Anyone grown cucumber Tasty King?

[Containergardener]

I've been given one and not sure if I will need to remove male flowers?

[Jungle Jane]

It says it’s an all female type on the unwins site seed packet,so I would remove any male flowers. Haven’t grown it before,it sounds tasty

[Containergardener]

Ok thanks Jane .
I hope so . I'm growing mini munch for mum and a substitute pkt for one I couldnt get. It's called bush champion I think .

[Containergardener]

Ok so the Tasty King is growing well, however the fruits are forming but coming to nothing. Turning yellow and not growing.
Help

[annie8]

Could it be a pollination issue. Sounds like what happens sometimes with courgettes if they don’t get pollinated properly.

[Jungle Jane]

Is it the first cucumbers low down in the stem,I usually cut the first couple off because the same thing happens,let the ones further up the plant grow on.

[Containergardener]

Yes Jane they were the first two.

[Jungle Jane]

That always happens to me,there will be the others that start growing normally,it always seems like there’s too many for the plant to cope with so the plant abandons some.

[Containergardener]

Ok..thanks Jane . Shall I keep removing the males?

[Jungle Jane]

I would be removing the male flowers,it says it’s an F1 female only on that site,male flowers pollinating can make them taste bitter is what I know about them. Marketmore variety you leave the male flowers on,outdoor ridge cucumbers,they’re not F1.

[Containergardener]

[Jungle Jane]

Is it still next to the bush champion plant,if it is I’d move the bush champion outside with maybe fleece around for a week or so overnight. But,how long is the cucumber,it looks like a cucumber that’s been on the vine too long & bitterness builds up? Or could it have been pollinated by a Male from the bush champion & it’s seeds are causing that. I hope someone else joins in because I’ve never seen this happen?

[Containergardener]

No flowers on bush champion so not that. They've only just got to size then the brown started.
I tasted it. It wasnt bitter just not very nice, earthy OH said. Had much nicer. It went in the bin today.
Thanks anyway.