet]

As usual, the males are more forward than the shy females.
They're also slimmer.

I do agree....and my OH is currently stuffing another Easter egg!!!

[ameno]

I understand that parthenogenic varieties produce male flowers under conditions of stress. You aren't being beastly to them VC, are you?

Too early to sex my flowers.

That is the case with cucumbers, but I'm not sure if it applies to parthenogenic courgettes or not.

[quanglewangle]

That is the case with cucumbers, but I'm not sure if it applies to parthenogenic courgettes or not.

Sorry, yes, I should have been more specific. The source I was referring to was talking about cucumbers.
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[Sweet savory]

3 butternut squash burpees chitted and planted. 1 potimarron chitted and planted up. 2 courgette atena polka planted direct are through. 3 people have asked me for courgette plants so will get the rest of the packet sown pronto

[broadway]

Yesterday's sownings.

Cucumbers - Passandra & Louisa

Marrow - Long Green Bush

Courgette - All Green Bush, Sunstripe, Tromboncino, & Golden Griller

All 6 cucs germinated on day 3, that's a record for me!

[Bonjour]

All 4 of my Telegraph Improved cucumbers still surviving in their 6" pots. All sown the same time but ranging in size from mildly disappointing to positively boisterous. Soon be time to pot on to their final 12" pots.

Courgettes, Golden Zucchini and Midnight nearly outgrowing their 3" pots now. Waiting for the wind to die down a bit so I can harden them off and plant them out.

Crown Prince blue pumpkins now have their first true leaf.

Watermelon Crimson Sweet are growing very slowly in the cold greenhouse but they too are getting the first true leaf.

I'm very pleased with the gherkin seeds I bought on Amazon, Platina H. They are from a Lithuanian producer. I sowed 15 of them in a 15 module tray and got 100% germination. It will be interesting to see how they go. I tried Paris Cornichon a few years ago and had a miserable failure due to wind burn.

[Small pumpkin]

Re sown small sugar pumpkin, tromboncino , scallop squash in the heated propagator this time.

[Vegi potager]

The cukes and courgettes are up, still waiting on the squash...

[PepperMonster]

I've sown a lot of Cucurbits this year. I love them and I have some older seed to grow out so I just bunged them all in. * have germinated
Jarrahdale, MM and Dragon Egg is my own saved seed : D

Squash, winter

Queensland Blue*
Jarrahdale *
Long Island Cheese pumpkin
Winter Luxury Pumpkin
Sweet meat
Honey Boat
Cornell's Bush Delicata
Butterbush *
Sucrine de Berry*
Sweet Dumpling
Honey bear
Tuffy
Marina di Chioggia

Squash, summer

Rond de Nice*
Atena Polka
Coccozelle
Goldrush *
Rugosa Friulana *

Melon

Minnesota Midget*
Kiku Chrysanthemum*
Charentais*
Prescott Fond Blanc*

Watermelon

Siberian Lights*
Early Moonbeam*
Otome*
Kahoe*
Beni Kodama*

Cucumber

Suyo long*
Dragon Egg*
Mini White*
Apple cucumber*
Lemon cucumber*
Jibai Shimoshirazu *

Achocha - not sure what type.*

[Vegi potager]

Sunburst and Hooligan are the 1st of the squash to show up for the party. It is day 8 so I am being a bit impatient here.

[ameno]

Today I sowed (well, put on moist tissue):
-4 Defender courgette
-6 Marina di Chioggia squash
-4 Pink Banana squash
-4 Galeux d’eysines squash